Anagrams of laboratories
Word laboratories has
1466 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of laboratories.
- astrolabe
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noun,
an astronomical instrument for taking the altitude of the sun or stars and for the solution of other problems in astronomy and navigation: used by Greek astronomers from about 200 b.c. and by Arab astronomers from the Middle Ages until superseded by the sextant.
- Liberator
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noun,
a four-engined heavy bomber widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. Symbol: B-24.
- sartorial
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adjective,
of or relating to tailors or their trade:
- rib-roast
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noun,
a cut of beef taken from the small end of the ribs and containing a large rib eye and two or more ribs.
- laborites
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noun,
a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- arterials
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noun,
a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access:
- oratories
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noun,
skill or eloquence in public speaking:
- satiable
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adjective,
capable of being satiated.
- trailers
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noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- Rabelais
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noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), c1490–1553, French satirist and humorist.
- rasorial
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adjective,
given to scratching the ground for food, as chickens; gallinaceous.
- Sabatier
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noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1854–1941, French chemist: Nobel prize 1912.
- balestra
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noun,
a jump toward the opponent followed immediately by a lunge.
- Borrelia
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noun,
any of several spiral, parasitic bacteria of the genus Borrelia, certain species of which are pathogenic for humans, other mammals, or birds.
- arboreta
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noun,
a plot of land on which many different trees or shrubs are grown for study or display.
- relators
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noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- sailboat
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noun,
a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- aerators
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noun,
an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
- arborist
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noun,
a specialist in the cultivation and care of trees and shrubs, including tree surgery, the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of tree diseases, and the control of pests.
- Serratia
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noun,
a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria that are saprophytic on decaying plant or animal materials.
- sororate
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noun,
subsequent or concurrent marriage with a wife's sister.
- librates
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- barstool
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noun,
a stool or seat, usually high and having a round, cushioned top, of a type often used for seating customers at a bar.
- Libertas
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noun,
the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- arbitral
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adjective,
pertaining to an arbiter or to arbitration.
- airboats
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noun,
Also called swamp boat. a small open boat having a very shallow draft and driven by a caged airplane propeller mounted above the rear transom, capable of traveling at relatively high speeds through shallow water, swamps, etc.
- arbalest
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noun,
a powerful medieval crossbow with a steel bow, used to shoot stones, metal balls, arrows, etc.
- abristle
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adverb, adjective,
in a bristling state:
- orbitale
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noun,
Craniometry, Cephalometry. the lowermost point on the lower margin of the left orbit, located instrumentally on the skull or by palpation on the head.
- arboreal
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adjective,
of or relating to trees; treelike.
- orbitals
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noun,
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital)
the electron in that state.
- labiates
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noun,
a labiate plant.
- restoral
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noun,
restoration.
- sorbitol
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noun,
a white, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble powder, C 6 H 8 (OH) 6 , occurring in cherries, plums, pears, seaweed, and many berries, obtained by the breakdown of dextrose and used as a sugar substitute for diabetics and in the manufacture of vitamin C, synthetic resins, candy, varnishes, etc.; sorbol.
- rotaries
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noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- rarebits
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noun,
Welsh rabbit.
- orbiters
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noun,
Also called space shuttle orbiter. the crew- and payload-carrying component of the space shuttle.
- Laborite
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noun,
a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- strobila
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noun,
the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region.
Compare scolex.
- broilers
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noun,
any device for broiling meat or fish; a grate, pan, or compartment in a stove for broiling.
- laborers
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noun,
a person engaged in work that requires bodily strength rather than skill or training:
- bloaters
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noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- storable
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noun,
Usually, storables. articles that are storable.
- arterial
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noun,
a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access:
- arterio-
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- realtors
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- boaster
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noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- rostral
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adjective,
of or relating to a rostrum.
- arbiter
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noun,
a person empowered to decide matters at issue; judge; umpire.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- boaters
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noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- Isabela
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noun,
a city in NW Puerto Rico.
- bolster
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noun,
a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- arables
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noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- Realtor
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- Iobates
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noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- obelias
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noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- boleros
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noun,
a lively Spanish dance in triple meter.
- isolate
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- Arabist
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noun,
a person who specializes in or studies the Arabic language or Arab culture.
- Boeotia
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noun,
a district in ancient Greece, NW of Athens. Capital: Thebes.
- boatels
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noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- oblates
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noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- boilers
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noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- stabler
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noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- astrol.
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- stabile
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noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- oralist
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noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- oolites
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noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- rasbora
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noun,
any of several minnows of the genus Rasbora, inhabiting fresh waters of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, especially the silvery R. heteromorpha, that has a black triangular marking near the tail and is often kept in aquariums.
- solaria
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noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- sororal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a sister or sisters; sisterly.
- solatia
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noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- broiler
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noun,
any device for broiling meat or fish; a grate, pan, or compartment in a stove for broiling.
- terbias
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noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- arteri-
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- Bristol
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noun,
a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
- bristle
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- rarebit
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noun,
Welsh rabbit.
- Astilbe
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noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- sorbate
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noun,
a sorbed substance.
- brasier
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noun,
brazier1 .
- Artesia
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noun,
a city in S California.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- roseola
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noun,
a kind of rose-colored rash.
- booster
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noun,
a person or thing that boosts, especially an energetic and enthusiastic supporter.
- areolas
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noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- bailors
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noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- seaboot
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noun,
a high, waterproof wading boot worn for fishing and sailing.
- erratas
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noun,
plural of erratum.
- orioles
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- Ariosto
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noun,
Ludovico [loo-daw-vee-kaw] /ˌlu dɔˈvi kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1474–1533, Italian poet: author of Orlando Furioso.
- ooblast
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noun,
a primordial cell from which the ovum is developed.
- borates
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noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- aristo-
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- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- tarsier
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noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- ratable
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adjective,
capable of being rated or appraised.
- arrobas
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noun,
a Spanish and Portuguese unit of weight of varying value, equal to 25.37 pounds avoirdupois (9.5 kilograms) in Mexico and to 32.38 pounds avoirdupois (12 kilograms) in Brazil.
- borstal
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noun,
(in England) a school for delinquent boys that provides therapy and vocational training.
- tarries
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noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- stearo-
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- ablates
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verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- orbiter
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noun,
Also called space shuttle orbiter. the crew- and payload-carrying component of the space shuttle.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- aerator
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noun,
an apparatus for aerating water or other fluids.
- blasto-
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- robalos
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noun,
snook2 (def 1).
- reboots
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noun,
an act or instance of restarting a computer.
- barrets
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noun,
a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- aerobia
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noun,
aerobe.
- Rosario
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noun,
a port in E Argentina, on the Paraná River.
- Aerosol
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas; smoke or fog.
- Roberta
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Robert.
- Roberts
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noun,
Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- loobies
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noun,
an awkward person, especially one who is lazy or stupid; lout; lubber.
- Aetolia
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noun,
an ancient district in W Greece, now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania.
- ostiole
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noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- roaster
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- Barrios
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noun,
Justo Rufino [hoo-staw roo-fee-naw] /ˈhu stɔ ruˈfi nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–85, Guatemalan statesman: president of Guatemala 1873–85.
- Latrobe
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noun,
Benjamin Henry, 1764–1820, U.S. architect and engineer, born in England.
- trailer
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noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- ablator
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noun,
See under ablation (def 3).
- basiate
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verb (used with or without object),
to kiss.
- riblets
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- barters
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noun,
the act or practice of bartering.
- orbital
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noun,
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital)
the electron in that state.
- triable
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- abraser
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noun,
a machine for testing the abrasion resistance of a material.
- lobster
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noun,
any of various large, edible, marine, usually dull-green, stalk-eyed decapod crustaceans of the family Homaridae, especially of the genus Homarus, having large, asymmetrical pincers on the first pair of legs, one used for crushing and the other for cutting and tearing: the shell turns bright red when cooked.
- rialtos
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- abreast
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adverb, adjective,
side by side; beside each other in a line:
- relator
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noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- basilar
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the base, especially the base of the skull.
- 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.
- librate
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- rebatos
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noun,
rabato.
- retools
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verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- airboat
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noun,
Also called swamp boat. a small open boat having a very shallow draft and driven by a caged airplane propeller mounted above the rear transom, capable of traveling at relatively high speeds through shallow water, swamps, etc.
- tailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- rabatos
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noun,
a wide, stiff collar of the 17th century, worn flat over the shoulders or open in front and standing at the back.
- labrets
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noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- rosaria
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noun,
a rose garden.
- Alastor
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- Rosalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- rooters
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- Alberti
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noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- laborer
-
noun,
a person engaged in work that requires bodily strength rather than skill or training:
- albites
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noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- bloater
-
noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- Alberta
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noun,
a province in W Canada. 255,285 sq. mi. (661,190 sq. km). Capital: Edmonton.
Abbreviation: Alba., Alta.
- bestial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- lariats
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- larries
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noun,
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- latrias
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- toreros
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noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- Bleriot
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1872–1936, French aviator, pioneer aeronautical engineer, and inventor.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- roister
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verb (used without object),
to act in a swaggering, boisterous, or uproarious manner.
- blister
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noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- labiate
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noun,
a labiate plant.
- rooster
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noun,
the male of domestic fowl and certain game birds; cock.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- birota
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noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- birles
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verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- braise
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verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- brails
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noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- bister
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noun,
bistre.
- botels
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noun,
boatel.
- Beloit
-
noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- sorbol
-
noun,
sorbitol.
- Strabo
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noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- strobe
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noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- Braila
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noun,
a port in E Romania, on the Danube River. 203,983.
- orbits
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noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- bestir
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verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- bistre
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noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- tabers
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noun,
tabor.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- blares
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noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- blears
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noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- boarts
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noun,
bort.
- bloats
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noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- boatel
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noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- boater
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noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- orator
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noun,
a person who delivers an oration; a public speaker, especially one of great eloquence:
- boiler
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noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- blites
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noun,
sea blite.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- bolero
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noun,
a lively Spanish dance in triple meter.
- bolita
-
noun,
a form of numbers pool.
- stable
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noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- bleats
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noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- orates
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Bootes
-
noun,
the Herdsman, a northern constellation between Ursa Major and Serpens, containing the bright star Arcturus.
- bootie
-
noun,
Also, bootee. a usually soft, sometimes disposable sock or bootlike covering for the foot or shoe, as for informal wear, warmth, or protection:
- Bootle
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noun,
a city in Merseyside metropolitan county, in W England, on the Mersey estuary.
- borals
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- Boreal
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adjective,
of or relating to the north wind.
- Boreas
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noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- borers
-
noun,
a person or thing that bores or pierces.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- sorrel
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noun,
light reddish-brown.
- Blairs
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noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- reboot
-
noun,
an act or instance of restarting a computer.
- riboso
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noun,
rebozo.
- libras
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noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- libers
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noun,
phloem.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- reboso
-
noun,
rebozo.
- robalo
-
noun,
snook2 (def 1).
- Robert
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noun,
Henry Martyn [mahr-tn] /ˈmɑr tn/ (Show IPA), 1837–1923, U.S. engineer and authority on parliamentary procedure: author of Robert's Rules of Order (1876, revised 1915).
- robles
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noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- ribose
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- rooter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that roots, as with the snout.
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- Labors
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labio-
-
- reatas
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noun,
riata.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- resorb
-
verb (used with object),
to absorb again, as an exudation.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Lorrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- lories
-
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.
- retool
-
verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- looies
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- retral
-
adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- retro-
-
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- lobose
-
adjective,
having broad, thick pseudopodia, as certain ameboid protozoans.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Lobito
-
noun,
a seaport in W Angola.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- lobate
-
adjective,
having a lobe lobes; lobed.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Ribera
-
noun,
José de [hoh-zey duh;; Spanish haw-se th e] /hoʊˈzeɪ də;; Spanish hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), (Jusepe de Ribera"Lo Spagnoletto") 1588–1652, Spanish printmaker and painter active in Naples.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- Obelia
-
noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- elisor
-
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.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- serbo-
-
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- Olbers
-
noun,
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus [hahyn-rikh vil-helm mah-te-oo s] /ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm mɑˈtɛ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1758–1840, German astronomer and physician.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- oolite
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- broils
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- briers
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- eroto-
-
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- rotors
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- Isabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oblast
-
noun,
(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- irreal
-
adjective,
unreal.
- sabalo
-
noun,
the tarpon.
- sabora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Babylonia during the 6th century a.d., whose editing of the work of the Babylonian amoraim constituted the final stage in the preparation of the Babylonian Gemara.
- oblate
-
noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- errata
-
noun,
plural of erratum.
- oboist
-
noun,
a player of the oboe.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- iatro-
-
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- oboles
-
noun,
a silver-alloy coin of France issued during the Middle Ages, the 24th part of a sol, or one-half denier.
- tables
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- tablas
-
noun,
an island in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippines, one of the Romblon Islands. 265 sq. mi. (686 sq. km).
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- rabato
-
noun,
a wide, stiff collar of the 17th century, worn flat over the shoulders or open in front and standing at the back.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Aeolia
-
noun,
Aeolis.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- torose
-
adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- Barolo
-
noun,
a dry red wine from the Piedmont region of Italy.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- barrel
-
noun,
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- Barres
-
noun,
Maurice [moh-rees] /moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1923, French novelist, writer on politics, and politician.
- Barret
-
noun,
a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- Arabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aboral
-
adjective,
opposite to or away from the mouth.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- astro-
-
- rabats
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- tarso-
-
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- Oriole
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- bailor
-
noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- osteo-
-
- balaos
-
noun,
a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- torero
-
noun,
a bullfighter, especially a matador.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Barrie
-
noun,
Sir James M(atthew) 1860–1937, Scottish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- barit.
-
- barrio
-
noun,
(in Spain and countries colonized by Spain) one of the divisions into which a town or city, together with the contiguous rural territory, is divided.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- treasr
-
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- Arbela
-
noun,
an ancient city of Assyria, E of the Tigris, on the site of modern Erbil: headquarters of Darius III before his defeat by Alexander the Great at Gaugamela 331 b.c.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- Ortler
-
noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- Orebro
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Abelia
-
noun,
any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Abelia, of the honeysuckle family, having clusters of small white or pink flowers.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- arioso
-
noun,
an arioso composition or section.
- abatis
-
noun,
an obstacle or barricade of trees with bent or sharpened branches directed toward an enemy.
- abates
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- basalt
-
noun,
the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- Barros
-
noun,
João de [zhwoun duh] /ʒwãʊ̃ də/ (Show IPA), ("the Portuguese Livy") 1496–1570, Portuguese historian.
- Bastia
-
noun,
a seaport on the NE coast of Corsica: the former capital of Corsica.
- arroba
-
noun,
a Spanish and Portuguese unit of weight of varying value, equal to 25.37 pounds avoirdupois (9.5 kilograms) in Mexico and to 32.38 pounds avoirdupois (12 kilograms) in Brazil.
- Arabis
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Arabis, including the rock cresses.
- arable
-
noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- ablate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- barter
-
noun,
the act or practice of bartering.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- tribo-
-
- ablare
-
adverb, adjective,
blaring:
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- rears
-
- areo-
-
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- OBrit
-
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- estab
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Tobol
-
noun,
a river rising in Kazakhstan, flowing NE through the Russian Federation in Asia to the Irtysh River. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Alta.
-
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Ital.
-
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- rotor
-
noun,
Electricity. a rotating member of a machine.
Compare stator (def 1).
- IATSE
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- Arber
-
noun,
Werner, born 1929, Swiss microbiologist: shared Nobel Prize 1978.
- Sabra
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a person born in Israel.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Arab.
-
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- ileo-
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- arbor
-
noun,
a leafy, shady recess formed by tree branches, shrubs, etc.
- Obote
-
noun,
(Apollo) Milton, 1924–2005, Ugandan political leader: president 1966–71 and 1980–85.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- obols
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alti-
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- alto-
-
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- obole
-
noun,
a silver-alloy coin of France issued during the Middle Ages, the 24th part of a sol, or one-half denier.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- treas
-
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- lobar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Rabat
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- rabal
-
noun,
the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds aloft by theodolitic tracking of a radiosonde.
- aboil
-
adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- lobos
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- 30-30
-
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- restr
-
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- abase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Abate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- abstr
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- oste-
-
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- rebar
-
noun,
a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.
- Alas.
-
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- albas
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- labor
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- labia
-
noun,
plural of labium.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- aero-
-
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- aeri-
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- robot
-
noun,
a machine that resembles a human and does mechanical, routine tasks on command.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Balt.
-
- orial
-
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- Barea
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Spanish author, critic, lecturer, and broadcaster: in England after 1939.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- ster.
-
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- baro-
-
- bloat
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- Barre
-
noun,
a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice.
- balsa
-
noun,
a tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (lagopus), of the bombax family, yielding an exceedingly light wood used for life preservers, rafts, toy airplanes, etc.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- boost
-
noun,
an upward shove or raise; lift.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Srta.
-
- Boole
-
noun,
George, 1815–64, English mathematician and logician.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bolos
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Balao
-
noun,
a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Balas
-
noun,
a rose-red variety of spinel.
- bolas
-
noun,
bola (def 1).
- bolar
-
adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Boito
-
noun,
Arrigo [uh-ree-goh;; Italian ahr-ree-gaw] /əˈri goʊ;; Italian ɑrˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1842–1918, Italian opera composer, poet, and novelist.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- Boots
-
noun,
a servant, as at a hotel, who blacks or polishes shoes and boots.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- basta
-
interjection,
enough; stop.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- Berra
-
noun,
Lawrence Peter ("Yogi") born 1925, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Berar
-
noun,
a former division of the Central Provinces and Berar, in central India: now part of Maharashtra state.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tabla
-
noun,
a small drum or pair of drums of India tuned to different pitches and played with the hands.
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- taboo
-
noun,
a prohibition or interdiction of anything; exclusion from use or practice:
Synonyms: ban, proscription, embargo, interdiction; no-no.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- Bart.
-
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- basal
-
adjective,
of, at, or forming the base.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- biol.
-
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- birrs
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- Basra
-
noun,
a port in SE Iraq, N of the Persian Gulf.
- Baiae
-
noun,
an ancient resort city in SW Italy, near Naples: villas of Caesar, Nero, and Pompey.
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- BSRet
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- oleo-
-
- sito-
-
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- 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.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- Sobor
-
noun,
a council, synod, or convention.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- terr.
-
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- sebi-
-
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Arras
-
noun,
a rich tapestry.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- sero-
-
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- seti-
-
- 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.
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- tears
-
- Brit.
-
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- 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:
- boro-
-
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Borer
-
noun,
a person or thing that bores or pierces.
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- boral
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Brier
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- tera-
-
- briar
-
noun,
brier1 .
- telo-
-
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Brale
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- astr.
-
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rel.
-
- Raab
-
noun,
broccoli rabe.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tab.
-
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- str.
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- Sra.
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- TRIB
-
- tri-
-
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tob.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Sol.
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- 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.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- Sab.
-
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Saba
-
noun,
an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the N Leeward Islands. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- SBLI
-
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- SATB
-
- Sat.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- RIBA
-
- 1080
-
- oto-
-
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Bolo
-
noun,
a large, heavy, single-edged knife or machete for hacking, used in the Philippines and by the U.S. Army.
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- Boor
-
noun,
a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
- boos
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- Boot
-
noun,
a covering of leather, rubber, or the like, for the foot and all or part of the leg.
- bor.
-
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- bot.
-
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Bol.
-
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- birr
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- bio-
-
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- BLit
-
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- bet.
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- IAEA
-
- IATA
-
- ible
-
- ile-
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- BSRT
-
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- BSAA
-
- BSAE
-
- BSIE
-
- BSIR
-
- BSIT
-
- BSOT
-
- btl.
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- ELAS
-
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alb.
-
- Alba
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Alis
-
- Ala.
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Abas
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abl.
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- ABLS
-
- abr.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abs-
-
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Barr
-
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- bar.
-
- Bara
-
noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- bal.
-
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Bala
-
noun,
Bilhah.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- ARIS
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- arr.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- ates
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- ator
-
- Baal
-
noun,
any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
- baas
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- iso-
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- LitB
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- lobo
-
noun,
the gray or timber wolf of the western U.S.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lib.
-
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- lea.
-
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- 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:
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- oro-
-
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- ole-
-
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- Oboe
-
noun,
a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece.
- obol
-
noun,
a silver coin of ancient Greece, the sixth part of a drachma.
- obs.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lobs
-
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lab.
-
- itol
-
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- at.
-
- ATA
-
- RBI
-
- ATB
-
- REA
-
- ERT
-
- ISA
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TBO
-
- Tbi
-
- BAA
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- SAA
-
- ast
-
- SRO
-
- ase
-
- OIt
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- TIA
-
- OIr
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- asb
-
- So.
-
- be-
-
- 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.
- ASI
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEO
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- TBA
-
- Br.
-
- bl.
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- LTA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ltr
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- se-
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- ob.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- OSA
-
- OSB
-
- TAL
-
- OAO
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- Ola
-
- OBE
-
- obl
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- La.
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OAS
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- IRO
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- IRL
-
- ARS
-
- RTS
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- ISR
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ist
-
- ose
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEA
-
- ae.
-
- abt
-
- OSO
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- OTB
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- al.
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ab-
-
- Tro
-
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- AIA
-
- Ar.
-
- ote
-
- AAE
-
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Re.
-
- ITA
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- LSI
-
- OOT
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- rte
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- oo-
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- aor
-
- AOA
-
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- Isl
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ise
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- LST
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- 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.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- SLA
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- SLE
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- BTE
-
- Bt.
-
- BST
-
- SLR
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- BSO
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ETO
-
- BSE
-
- EAA
-
- ETR
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- BSA
-
- BSL
-
- BRT
-
- brr
-
interjection,
(used to express sensations of cold).
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- ETS
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- BRE
-
- ROA
-
- ea.
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ESL
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SBE
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SBA
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- sb.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- 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).
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ESA
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LBO
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ESR
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- EBS
-
- ROI
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- OTS
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- Les
-
- io-
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- STB
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- BLS
-
- ILO
-
- STI
-
- ite
-
- ble
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- STL
-
- BLA
-
- ier
-
- ILS
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- ior
-
- SAE
-
- 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.
- IOT
-
- 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.
- BIE
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- bi-
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Ir.
-
- Lt.
-
- il-
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- ial
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Sr.
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SRB
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ib.
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- boo
-
noun,
an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- IAS
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- SAR
-
- Ia.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- t.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TB
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- R.
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- L1
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- AO
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- RI
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- O.
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- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- SL
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RO
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- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- T1
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- L2
-
- SA
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- BO
-
- L.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- EI
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- B-
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TL
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- OA
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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.
- Eb
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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.
- le
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- S.
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- i.
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- ol
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- LR
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