Anagrams of instead
Word instead has
4 exact anagrams and 321 other words
that can be made by using the letters of instead.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- 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.
- sainted
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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.
- Danite
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noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- adient
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adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- Sendai
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noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- denti-
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- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- detain
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- Sandie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- tineas
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tisane
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Taine
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noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- edit.
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- edits
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noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- dents
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noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- Ednas
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noun,
Adnah.
- dent.
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- Denis
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noun,
a male given name.
- deist
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noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- staid
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noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- inset
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- dates
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noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- inst.
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- Tanis
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noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Dante
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noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- danes
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- snead
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noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- isnad
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noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- tains
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noun,
a thin tin plate.
- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Edina
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noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Siena
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noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- stade
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noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- stand
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noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- stane
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noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- entia
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noun,
plural of ens.
- Stead
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noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- Stein
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- etnas
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noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- dites
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noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- stain
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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.
- dist.
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- dints
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noun,
force; power:
- IATSE
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- satin
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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.
- dines
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noun,
Scot. dinner.
- diets
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noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- snide
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adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- seti-
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- Sedan
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noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- Sadie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Aisne
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noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- antes
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noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- nides
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noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Sande
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noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Saite
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noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- tides
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noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- adits
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noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- 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.
- Andes
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plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Andie
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- sanit
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- aden-
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- anis-
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- anise
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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.
- tenia
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noun,
taenia.
- ante-
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- Aides
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noun,
nurse's aide.
- anti-
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- tinea
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 2,4-d
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noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- 30-30
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- Satie
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noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- nates
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noun,
buttocks; rump.
- tsadi
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noun,
sadhe.
- aside
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noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- tines
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Asine
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noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tends
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Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- antis
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noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Sade
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noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- nits
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Sina
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noun,
a female given name.
- Sadi
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noun,
sadhe.
- NTIA
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- Etna
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noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ends
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noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- ETAS
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Enid
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noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- SINE
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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.
- Esd.
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- Sind
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noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- Ind.
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- Ens.
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- est.
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- std.
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- sain
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verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Nasi
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noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- side
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noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- inae
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- Nast
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noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Sean
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noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Itea
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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.
- seat
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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.
- send
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noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- SITA
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noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- NATS
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- int.
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- ins.
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- sent
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noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sati
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noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- IndE
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- sate
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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.
- Sand
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noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Sat.
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- neat
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noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Seta
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noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sane
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noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- ides
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noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- IDEA
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noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- nest
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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.
- NASD
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- Idas
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- idae
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- Nida
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noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- nide
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noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Sian
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noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- end-
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- 1080
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- EDTA
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- ANSI
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- dat.
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- Dane
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dan.
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abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- tans
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- teas
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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.
- ates
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- Aten
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noun,
Aton.
- teds
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noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Asti
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noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ten.
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- Tena
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noun,
Koyukon.
- tend
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Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- ant.
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- anes
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adverb,
once.
- Tane
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noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tens
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noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ands
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- Ande
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plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- aits
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ains
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noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AInd
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- AIDS
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noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- aide
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noun,
nurse's aide.
- aet.
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- tide
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noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- adit
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noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adie
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noun,
a female given name.
- TINA
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noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- date
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noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- DAIS
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noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dean
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noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- Dies
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noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- dint
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noun,
force; power:
- dins
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noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dine
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noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
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- Diet
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noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Eads
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noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- dite
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noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- said
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noun,
sayyid.
- East
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noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- dits
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noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Ste.
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- Stan
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noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- eats
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- snit
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noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Edna
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noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- site
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noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tads
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noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- DIAS
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noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- dia-
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- tain
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noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Deni
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noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Den.
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- dis-
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- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- TID
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- Sta
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- St.
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- tin
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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.
- TSE
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- TIA
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- SID
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- TES
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noun,
ti1 .
- Ted
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noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- SED
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- tea
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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.
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Tad
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noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- se-
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- SDI
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- SDA
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- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAE
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preposition,
to.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- STI
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- IDS
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noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- SAE
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- DST
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- DEA
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- DEI
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adverb,
by the grace of God.
- DET
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- di.
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- Die
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noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- dit
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noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DNA
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- DSA
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- DAS
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noun,
hyrax.
- ETD
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- ea.
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- Sad
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noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ean
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- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ed.
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- EDA
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noun,
a female given name.
- de-
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- DAE
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- EDT
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- AIS
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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.
- ad-
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- AID
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noun,
help or support; assistance.
- an.
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- ade
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noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ADS
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noun,
advertisement.
- ae.
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- AES
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noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Ain
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noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ait
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noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ATS
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noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ane
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adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
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noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
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noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ase
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- ASI
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- ASN
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- ast
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- at.
-
- EDS
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noun,
education:
- ead
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- EIS
-
- NDE
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
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- ise
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- ist
-
- ite
-
- NAD
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- nae
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NEA
-
- NED
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noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- NES
-
- NET
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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
-
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NSA
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- sd.
-
- ine
-
- ITA
-
- TSI
-
- IDA
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- in.
-
- Ia.
-
- id.
-
- ETS
-
- ESA
-
- IAS
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- en-
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- ide
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- AI
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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.
- S.
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- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- A.
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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.
- i.
-
- TN
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- SA
-
- DN
-
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TD
-
- t.
-
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- SN
-
- DA
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- D.
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- ND
-
- NI
-
- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- EI
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