Anagrams of iridescent
Word iridescent has
2 exact anagrams and 657 other words
that can be made by using the letters of iridescent.
- indiscreet
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adjective,
not discreet; lacking prudence, good judgment, or circumspection:
- indiscrete
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adjective,
not discrete; not divided into parts.
- nitrides
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noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- citrines
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- secretin
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noun,
a polypeptide hormone, produced in the small intestine, that activates the pancreas to secrete pancreatic juice.
- sericite
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noun,
a fine-grained variety of muscovite produced by the alteration of feldspar.
- inserted
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- discreet
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adjective,
judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- discrete
-
adjective,
apart or detached from others; separate; distinct:
- disinter
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verb (used with object),
to take out of the place of interment; exhume; unearth.
- indirect
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adjective,
not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout:
- 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.
- scienter
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noun,
a mental state in which one has knowledge that one’s action, statement, etc., is wrong, deceptive, or illegal: often used as a standard of guilt:
- siderite
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noun,
Also called chalybite. a common mineral, iron carbonate, FeCO 3 , usually occurring in yellowish to deep-brown cleavable masses: a minor ore of iron.
- niceties
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noun,
a delicate or fine point; punctilio:
- resident
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noun,
a person who resides in a place.
- crinites
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- trendies
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noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- 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.
- credits
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noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- indites
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verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- deniers
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- credent
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adjective,
Archaic. believing.
- deicers
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noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- tineids
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noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- decries
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verb (used with object),
to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of:
- cretins
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- irenics
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noun,
the branch of theology dealing with the promotion of peace and conciliation among Christian churches.
Compare polemics (def 2).
- decerns
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- deceits
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noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- sericin
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noun,
a gelatinous organic compound that holds the two strands of natural silk together.
- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- sirenic
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adjective,
of or characteristic of a siren; melodious, tempting, or alluring.
- insider
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noun,
a person who is a member of a group, organization, society, etc.
- enteric
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noun,
enterics, Bacteriology. enterobacteria.
- 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.
- descent
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noun,
the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
- tierces
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- entices
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- rescind
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verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- eidetic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or constituting visual imagery vividly experienced and readily reproducible with great accuracy and in great detail.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- tenrecs
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- tierced
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adjective,
(of an escutcheon) divided vertically or horizontally into three equal parts.
- 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.
- sincere
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adjective,
free of deceit, hypocrisy, or falseness; earnest:
- tenders
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noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- destine
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verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- discern
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verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- dirties
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Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- directs
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- identic
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adjective,
identical.
- recites
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- dineric
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adjective,
of or relating to the face of separation of two immiscible liquid phases.
- incised
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adjective,
cut into:
- diester
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noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- incites
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- indices
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noun,
a plural of index.
- indicts
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verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- citrins
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- deities
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noun,
a god or goddess.
- citrine
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- centres
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- nitride
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noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- Nereids
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noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- cistern
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noun,
a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
- centri-
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- indict
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verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- desire
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noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- cerise
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adjective, noun,
moderate to deep red.
- ricins
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noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- tineid
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noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- deters
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verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- tinder
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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.
- distr.
-
- teiids
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noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- Nereid
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noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- recti-
-
- censer
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noun,
a container, usually covered, in which incense is burned, especially during religious services; thurible.
- rident
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adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- direct
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adverb,
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
- citrin
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noun,
bioflavonoid.
- Center
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centi-
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- recite
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verb (used with object),
to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner:
- Dnestr
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noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- diners
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noun,
a person who dines.
- centr-
-
- Recent
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noun,
Also called Holocene. (initial capital letter) Geology. the Recent Epoch or Series.
- incest
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noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incise
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verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- Centre
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noun,
Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- indic.
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- incite
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verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- tender
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noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- tiered
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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.
- Nereis
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noun,
clamworm.
- ternes
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noun,
terne metal.
- enter-
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- entice
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- Sender
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noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- rentes
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Enders
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noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- terces
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noun,
tierce (def 3).
- resect
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verb (used with object),
to do a resection on.
- resend
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verb (used with object),
to send again.
- 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.
- eiders
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noun,
eider duck.
- erects
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adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Edirne
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noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- resent
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- reside
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noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- seniti
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noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- escent
-
- tenrec
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noun,
any of several insectivorous mammals of the family Tenrecidae, of Madagascar, having a long, pointed snout, certain species of which are spiny and tailless.
- tidies
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noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- tie-in
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noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tierce
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noun,
an old measure of capacity equivalent to one third of a pipe, or 42 wine gallons.
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- seiner
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- driest
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noun,
a prohibitionist.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- 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.
- dienes
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noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Indies
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noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- secern
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verb (used with object),
to discriminate or distinguish in thought.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- secret
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noun,
something that is or is kept secret, hidden, or concealed.
- nitric
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adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- ciders
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noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- decern
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to discern.
- cinder
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noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- inside
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noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- instr.
-
- inter.
-
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- stride
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noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- irenic
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adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- screen
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noun,
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- cretin
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noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- irides
-
noun,
a plural of iris.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- screed
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noun,
a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.
- citied
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adjective,
occupied by a city or cities.
- credit
-
noun,
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc.:
- cities
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noun,
a large or important town.
- insect
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noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- decent
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adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- deicer
-
noun,
a device or a chemical substance for preventing or removing ice.
- serine
-
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;
- 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:
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- dentes
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noun,
plural of dens.
- deices
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verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- Indris
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Denise
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- denies
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Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- denti-
-
- certes
-
adverb,
certainly; in truth.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- Irene
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- istic
-
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- incr.
-
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Stein
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- irid-
-
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- erect
-
adjective,
upright in position or posture:
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- 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.
- reni-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- ster.
-
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- 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.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- init.
-
- rect.
-
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- 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).
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Recit
-
- 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.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- 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 .
- inst.
-
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- intr.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- nitr-
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- cetes
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- seti-
-
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- dent.
-
- sect.
-
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- desc.
-
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cert.
-
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- 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.
- dict.
-
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Ceres
-
noun,
a pre-Roman goddess of agriculture under whose name the Romans adopted the worship of the Greek goddess Demeter.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Seric
-
- crit.
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- creed
-
noun,
any system, doctrine, or formula of religious belief, as of a denomination.
- Crees
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- scree
-
noun,
a steep mass of detritus on the side of a mountain.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Crete
-
noun,
Formerly Candia. a Greek island in the Mediterranean, SE of mainland Greece. 3235 sq. mi. (8380 sq. km). Capital: Canea.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- 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.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- cine-
-
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- deci-
-
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- cedes
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- 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.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- retd.
-
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- 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.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- edit.
-
- 30-30
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- 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.
- 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.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- cent.
-
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- terce
-
noun,
tierce (def 3).
- disc.
-
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- 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.
- dist.
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- 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.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- sec.
-
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 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.
- 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.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- 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.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- scr.
-
- sci.
-
- rcd.
-
- std.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- 1080
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- dir.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- der.
-
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Dice
-
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.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- Den.
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dis-
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- 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.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- 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.
- 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.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ect-
-
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- cir.
-
- Cdr.
-
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- CerE
-
noun,
a fleshy, membranous covering of the base of the upper mandible of a bird, especially a bird of prey or a parrot, through which the nostrils open.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- trid
-
- cide
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Cree
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
- Cres
-
- tri-
-
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Dec.
-
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- 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.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- 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.
- enc.
-
- Inc.
-
- IndE
-
- INRI
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Ire.
-
- TDRS
-
- Ice.
-
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- NCTE
-
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Ind.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- ter.
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- 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).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- ten.
-
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- ence
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Esd.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Ens.
-
- STI
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TSE
-
- 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).
- TSI
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- TID
-
- Sr.
-
- TCS
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- tr.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- 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).
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Ir.
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ec-
-
- ed.
-
- EDC
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- EEC
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- en-
-
- ene
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERT
-
- DST
-
- Esc
-
- ese
-
- ESR
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- ics
-
- id.
-
- ide
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ier
-
- in.
-
- ine
-
- IRC
-
- ETD
-
- DSR
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- CST
-
- cr.
-
- cs.
-
- ct.
-
- CDT
-
- CED
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CIE
-
- CNS
-
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- CSR
-
- cte
-
- DRE
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- DSC
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DCS
-
- de-
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- DET
-
- di.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- DNR
-
- Dr.
-
- IRS
-
- IDS
-
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.
- ise
-
- rnd
-
- Re.
-
- RCN
-
- RCT
-
- RDC
-
- RDS
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Rs.
-
- Rd.
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- sd.
-
- sc.
-
- ScD
-
- SDI
-
- SDR
-
- se-
-
- SED
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- RCS
-
- 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.
- NSC
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- ite
-
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NES
-
- 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:
- ITC
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ist
-
- NRC
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- ISR
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- nr.
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- t.
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- TD
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- T1
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- TC
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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.
- i.
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- CE
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- 3D
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noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- S.
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- 2D
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noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- N.
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- ic
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NI
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- NC
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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.
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- R.
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- RC
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- ee
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- RI
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- D.
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- RN
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- DN
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- SN
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TN
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- ND
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- DC
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noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.