Anagrams of interstade
Word interstade has
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- dentaries
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noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- denitrate
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verb (used with object),
Chemistry. to free from nitric acid or nitrates; remove oxides of nitrogen from.
- detainers
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- reinstate
-
verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- trendies
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noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- andesite
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noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- inserted
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- anisette
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- treatise
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noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- treaties
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noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- east-end
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noun,
a section of E London, England.
- arsenide
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- Dniester
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noun,
a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- dinettes
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noun,
a small space or alcove, often in or near the kitchen, serving as an informal dining area.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- entreats
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- strident
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adjective,
making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking:
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- striated
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adjective,
marked with striae; furrowed; striped; streaked.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- resident
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noun,
a person who resides in a place.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- tridents
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noun,
a three-pronged instrument or weapon.
- 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.
- ratites
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noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- estreat
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noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- tenders
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noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- artiste
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- estrade
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noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- Trieste
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noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- iterant
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adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- restate
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verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- diaster
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noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- tertian
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- ratteen
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noun,
ratiné.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- standee
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noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- iterate
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- attires
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noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- strati-
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- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- randies
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noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- distant
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adjective,
far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from):
- distent
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adjective,
distended.
- tirades
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noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- natters
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Ternate
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noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- attends
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verb (used with object),
to be present at:
- nitrate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- dinette
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noun,
a small space or alcove, often in or near the kitchen, serving as an informal dining area.
- tenters
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noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tinders
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noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- astride
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preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- Nereids
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noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- diester
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- ideates
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noun,
ideatum.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- dearies
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noun,
darling.
- Tristan
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noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- 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.
- Transit
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noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- endears
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verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- dentate
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adjective,
having a toothed margin or toothlike projections or processes.
- destine
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verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- instate
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- entreat
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- dentist
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noun,
a person whose profession is dentistry.
- trident
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noun,
a three-pronged instrument or weapon.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- 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.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- disrate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- aniseed
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noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- intreat
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- deniers
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noun,
a person who denies.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- detents
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noun,
a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to that of another, and can be released by applying force to one of the parts.
- tetrads
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noun,
a group of four.
- sardine
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- instead
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Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- readies
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noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- tartine
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noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- deters
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verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- natter
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- desire
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noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- detest
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verb (used with object),
to feel abhorrence of; hate; dislike intensely.
- desert
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noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- Strand
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noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- setter
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noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- nested
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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.
- diners
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noun,
a person who dines.
- dinars
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noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- detent
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noun,
a mechanism that temporarily keeps one part in a certain position relative to that of another, and can be released by applying force to one of the parts.
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- Nereid
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noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- 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;
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Strait
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noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- dienes
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noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- detain
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Teresa
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noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- taster
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noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- instr.
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- eiders
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noun,
eider duck.
- stride
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noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- enates
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noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- endear
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verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- Enders
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noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- Edirne
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noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- enter-
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- 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:
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- ideate
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noun,
ideatum.
- stated
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noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- 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.
- stater
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noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- taints
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noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- intra-
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- taters
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noun,
potato.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- tenter
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noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- distr.
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- terat-
-
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Dnestr
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noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tentie
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adjective,
tenty.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- tented
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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.
- irades
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noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- driest
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noun,
a prohibitionist.
- sitten
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verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Sitter
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noun,
a person who sits.
- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tender
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noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- tester
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noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- ardent
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adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- treads
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noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Arendt
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noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- aretes
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- transe
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noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- sateen
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- trans.
-
- trains
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- arsen-
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- arsine
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- titres
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noun,
titer.
- astern
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adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- titers
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noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- 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.
- ranids
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noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- tisane
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Ateste
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noun,
ancient name of Este.
- redans
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noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- rident
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adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- retina
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noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- adren-
-
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- attend
-
verb (used with object),
to be present at:
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- tetrad
-
noun,
a group of four.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- tetra-
-
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- denti-
-
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- tiered
-
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.
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- reni-
-
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- stat.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- 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.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- 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.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- retd.
-
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- ster.
-
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- IATSE
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- 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.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- nitr-
-
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- seti-
-
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- inst.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Srta.
-
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- 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.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- 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.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- sanit
-
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- intr.
-
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- Iran.
-
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- nears
-
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- darts
-
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- 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.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- tides
-
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.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- dent.
-
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- aeri-
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- aden-
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- 30-30
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Andes
-
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).
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- treas
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- anti-
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- treed
-
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.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- andr-
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- 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.
- tears
-
- edit.
-
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- dist.
-
- tera-
-
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- 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.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- 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 .
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- RNAS
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- 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.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- std.
-
- tri-
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- trit
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- trid
-
- Ste.
-
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Sade
-
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.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tRNA
-
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- str.
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- 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.
- tide
-
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.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- ter.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- 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.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- 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.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- TDRS
-
- 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.
- Sind
-
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.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tit.
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 1080
-
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- EDTA
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- 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).
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dits
-
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.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dis-
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dir.
-
- Ens.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Ind.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- IndE
-
- inae
-
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Idas
-
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
-
- ette
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- 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).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Esd.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Ande
-
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).
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ARIS
-
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ands
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AInd
-
- AIDS
-
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
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- aet.
-
- aer-
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- att.
-
- Din.
-
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- DIAS
-
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-
-
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- der.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Den.
-
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dean
-
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.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dat.
-
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- attn
-
- ates
-
- 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.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- 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.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- NIRA
-
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- 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.
- NTIA
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NASD
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- 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.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rida
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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.
- rad.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- SAR
-
- 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.
- NAD
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- SDI
-
- DNA
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- dit
-
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.
- SED
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- Die
-
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.
- SDR
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- di.
-
- DET
-
- SDA
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- RDS
-
- TIA
-
- TID
-
- REA
-
- RDA
-
- at.
-
- DAR
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- 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.
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- rnd
-
- RNA
-
- ae.
-
- RTS
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ad-
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- DAE
-
- ASI
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Dr.
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ASN
-
- TNT
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ase
-
- sd.
-
- 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.
- ARS
-
- SAE
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ard
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- DNR
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ETR
-
- IDA
-
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).
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- NEA
-
- STI
-
- id.
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- ETS
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ne-
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ESR
-
- ese
-
- ESA
-
- DRE
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- ERT
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- NES
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ide
-
- 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:
- ise
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ist
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- ISR
-
- ISA
-
- NDE
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- Ir.
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- ine
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- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- in.
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- ier
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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.
- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- TTS
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- NIA
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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.
- 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.
- Ede
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noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EDA
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noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
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- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Ted
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noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- tee
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noun,
the letter T or t.
- 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.
- NSA
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- ear
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
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- ead
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- ea.
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- ETD
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- DST
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- DSR
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- DSA
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- Rd.
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- Re.
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- EDS
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noun,
education:
- NRA
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- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- TAR
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noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- 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.
- nr.
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- en-
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- EIS
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- ene
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- TAT
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verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- eir
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- EDT
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- SER
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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).
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 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.
- D.
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- 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.
- DN
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- NI
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- 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.
- N.
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- 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.
- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- SN
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- ND
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- TT
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- 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.
- EI
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TD
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SA
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- S.
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- TN
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- RI
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- t.
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- RN
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- ee
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- i.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- R.
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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