Anagrams of involucres
Word involucres has
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that can be made by using the letters of involucres.
- reclusion
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noun,
the condition or life of a recluse.
- culverins
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noun,
medieval form of musket.
- Cornelius
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noun,
Saint, died a.d. 253, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 251–253.
- inclosure
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noun,
enclosure.
- revulsion
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noun,
a strong feeling of repugnance, distaste, or dislike:
- involucre
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noun,
Botany. a collection or rosette of bracts subtending a flower cluster, umbel, or the like.
- culverin
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noun,
medieval form of musket.
- evulsion
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noun,
the act of plucking or pulling out; forcible extraction.
- unvoices
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verb (used with or without object),
devoice.
- uncovers
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verb (used with object),
to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
- souvenir
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noun,
a usually small and relatively inexpensive article given, kept, or purchased as a reminder of a place visited, an occasion, etc.; memento.
- coinsure
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verb (used with or without object),
to insure jointly with another or others.
- convulse
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verb (used with object),
to shake violently; agitate.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- crinose
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adjective,
hairy.
- niveous
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adjective,
resembling snow, especially in whiteness; snowy.
- unvoice
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verb (used with or without object),
devoice.
- clivers
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noun,
cleavers.
- cursive
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noun,
a cursive letter or character.
- incluse
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noun,
recluse (def 2).
- colures
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noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- cronies
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noun,
a close friend or companion; chum.
- soilure
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noun,
a stain.
- closure
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noun,
the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- louvres
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noun,
a national museum in Paris, France, since 1793: formerly a royal palace.
- louvers
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noun,
any of a series of narrow openings framed at their longer edges with slanting, overlapping fins or slats, adjustable for admitting light and air while shutting out rain.
- clovers
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- culvers
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noun,
a dove or pigeon.
- inclose
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verb (used with object),
enclose.
- S-curve
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noun,
a curve shaped like an S .
- version
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noun,
a particular account of some matter, as from one person or source, contrasted with some other account:
- sclero-
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- incurve
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verb (used with or without object),
to curve or cause to curve inward.
- unveils
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verb (used with object),
to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal:
- nervous
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adjective,
highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive:
- uncoils
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verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- corvine
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a crow.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- unclose
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verb (used with or without object),
to bring or come out of a closed state; open.
- counsel
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noun,
advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- nucleo-
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- envious
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adjective,
full of, feeling, or expressing envy:
- uncover
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verb (used with object),
to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
- cornels
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noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- nourice
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noun,
a nurse.
- orceins
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- silvern
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adjective,
made of or like silver.
- velours
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noun,
a velvetlike fabric of rayon, wool, or any of several other natural or synthetic fibers, used for outerwear and upholstery.
- surveil
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verb (used with object),
to place under surveillance.
- esculin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble glucoside, C 15 H 16 O 9 , obtained from the bark of the common horse chestnut and used chiefly in skin preparations as a protective against sunburn.
- Ericson
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noun,
Leif [leef;; Icelandic leyv] /lif;; Icelandic leɪv/ (Show IPA), flourished a.d. c1000, Norse mariner: according to Icelandic saga, discoverer of Vinland (son of Eric the Red).
- elusion
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noun,
the act of eluding; evasion.
- louver
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noun,
any of a series of narrow openings framed at their longer edges with slanting, overlapping fins or slats, adjustable for admitting light and air while shutting out rain.
- course
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noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- cruise
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- servo-
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- renvoi
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noun,
the expulsion by a government of an alien, especially a foreign diplomat, from the country.
- Cousin
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noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- sluice
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noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- Velcro
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- Louvre
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noun,
a national museum in Paris, France, since 1793: formerly a royal palace.
- covens
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noun,
an assembly of witches, especially a group of thirteen.
- cresol
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noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- Cronus
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noun,
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, who was dethroned by his son Zeus.
- lucres
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noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- crones
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noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- covers
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noun,
something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book.
- lovers
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noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- sloven
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noun,
a person who is habitually negligent of neatness or cleanliness in dress, appearance, etc.
- snivel
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noun,
weak, whining, or pretended weeping.
- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Crouse
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noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- Crusoe
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noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- ursine
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adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- elisor
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noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- loners
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- UNESCO
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noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- uncoil
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verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- ervils
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noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- Elinor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Levins
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noun,
lightning.
- Locris
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noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- unrove
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adjective,
withdrawn from a block, thimble, etc.
- livres
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noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- livers
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noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- Enrico
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noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- enrols
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verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- livens
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verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- ensoul
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verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- unlive
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verb (used with object),
to undo or reverse (past life, experiences, etc.):
- unveil
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verb (used with object),
to remove a veil or other covering from; display; reveal:
- Louise
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noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- lunies
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noun,
a lunatic.
- lesion
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- urino-
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- Culion
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noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- Culver
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noun,
a dove or pigeon.
- urines
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- louies
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noun,
looie.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- Cuvier
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noun,
Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert [zhawrzh ley-aw-pawld krey-tyan frey-dey-reek da-gaw-ber] /ʒɔrʒ leɪ ɔˈpɔld kreɪˈtyɛ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik da gɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1769–1832, French naturalist: pioneer in the fields of paleontology and comparative anatomy.
- curios
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noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- leuco-
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- Leucon
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noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
- lories
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noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- rouens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Lorens
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- curves
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noun,
a continuously bending line, without angles.
- coulis
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noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- corves
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noun,
plural of corf.
- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- incuse
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noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- clevis
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noun,
a U -shaped yoke at the end of a chain or rod, between the ends of which a lever, hook, etc., can be pinned or bolted.
- incurs
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verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- clines
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clino-
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- Nivose
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noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the fourth month of the year, extending from December 21 to January 19.
- vinous
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adjective,
of, resembling, or containing wine.
- orcein
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noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- clones
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- clonus
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noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- Cloris
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- velour
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noun,
a velvetlike fabric of rayon, wool, or any of several other natural or synthetic fibers, used for outerwear and upholstery.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- closer
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noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- cloven
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verb,
a past participle of cleave2 .
- vireos
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noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- cloves
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noun,
the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
- nuclei
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noun,
plural of nucleus.
- Volsci
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plural noun,
an ancient people of Latium who were conquered by the Romans in the last part of the 4th century b.c.
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- oilers
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- voiles
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noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- silure
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- voices
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noun,
the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
- Silver
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noun,
Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- inures
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- insoul
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verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- censor
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noun,
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- ceorls
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noun,
churl (def 4).
- insure
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- novice
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noun,
a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro:
- Oliver
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noun,
one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne.
Compare Roland.
- cerous
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adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- Cervin
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noun,
Mont [mawn] /mɔ̃/ (Show IPA). French name of the Matterhorn.
- Clover
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having trifoliolate leaves and dense flower heads, many species of which, as T. pratense, are cultivated as forage plants.
- source
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noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- Clovis
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noun,
a town in central California.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Corvus
-
noun,
the Crow, a southern constellation between Virgo and Hydra.
- recons
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- sliver
-
noun,
a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- Cornel
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noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- recoil
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noun,
an act of recoiling.
- ovules
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noun,
Botany.
a rudimentary seed.
the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed.
- ovines
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adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- conure
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noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- consul
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noun,
an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- conies
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noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- venous
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adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of a vein.
- Nicole
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noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- colure
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- necro-
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- slicer
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- colies
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noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- nerols
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- ounces
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noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- neurol
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- neuro-
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- scler-
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- Coleus
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noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- leuc-
-
- Rosie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- roils
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verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- scorn
-
noun,
open or unqualified contempt; disdain:
- ruins
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noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- scour
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noun,
the act of scouring.
- rosin
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- lenis
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noun,
a lenis consonant.
- liner
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- roues
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noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Linos
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noun,
linoleum.
- sero-
-
- Rules
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noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- levo-
-
- senor
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- roves
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noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- Seoul
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noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- Seric
-
- Rouen
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Scone
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noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Levin
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noun,
lightning.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Leros
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noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- riven
-
verb,
a past participle of rive.
- nevus
-
noun,
any congenital anomaly of the skin, including moles and various types of birthmarks.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Nevis
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noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies: part of St. Kitts-Nevis; formerly a British colony. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Compare St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Nevil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neville.
- neur-
-
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- 30-30
-
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- overs
-
noun,
an amount in excess or addition; extra.
- olein
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- OIcel
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- oleic
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adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- nuci-
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- Olive
-
noun,
an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit.
Compare olive family.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- novel
-
noun,
a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usually presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- over-
-
- ovine
-
adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, or like sheep.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- livre
-
noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- lives
-
noun,
plural of life.
- liver
-
noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- liven
-
verb (used with object),
to put life into; rouse; enliven; cheer (often followed by up):
- rivel
-
noun,
a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- ovule
-
noun,
Botany.
a rudimentary seed.
the plant part that contains the embryo sac and hence the female germ cell, which after fertilization develops into a seed.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- 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.
- reni-
-
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- loves
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- Lover
-
noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- 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.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- Serov
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, E of the Ural Mountains.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- UNCIO
-
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- curns
-
noun,
a grain.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curve
-
noun,
a continuously bending line, without angles.
- Univ.
-
- Vince
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vincent.
- ecol.
-
- econ.
-
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- clove
-
noun,
the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, used whole or ground as a spice.
- vino-
-
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- Elvis
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Elwin.
- coel-
-
- vinos
-
noun,
wine; specifically, red Italian wine, as chianti.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- encl.
-
- surv.
-
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- Clive
-
noun,
Robert (Baron Clive of Plassey) 1725–74, British general and statesman in India.
- Cons.
-
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Venus
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of gardens and spring, identified by the Romans with Aphrodite as the goddess of love and beauty.
- Venlo
-
noun,
a city in SE Netherlands.
- cores
-
- veni-
-
- corns
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- velic
-
adjective,
pertaining to the operation of the velum in relation to the passageway into the nasal cavity:
- coven
-
noun,
an assembly of witches, especially a group of thirteen.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- cover
-
noun,
something that covers, as the lid of a container or the binding of a book.
- coves
-
noun,
a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- verso
-
noun,
a left-hand page of an open book or manuscript (opposed to recto).
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- veins
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- veils
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- vice-
-
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- viols
-
noun,
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cero-
-
- icons
-
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- ocul-
-
- visor
-
noun,
Armor.
(on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver.
a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- ileo-
-
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- voice
-
noun,
the sound or sounds uttered through the mouth of living creatures, especially of human beings in speaking, shouting, singing, etc.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- voile
-
noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- Sino-
-
- incl.
-
- incor
-
- incr.
-
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- voles
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- insol
-
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- vols.
-
- evils
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- Icel.
-
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- ervil
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- ErvIn
-
noun,
Samuel James, Jr ("Sam") 1896–1985, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1954–74.
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- virus
-
noun,
an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA or DNA core, a protein coat, and, in more complex types, a surrounding envelope.
- virls
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- viron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Euro-
-
- cine-
-
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- Viren
-
noun,
Lasse [lahs-se] /ˈlɑs sɛ/ (Show IPA), born 1949, Finnish distance runner.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- solve
-
verb (used with object),
to find the answer or explanation for; clear up; explain:
- vireo
-
noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- vers
-
- virl
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- Vins
-
noun,
wine.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Vern
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vernon.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- oven
-
noun,
a chamber or compartment, as in a stove, for baking, roasting, heating, drying, etc.
- vole
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- vin-
-
- ole-
-
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Visc
-
- VILE
-
adjective,
wretchedly bad:
- VINE
-
noun,
any plant having a long, slender stem that trails or creeps on the ground or climbs by winding itself about a support or holding fast with tendrils or claspers.
- vil.
-
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Vico
-
noun,
Giovanni Battista [jaw-vahn-nee baht-tees-tah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1668–1744, Italian philosopher and jurist.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- VLSI
-
- Vic.
-
- voc.
-
- viol
-
noun,
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- serv
-
- ovi-
-
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Soni
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- soln
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 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.
- sec.
-
- scr.
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SLIC
-
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Veno
-
- vein
-
noun,
one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- uro-
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USRC
-
- veil
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Rev.
-
- rel.
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- vel.
-
- 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.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Ven.
-
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- sur-
-
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- riv.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- uni-
-
- 1080
-
- neo-
-
- Vul.
-
- Ice.
-
- ious
-
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- inv.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- Inc.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ile-
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- evil
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Eur.
-
- eso-
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- eous
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- Ire.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- 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.
- live
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lin.
-
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- iso-
-
- Levi
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
- Lev.
-
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- 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.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enl.
-
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Col.
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- civ.
-
- cis-
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- CERN
-
- cen.
-
- Cels
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- Con.
-
- enc.
-
- cule
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- eco-
-
- cuve
-
noun,
a wine vat.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- cur.
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- Cres
-
- cove
-
noun,
a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea, lake, or river.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cor.
-
- conv
-
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- ins.
-
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nor.
-
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Novi
-
noun,
a town in SE Michigan.
- Nov.
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- luvs
-
noun,
love.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- Nev.
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Love
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- eo-
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ose
-
- Une
-
- ec-
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- UNO
-
- uns
-
- Orv
-
- ur-
-
- ure
-
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- vol
-
- NOC
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- VOR
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Von
-
preposition,
from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- env
-
- Sr.
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- Co.
-
- cr.
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- SVC
-
- SVR
-
- UCR
-
- en-
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- unc
-
- cs.
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- CLU
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- CEO
-
- nr.
-
- NRC
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- NSC
-
- CIE
-
- Ver
-
- CLR
-
- NSU
-
- NUL
-
- Clo
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- CLI
-
- Oc.
-
- OIr
-
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- USC
-
- VCR
-
- cle
-
- USN
-
- USO
-
- USR
-
- CSR
-
- USV
-
- vs.
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- CSO
-
- ons
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CRS
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- CVO
-
- cl.
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oic
-
- vo.
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- NES
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sc.
-
- luv
-
noun,
love.
- IUS
-
- ISV
-
- ISR
-
- lv.
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- se-
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- So.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- IRS
-
- RCN
-
- ov-
-
- IRO
-
- 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).
- IRL
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- IOU
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- SRO
-
- LCI
-
- ior
-
- LSC
-
- LON
-
- LOC
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LSI
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- RSV
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- OCS
-
- Re.
-
- ESR
-
- ne-
-
- NCO
-
- SNU
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ier
-
- il-
-
- NEC
-
- ILO
-
- SLE
-
- ILS
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- in.
-
- eu-
-
- ESU
-
- SLR
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- IOC
-
- RCS
-
- ics
-
- OCR
-
- ERV
-
- ine
-
- Esc
-
- ESL
-
- io-
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- ol
-
- SV
-
- i.
-
- SN
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- NV
-
- U.
-
- VL
-
- O.
-
- LR
-
- RU
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- VN
-
- SU
-
- RO
-
- ln
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- CE
-
- VU
-
- UC
-
- L2
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- V.
-
- EI
-
- R.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- VR
-
- VI
-
- CV
-
- RC
-
- EV
-
- RN
-
- CU
-
- RI
-
- NL
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- N.
-
- UV
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ic
-
- UI
-
- UL
-
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- le
-
- L1
-
- RV
-
- NC
-
- S.
-
- SL
-
- NI
-
- LC
-
- L.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- VC
-