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- gier-eagle
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noun,
a bird, probably the Egyptian vulture, regarded as unclean. Lev. 11:18; Deut. 14:17.
- engrailed
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adjective,
having an edge of a charge consisting of a number of concave curves.
- delineate
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verb (used with object),
to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially:
- Geraldine
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Gerald.
- denigrate
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verb (used with object),
to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame:
- gadgeteer
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noun,
a person who invents or is particularly fond of using gadgets.
- dinergate
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noun,
a soldier ant.
- treelined
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adjective,
having a line of trees:
- Greendale
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noun,
a town in SE Wisconsin.
- elaterid
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- legatine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
- Alegrete
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noun,
a city in SW Brazil.
- Legendre
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noun,
Adrien Marie [a-dree-an ma-ree] /a driˈɛ̃ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1752–1833, French mathematician.
- teenager
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noun,
a person in his or her teens.
- regelate
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verb (used without object),
to freeze by regelation.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- Reginald
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “counsel and rule.”.
- delegate
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noun,
a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
- negligee
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noun,
a dressing gown or robe, usually of sheer fabric and having soft, flowing lines, worn by women.
- integral
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noun,
an integral whole.
- gate-leg
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noun,
a leg attached to a hinged frame that can be swung out to support a drop leaf.
- engirdle
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verb (used with object),
to engird.
- enargite
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noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- reedling
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noun,
the bearded tit.
- dateline
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- dragline
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noun,
a rope dragging from something; dragrope.
- antlered
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adjective,
having antlers.
- renegade
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noun,
a person who deserts a party or cause for another.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- greeting
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noun,
the act or words of a person who greets.
- generate
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verb (used with object),
to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- relegate
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verb (used with object),
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition:
- Triangle
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noun,
a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles.
- gradient
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noun,
the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- greenlet
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noun,
any of various small vireos of the genus Hylophilus, having greenish plumage, found in Central and South America.
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- detainee
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noun,
a person held in custody, especially for a political offense or for questioning.
- detailer
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- Algerine
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noun,
Algerian.
- tendril
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noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- Reading
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noun,
the action or practice of a person who reads.
- galerie
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noun,
gallery (def 8).
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- gearing
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noun,
an assembly of parts, especially a train of gears, for transmitting and modifying motion and torque in a machine.
- gangrel
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noun,
a lanky, loose-jointed person.
- atingle
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adjective,
tingling; stimulated.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Gatling
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noun,
Richard Jordan, 1818–1903, U.S. inventor.
- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- gelatin
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noun,
a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- geneal.
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- general
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noun,
Military.
U.S. Army and Air Force. an officer ranking above a lieutenant general and below a general of the army or general of the air force.
U.S. Army. an officer of any of the five highest ranks: a brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, or general of the army.
U.S. Marine Corps. an officer holding the highest rank in the corps.
(in numerous armies) an officer in the highest, second, or third highest rank, as one ranking immediately below a field marshal in the British army.
- genital
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adjective,
of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- genteel
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adjective,
belonging or suited to polite society.
- Gentile
-
noun,
a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
- niggard
-
noun,
an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person.
- Geraint
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noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- reagent
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- elegant
-
adjective,
tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.:
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- ringlet
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noun,
a curled lock of hair.
- draggle
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verb (used with object),
to soil by dragging over damp ground or in mud.
- dragnet
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noun,
a net to be drawn along the bottom of a river, pond, etc., or along the ground, to catch fish, small game, etc.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- related
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adjective,
associated; connected.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- deterge
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verb (used with object),
to wipe or wash away; cleanse.
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- Reigate
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noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- egalite
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noun,
equality.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- derange
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verb (used with object),
to throw into disorder; disarrange.
- Tangled
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noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- endgate
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noun,
tailboard.
- etagere
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noun,
a stand with a series of open shelves for small objects, bric-a-brac, etc.
- Delaine
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- engaged
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adjective,
busy or occupied; involved:
- tearing
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noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- engrail
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verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- enlarge
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verb (used with object),
to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to:
- teenage
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a teenager.
- dealing
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noun,
Usually, dealings. relations; business:
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- reeding
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noun,
a set of moldings, as on a column, resembling small convex fluting.
- Erigena
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noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- redline
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noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- Darling
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noun,
a person very dear to another; one dearly loved.
- Darlene
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noun,
a female given name: from the Old English word meaning “darling.”.
- Gigante
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plural noun,
huge monsters, the children of Gaea, who fought the Olympians but were defeated by them.
- gelding
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noun,
a castrated male animal, especially a horse.
- lineage
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noun,
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction:
- greenie
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noun,
Slang. an amphetamine pill, especially one that is green in color.
- alienee
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noun,
a person to whom property is alienated.
- Adeline
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- Lagting
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noun,
See under Storting.
- granite
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noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- grantee
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- Learned
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adjective,
having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite:
- grating
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noun,
a fixed frame of bars or the like covering an opening to exclude persons, animals, coarse material, or objects while admitting light, air, or fine material.
- greaten
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- legatee
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noun,
a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
- gregale
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noun,
a strong northeast wind that blows in the central and western Mediterranean area.
- grandee
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noun,
a man of high social position or eminence, especially a Spanish or Portuguese nobleman.
- Ireland
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noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- grenade
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noun,
a small shell containing an explosive and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle or launching device.
- Grendel
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noun,
the monster killed by Beowulf.
- Grindle
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noun,
bowfin.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- integer
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noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- ingrate
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- treadle
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noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- Leander
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noun,
a Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- trindle
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noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- leading
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that leads.
- glaring
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noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- gnarled
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noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- grained
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noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- 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.
- tringle
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noun,
a narrow, straight molding, as a fillet.
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- legged
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noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- elegit
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noun,
a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
- Leiden
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noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retene
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noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- rental
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noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- retina
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noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Legree
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noun,
Simon, Simon Legree.
- regale
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noun,
a sumptuous feast.
- endear
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verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- relent
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- intra-
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- leader
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noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- reggae
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noun,
a style of Jamaican popular music blending blues, calypso, and rock-'n'-roll, characterized by a strong syncopated rhythm and lyrics of social protest.
- Regain
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- inter.
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- leaden
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adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- engage
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adjective,
choosing to involve oneself in or commit oneself to something:
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- engild
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verb (used with object),
to brighten with or as with golden light:
- Lenard
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noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- engird
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verb (used with object),
to encircle; encompass:
- lateen
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adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- ingate
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noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- regent
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noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- elater
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- legend
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noun,
a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
- enrage
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verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- Ederle
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noun,
Gertrude Caroline, 1906–2003, U.S. swimmer.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- edging
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noun,
something that forms or is placed along an edge or border.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- Edirne
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noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- laggin
-
noun,
Usually, laggins. the staves at the bottom of a barrel, cask, or other hooped vessel.
- lagger
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noun,
a laggard.
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- earing
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noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- laggen
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noun,
laggin.
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- renege
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- lading
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noun,
the act of lading.
- regnal
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adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- reglet
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noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- Ealing
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Eileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Ledger
-
noun,
Bookkeeping. an account book of final entry, in which business transactions are recorded.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- eaglet
-
noun,
a young eagle.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- elated
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adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- legate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- Langer
-
noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- girdle
-
noun,
a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- niggle
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verb (used without object),
to criticize, especially constantly or repeatedly, in a peevish or petty way; carp:
- nigger
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noun,
Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of any dark-skinned people.
- genit.
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- genial
-
adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- Grande
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noun,
Rio. Rio Grande.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- Grange
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a country house or large farmhouse with its various farm buildings (usually in house names):
- gender
-
noun,
either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behavior:
Compare sex (def 1).
- gentle
-
adjective,
kindly; amiable:
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- gelati
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noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- Geiger
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noun,
Hans [hahns] /hɑns/ (Show IPA), 1882–1947, German physicist.
- grani-
-
- ragged
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noun,
British. an act of ragging.
- raggle
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noun,
a groove cut in masonry to receive flashing.
- gradin
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noun,
one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
- Gliere
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noun,
Reinhold Moritzovich [rahyn-hawlt maw-ryi-tsuh-vyich] /ˈraɪn hɔlt ˈmɔ ryɪ tsə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, Russian composer.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- giglet
-
noun,
a giddy, playful girl.
- Ginger
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noun,
a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine.
Compare ginger family.
- gingal
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noun,
jingal.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- glaire
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Gilead
-
noun,
a district of ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan River, in present N Jordan.
- Gilder
-
noun,
a person or thing that gilds.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- glider
-
noun,
a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
- Nereid
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noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- Nergal
-
noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- nagger
-
noun,
nag1 (def 5).
- Glenda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gerald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “spear” and “rule.”.
- gating
-
noun,
the process by which a channel in a cell membrane opens or closes.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- needle
-
noun,
a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- Redleg
-
noun,
a member of a secret organization, formed in Kansas in 1862, that engaged in guerrilla activities during the Civil War.
- linger
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- griege
-
noun,
gray goods.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- linage
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- ligate
-
verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- ligand
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a molecule, as an antibody, hormone, or drug, that binds to a receptor.
- enter-
-
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- gargle
-
noun,
any liquid used for gargling.
- gaited
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- garget
-
noun,
Veterinary Pathology. inflammation of the udder of a cow; bovine mastitis.
- Garden
-
noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- ganger
-
noun,
a foreman of a gang of laborers.
- Gander
-
noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- ranged
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- greige
-
noun,
Textiles. gray goods.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- Greene
-
noun,
Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
- Gadite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Gad.
- gadget
-
noun,
a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article.
- dragee
-
noun,
a sugarcoated nut or candy.
- grand-
-
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- dangle
-
noun,
the act of dangling.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- telega
-
noun,
a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- teleg.
-
- delete
-
verb (used with object),
to strike out or remove (something written or printed); cancel; erase; expunge.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- danger
-
noun,
liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tangle
-
noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- tergal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- Digger
-
noun,
a person or an animal that digs.
- agreed
-
adjective,
arranged or set by common consent:
- aglint
-
adjective,
displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering:
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- daggle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to drag or trail through mud, water, etc.; draggle; bemire.
- ageing
-
noun,
aging.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- dagger
-
noun,
a short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and a handle, used for stabbing.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- agrege
-
noun,
a degree awarded by a French university, based on a competitive examination given by the state and qualifying the recipient for the highest teaching positions in a lycée or for the rank of professor in a school of law or medicine.
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- angled
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- dinger
-
noun,
humdinger.
- Dingle
-
noun,
a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.
- ringed
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- denti-
-
- dealer
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- angler
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- degree
-
noun,
any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale.
- adren-
-
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- daring
-
noun,
adventurous courage; boldness.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- Algren
-
noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- tingle
-
noun,
a tingling sensation.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- degage
-
adjective,
unconstrained; easy, as in manner or style.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- tiered
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- grade
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- gleet
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- 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.
- tiled
-
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.
- Angl.
-
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Gilda
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “golden.”.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- giga-
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- ante-
-
- angi-
-
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- anti-
-
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- dirge
-
noun,
a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- alti-
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- glint
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- glide
-
noun,
a gliding movement, as in dancing.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- andr-
-
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- algid
-
adjective,
cold; chilly.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- gleed
-
noun,
a glowing coal.
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- gland
-
noun,
Anatomy.
a cell, group of cells, or organ producing a secretion.
any of various organs or structures resembling the shape but not the function of true glands.
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- glade
-
noun,
an open space in a forest.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- natl.
-
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- Grieg
-
noun,
Edvard [ed-vahrd;; Norwegian ed-vahrt] /ˈɛd vɑrd;; Norwegian ˈɛd vɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1843–1907, Norwegian composer.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- ledge
-
noun,
a relatively narrow, projecting part, as a horizontal, shelflike projection on a wall or a raised edge on a tray.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- Ital.
-
- Adige
-
noun,
a river in N Italy, flowing SE to the Adriatic Sea. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- Leger
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- aeri-
-
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- aden-
-
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- 30-30
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- trig.
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- lang.
-
- 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.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- intr.
-
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- gride
-
noun,
a griding or grating sound.
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- grind
-
noun,
the act of grinding.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- ling.
-
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- greed
-
noun,
excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- lign-
-
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- agger
-
noun,
Also called double tide. Oceanography.
a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again.
a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
- Aggie
-
noun,
agate (def 2).
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- Liege
-
noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- Genl.
-
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- dent.
-
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- regle
-
noun,
a groove or channel for guiding a sliding door.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- egger
-
noun,
tent caterpillar.
- Deere
-
noun,
John, 1804–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of farm implements.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- tele-
-
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- engr.
-
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Engle
-
noun,
Paul (Hamilton) 1908–91, U.S. poet and educator.
- deign
-
verb (used with object),
to condescend to give or grant:
- Engel
-
noun,
Lehman [ley-muh n] /ˈleɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1910–1982, U.S. conductor and composer.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- Regt.
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- reni-
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- retd.
-
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- nidge
-
verb (used with object),
to dress (a stone) with a pick or kevel.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Eagle
-
noun,
any of several large, soaring birds of prey belonging to the hawk family Accipitridae, noted for their size, strength, and powers of flight and vision: formerly widespread in North America, eagles are mostly confined to Alaska and a few isolated populations.
Compare bald eagle, golden eagle.
- drang
-
noun,
a narrow lane or alleyway.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- dinge
-
noun,
the condition of being dingy.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- ridge
-
noun,
a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- Egadi
-
noun,
a group of islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of W Sicily. 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- edger
-
noun,
a person who puts an edge, especially a finishing edge, on a garment, surface, lens, etc.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- edit.
-
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- EDGAR
-
noun,
an award given annually in various categories of mystery writing.
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- diag.
-
- dial.
-
- relig
-
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Gelee
-
noun,
a jellied substance, especially a cosmetic gel or a jellied food.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- nitr-
-
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- tera-
-
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- Arnel
-
- GATED
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- gelid
-
adjective,
very cold; icy.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rad.
-
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- leg.
-
- tri-
-
- NTIA
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- 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.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lea.
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- trid
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rit.
-
- 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.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- NIRA
-
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Rida
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- tRNA
-
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ter.
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Ltd.
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Reg.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitD
-
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- ten.
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- regd
-
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- lit.
-
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- 1080
-
- Eng.
-
- deg.
-
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Gen.
-
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- geld
-
noun,
a payment; tax.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Del.
-
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Den.
-
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- der.
-
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- Ger.
-
- Gerd
-
noun,
the daughter of a giant and the consort of Frey, who wooed her through his servant Skirnir.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dang
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Danl
-
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- gird
-
noun,
a gibe.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- darg
-
noun,
Scot. and North England. a day's work.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dat.
-
- Gide
-
noun,
André (Paul Guillaume) [ahn-drey pawl gee-yohm] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pɔl giˈyoʊm/ (Show IPA), 1869–1951, French novelist, essayist, poet, and critic: Nobel Prize 1947.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- garg
-
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- EDTA
-
- dir.
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- egad
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dlr.
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Edge
-
noun,
a line or border at which a surface terminates:
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- drag
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- dreg
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Gard
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
- gang
-
noun,
a group or band:
- Gand
-
noun,
French name of Ghent.
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Gal.
-
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Gage
-
noun,
something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.
- dia-
-
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- ding
-
noun,
a ringing sound.
- dig.
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- enl.
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- end-
-
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- gild
-
noun,
guild.
- Glad
-
noun,
gladiolus (def 1).
- ile-
-
- agr.
-
- intl
-
- int.
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- IndE
-
- AInd
-
- inae
-
- Aire
-
- Ire.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- ign.
-
- Ald.
-
- IEEE
-
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- idae
-
- Alg.
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- agit
-
- alt.
-
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- aged
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the):
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- grig
-
noun,
a cricket or grasshopper.
- ant.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Arg.
-
- 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.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- DEng
-
- Greg
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gregory.
- grid
-
noun,
a grating of crossed bars; gridiron.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- grad
-
noun,
a graduate.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- art.
-
- gleg
-
adjective,
quick; keen.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- gtd.
-
- Glee
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- Ind.
-
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- TIA
-
- Eg.
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- at.
-
- TID
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ae.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- al.
-
- ag-
-
- ad-
-
- Dag
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- DRE
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- DAE
-
- Dr.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- DNR
-
- DNA
-
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- DAR
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- TGN
-
- DEA
-
- 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.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- di.
-
- Tng
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- DET
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- tra
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ANG
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- 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.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- tr.
-
- TAL
-
- RLD
-
- ard
-
- RNA
-
- rnd
-
- de-
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Agt
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- DIL
-
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- tlr
-
- Ld.
-
- 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.
- NDE
-
- gt.
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- gre
-
- Gr.
-
- LNG
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- NAD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- Gld
-
- gl.
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- ne-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- nr.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- NIA
-
- ggr
-
- NEA
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- gig
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled one-horse carriage.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- id.
-
- Ia.
-
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Lt.
-
- La.
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- IRL
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ir.
-
- ing
-
- ial
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ide
-
- ier
-
- il-
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lg.
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ine
-
- NRA
-
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Rd.
-
- egg
-
noun,
the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- ETR
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- ERT
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Ldg
-
- ene
-
- en-
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- eir
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- EEG
-
- EEE
-
- EDT
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- ean
-
- ead
-
- ea.
-
- ETD
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Ga.
-
- DRG
-
- Ged
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- REA
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- RDA
-
- Gag
-
noun,
something put into a person's mouth to prevent speech, shouting, etc.
- Re.
-
- 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.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- gi.
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Gde
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- GDR
-
- Gad
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- GG
-
- RN
-
- RI
-
- DN
-
- D.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- A.
-
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.
- le
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- AI
-
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.
- EI
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rg
-
- L2
-
- NL
-
- L1
-
- L.
-
- TN
-
- ee
-
- dl
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NG
-
- ND
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- GN
-
- G.
-
- LR
-
- ln
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- GD
-
- T1
-
- TD
-
- i.
-
- R.
-
- t.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- IG
-
- DG
-
- TL
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NI
-
- TG
-