Anagrams of interfiles
Word interfiles has
1 exact anagrams and 579 other words
that can be made by using the letters of interfiles.
- first-line
-
adjective,
available for immediate service, especially combat service:
- infertile
-
adjective,
not fertile; unproductive; sterile; barren:
- resilient
-
adjective,
springing back; rebounding.
- interfile
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verb (used with object),
to combine two or more similarly arranged sets of items, as cards or documents, into a single file.
- Finistere
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noun,
a department in W France. 2714 sq. mi. (7030 sq. km). Capital: Quimper.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- ferities
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noun,
a wild, untamed, or uncultivated state.
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- filister
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noun,
fillister.
- fineries
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noun,
fine or showy dress, ornaments, etc.
- lenities
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noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- felsite
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noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- reifies
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verb (used with object),
to convert into or regard as a concrete 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.
- reflets
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noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- telfers
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noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- refines
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- felines
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noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- lifters
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noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- fenster
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noun,
an erosional break in an overthrust rock sheet, exposing the rocks that underlie the sheet.
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- ferlies
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noun,
something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- reliefs
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noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- finites
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noun,
something that is finite.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- snifter
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noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- Fresnel
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noun,
a unit of frequency, equal to 10 12 cycles per second.
- inliers
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- fertile
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adjective,
bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific:
- nitrile
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- trifles
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noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- nifties
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noun,
something nifty, as a clever remark or joke.
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- finite
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- fleets
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noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- fleers
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- finlet
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noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- trefle
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adjective,
botonée.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- fliers
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noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- enters
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Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- treens
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noun,
treenware.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- filter
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noun,
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- stifle
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noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- filets
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noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- relies
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verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- elfins
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noun,
an elf.
- flense
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verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- flints
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noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- rifles
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noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- inlier
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Iletin
-
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- serine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- instil
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verb (used with object),
instill.
- sifter
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noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- instr.
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- lierne
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- inter.
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- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- selen-
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- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- freest
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Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- flites
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noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- flirts
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noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- relief
-
noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- finest
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noun,
the police:
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- feirie
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adjective,
healthy; strong.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- tie-in
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noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- Telfer
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- feline
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- 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.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- enisle
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- 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:
- refels
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- enserf
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verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- Tiflis
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noun,
former name of Tbilisi.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- enter-
-
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- ferine
-
adjective,
feral1 .
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- reflet
-
noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- fester
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- elints
-
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.
- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- init.
-
- Irene
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- self-
-
- intr.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- refl.
-
- inst.
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- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nitr-
-
- reels
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noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- reist
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verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- reni-
-
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- islet
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noun,
a very small island.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- refel
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- riels
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- leers
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noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- tele-
-
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- Felis
-
noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- feti-
-
- Stern
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- feels
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- Finer
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noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- fines
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noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- ster.
-
- finis
-
noun,
end; conclusion.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- fires
-
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 30-30
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- elint
-
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.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- 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.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- seti-
-
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- Fleet
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- fleer
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- flees
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- Fris.
-
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- 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.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- ref.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tri-
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- rel.
-
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- ten.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- ter.
-
- Ste.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tel-
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 1080
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- FRSL
-
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- filt
-
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- Frs.
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Fin.
-
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- 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.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- frt.
-
- Fri.
-
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- 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):
- ile-
-
- Inf.
-
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- infl
-
- INRI
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- 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.
- est.
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- lit.
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- 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:
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- enl.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- 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.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- Ens.
-
- 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:
- lin.
-
- 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.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- 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.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- EIS
-
- tr.
-
- Fl.
-
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- eir
-
- St.
-
- tfr
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- trf
-
- Sr.
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- efl
-
- ef-
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- TSE
-
- SLE
-
- TSI
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SLR
-
- STI
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ERT
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESR
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- FET
-
- tlr
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- STL
-
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- 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.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ene
-
- en-
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- il-
-
- Frl
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- RFE
-
- Lif
-
- RFI
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Lt.
-
- ite
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ISR
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NFS
-
- NFL
-
- 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:
- NLF
-
- nr.
-
- Re.
-
- NES
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ne-
-
- NSF
-
- ltr
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- ist
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Rs.
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- ise
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRL
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Ir.
-
- ine
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ier
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- ft.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- FSR
-
- Isl
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- se-
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- RTS
-
- RTF
-
- rte
-
- SF
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RN
-
- RI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- R.
-
- L.
-
- i.
-
- NL
-
- TN
-
- t.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- T1
-
- SN
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- fn
-
- ln
-
- SL
-
- S.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LF
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FE
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- LR
-
- TL
-
- le
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- N.
-
- NF
-
- NI
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RF
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.