Anagrams of laticiferous
Word laticiferous has
2128 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of laticiferous.
- tiliaceous
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adjective,
belonging to the Tiliaceae, the linden family of plants.
- felicitous
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adjective,
well-suited for the occasion, as an action, manner, or expression; apt; appropriate:
- floristic
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adjective,
pertaining to flowers or a flora.
- triecious
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adjective,
trioecious.
- faculties
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noun,
an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action:
- realistic
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adjective,
interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical:
- artifices
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noun,
a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile.
- flat-sour
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noun,
fermentation occurring in canned foods after sealing.
- Sterculia
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noun,
any of various tropical trees of the genus Sterculia, of which some species are grown as ornamentals and some are the source of commercially valuable wood.
- laticifer
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noun,
a tubular structure through which latex circulates in a plant.
- clarifies
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verb (used with object),
to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- sclerotia
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noun,
a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- fluorites
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noun,
a common mineral, calcium fluoride, CaF 2 , occurring in green, blue, purple, yellow, or colorless crystals, usually in cubes: the principal source of fluorine, used also as a flux in metallurgy and for ornament.
- fruticose
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adjective,
having the form of a shrub; shrublike.
- socialite
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noun,
a socially prominent person.
- trifocals
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noun,
trifocals, eyeglasses with trifocal lenses.
- oralities
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noun,
the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- suctorial
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adjective,
adapted for sucking or suction, as an organ; functioning as a sucker for imbibing or adhering.
- foliature
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noun,
a cluster of leaves; foliage.
- fractious
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adjective,
refractory or unruly:
- solitaire
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noun,
Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner.
- surficial
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adjective,
of or relating to a surface, especially the land surface:
- fortalice
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noun,
a small fort; an outwork.
- facetious
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adjective,
not meant to be taken seriously or literally:
- factories
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noun,
a building or group of buildings with facilities for the manufacture of goods.
- sectorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a sector.
- clarities
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noun,
clearness or lucidity as to perception or understanding; freedom from indistinctness or ambiguity.
- frailties
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noun,
the quality or state of being frail.
- filatures
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noun,
the act of forming into threads.
- filister
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noun,
fillister.
- filiates
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verb (used with object),
Law. to determine judicially the paternity of, as a child born out of wedlock.
Compare affiliate (def 5).
- societal
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- trefoils
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- ratifies
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verb (used with object),
to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction:
- citreous
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adjective,
lemon-yellow; greenish-yellow.
- furcates
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adjective,
forked; branching.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- Escorial
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noun,
a building in central Spain, 27 miles (43 km) NW of Madrid, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Spanish sovereigns: erected 1563–84.
- curtails
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noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- Escurial
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noun,
Escorial.
- airfoils
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noun,
any surface, as a wing, aileron, or stabilizer, designed to aid in lifting or controlling an aircraft by making use of the air currents through which it moves.
- lucifers
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noun,
a proud, rebellious archangel, identified with Satan, who fell from heaven.
- fusilier
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noun,
a member of a British regiment formerly armed with fusils.
- floaters
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noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- lacteous
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adjective,
milky; of the color of milk.
- factures
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noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- coistrel
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- filature
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noun,
the act of forming into threads.
- faitours
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noun,
impostor; fake.
- loricate
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adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- carousel
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noun,
merry-go-round (def 1).
- clotures
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noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- factious
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adjective,
given to faction; dissentious:
- Iscariot
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noun,
the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
- iris-out
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noun,
the gradual disappearance of an image or scene through a contracting circle.
- alfresco
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adverb,
out-of-doors; in the open air:
- aoristic
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adjective,
Grammar. pertaining to the aorist.
- carioles
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- artifice
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noun,
a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile.
- auricles
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- Lucretia
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noun,
Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- fluorite
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noun,
a common mineral, calcium fluoride, CaF 2 , occurring in green, blue, purple, yellow, or colorless crystals, usually in cubes: the principal source of fluorine, used also as a flux in metallurgy and for ornament.
- outflies
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verb (used with object),
to surpass in flying, especially in speed or distance:
- uralites
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- outfaces
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verb (used with object),
to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.
- cloister
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noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- foliates
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- acuities
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noun,
sharpness; acuteness; keenness:
- outliers
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- silicate
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noun,
Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- fructose
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noun,
Chemistry, Pharmacology. a yellowish to white, crystalline, water-soluble, levorotatory ketose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , sweeter than sucrose, occurring in invert sugar, honey, and a great many fruits: used in foodstuffs and in medicine chiefly in solution as an intravenous nutrient.
- osculate
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verb (used with object),
to bring into close contact or union.
- clitoris
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noun,
the erectile organ of the vulva, homologous to the penis of the male.
- rosulate
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adjective,
forming a rosette or rosettes.
- suricate
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noun,
a small, burrowing South African carnivore, Suricata suricatta, of a grayish color with dark bands across the back, related to the mongooses and having social behavior similar to that of prairie dogs.
- fluerics
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noun,
fluidics.
- trifocal
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noun,
trifocals, eyeglasses with trifocal lenses.
- utricles
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noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- floruits
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noun,
he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, especially when the exact birth and death dates are unknown. Abbreviation: fl., flor.
- outcries
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noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- Coulters
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noun,
colter.
- ciliates
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- scrofula
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noun,
primary tuberculosis of the lymphatic glands, especially those of the neck.
- foresail
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- outraces
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- forecast
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verb (used with object),
to predict (a future condition or occurrence); calculate in advance:
- factors
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noun,
one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation:
- Leuctra
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noun,
a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- sulcate
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adjective,
having long, narrow grooves or channels, as plant stems, or being furrowed or cleft, as hoofs.
- astrol.
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- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- faucets
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noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- facture
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noun,
the act, process, or manner of making anything; construction.
- stearic
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adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- failure
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noun,
an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success:
- lictors
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- falters
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noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- auricle
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- farcies
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noun,
a form of glanders chiefly affecting the skin and superficial lymphatic vessels of horses and mules.
- lifters
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noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- stoical
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adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- Falster
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noun,
an island in SE Denmark. 198 sq. mi. (513 sq. km).
- far-out
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adjective,
unconventional; offbeat; avant-garde.
- Saucier
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noun,
a chef or cook who specializes in making sauces.
- fairies
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noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs.
- Austro-
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- Falieri
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noun,
Maríno [Italian mah-ree-naw] /Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1278?–1355, Venetian army commander: doge of Venice 1354–55.
- Liatris
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- stearo-
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- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- sautoir
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noun,
a ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other.
- faitour
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noun,
impostor; fake.
- curates
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noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- corslet
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- soilure
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noun,
a stain.
- Loafers
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noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- elicits
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verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- eristic
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noun,
a person who engages in disputation; controversialist.
- outsail
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verb (used with object),
to outdo in sailing; sail farther, more skillfully, or faster than.
- outrace
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- sclero-
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- Celosia
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noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- oculars
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noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- cutlers
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- oculist
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noun,
ophthalmologist.
- outlier
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- catouse
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noun,
New England. a noisy disturbance; commotion.
- cerato-
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- elastic
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noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- ciliate
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- oralist
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noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- orifice
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noun,
an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent.
- oscular
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adjective,
pertaining to an osculum.
- outface
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verb (used with object),
to cause to submit by or as if by staring down; face or stare down.
- scouter
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noun,
a person who scouts.
- eclairs
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- secular
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noun,
a layperson.
- ourself
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pronoun,
one's own person, individuality, etc., considered as private and apart from others:
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- citrals
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noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- Calorie
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- eutocia
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noun,
normal childbirth.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- careful
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adjective,
cautious in one's actions:
- solicit
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verb (used with object),
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.:
- curiosa
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plural noun,
books, pamphlets, etc., dealing with unusual subjects.
- locates
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verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- carfuls
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noun,
the largest number or amount that a car can hold.
- cariole
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- carious
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adjective,
having caries, as teeth; decayed.
- Carlist
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noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- claries
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noun,
any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- clarets
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noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- curtals
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noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- Carolus
-
noun,
any of various coins issued under monarchs named Charles, especially the broad of Charles I of England.
- carouse
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noun,
carousal.
- sulfite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of sulfurous acid.
- curites
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- cartels
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noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- curtail
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noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- claires
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noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- Lucifer
-
noun,
a proud, rebellious archangel, identified with Satan, who fell from heaven.
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- escolar
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noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- sulfate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- forties
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- Leofric
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noun,
died 1057, earl of Mercia c1030–57 (husband of Lady Godiva).
- torulas
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noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- florist
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noun,
a retailer of flowers, ornamental plants, etc.
- florets
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noun,
a small flower.
- couters
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- furcate
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adjective,
forked; branching.
- trefoil
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- airfoil
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noun,
any surface, as a wing, aileron, or stabilizer, designed to aid in lifting or controlling an aircraft by making use of the air currents through which it moves.
- airlift
-
noun,
a system for transporting persons or cargo by aircraft, especially in an emergency.
- floater
-
noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- restful
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adjective,
giving or conducive to rest.
- iatrics
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- trifles
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noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- icterus
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noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- safrole
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noun,
a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 10 H 10 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- relucts
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verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- iolites
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noun,
cordierite.
- fistula
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noun,
Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
- Alfieri
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noun,
Count Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1749–1803, Italian dramatist and poet.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- coalers
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noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- floruit
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noun,
he (or she) flourished: used to indicate the period during which a person flourished, especially when the exact birth and death dates are unknown. Abbreviation: fl., flor.
- AFL-CIO
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- filiate
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verb (used with object),
Law. to determine judicially the paternity of, as a child born out of wedlock.
Compare affiliate (def 5).
- folates
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noun,
folic acid.
- utricle
-
noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- rituals
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noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- Forseti
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noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- fractus
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adjective,
containing small, individual elements that have a ragged appearance.
- acerous
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adjective,
acerose1 .
- Rosalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- acetous
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adjective,
containing or producing acetic acid.
- foliate
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- uralite
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- costrel
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- uracils
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noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- rialtos
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Aetolus
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noun,
son of Endymion and founder of Aetolia.
- colures
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noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- colters
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- turacos
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noun,
touraco.
- frolics
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noun,
merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- fluters
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noun,
a person who makes flutings.
- Coulter
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noun,
colter.
- fluster
-
noun,
nervous excitement or confusion.
- fluoric
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adjective,
Chemistry. pertaining to or obtained from fluorine.
- flueric
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noun,
fluidics.
- colitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the colon.
- Troilus
-
noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- 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.
- earfuls
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noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- closure
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noun,
the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- Lacoste
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noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- italics
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- ferulas
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noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- 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.
- 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.
- fiacres
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noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- cloture
-
noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- latices
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noun,
a plural of latex.
- Felicia
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “happy.”.
- tearful
-
adjective,
full of tears; weeping.
- talcose
-
adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- recusal
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noun,
the disqualification of a judge for a particular lawsuit or proceeding, especially due to some possible conflict of interest or prejudice.
- lactose
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- festuca
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Festuca, chiefly characterized by tufted blades and spikelets, comprising the fescues.
- crustal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a crust, as of the earth.
- aristo-
-
- Scutari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between NW Albania and Montenegro. About 135 sq. mi. (350 sq. km).
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- Salieri
-
noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- lectors
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- refusal
-
noun,
an act or instance of refusing.
- Israeli
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- surcoat
-
noun,
a garment worn over medieval armor, often embroidered with heraldic arms.
- re-coil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- cluster
-
noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- Israfil
-
noun,
the angel who will sound the trumpet announcing the end of the world.
- surface
-
noun,
the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
- Lautrec
-
noun,
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- surfeit
-
noun,
excess; an excessive amount:
- fictile
-
adjective,
capable of being molded.
- cotula
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- rectus
-
noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- culets
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- rectos
-
- cueist
-
noun,
a billiard player.
- ouster
-
noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- recti-
-
- cuirie
-
noun,
a hardened leather piece for protecting the breast, worn over mail.
- coulis
-
noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- Cutler
-
noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- rifles
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- cuesta
-
noun,
a long, low ridge with a relatively steep face or escarpment on one side and a long, gentle slope on the other.
- rictus
-
noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- Custer
-
noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- Creusa
-
noun,
the bride to be of Jason, slain by Medea.
- curets
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Crouse
-
noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- curios
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- crofts
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- cruets
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- cruise
-
noun,
the act of cruising.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- course
-
noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- curtal
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- Curtis
-
noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- courts
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- Crusoe
-
noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- crafts
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- loafer
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- earful
-
noun,
an outpouring of oral information or advice, especially when given without solicitation.
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- fliers
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- iatro-
-
- Icarus
-
noun,
Also, Ikaros. Classical Mythology. a youth who attempted to escape from Crete with wings of wax and feathers but flew so high that his wings melted from the heat of the sun, and he plunged to his death in the sea.
- flatus
-
noun,
intestinal gas produced by bacterial action on waste matter in the intestines and composed primarily of hydrogen sulfide and varying amounts of methane.
- flares
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- flairs
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- fistic
-
adjective,
of boxing; pugilistic:
- fiscal
-
noun,
(in some countries) a prosecuting attorney.
- ireful
-
adjective,
full of intense anger; wrathful.
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- filter
-
noun,
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- filose
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- 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.
- flirts
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- ficoes
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- itious
-
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- fiasco
-
noun,
a complete and ignominious failure.
- fiacre
-
noun,
a small horse-drawn carriage.
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- lacto-
-
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- futile
-
adjective,
incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful:
- ferous
-
- flutes
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- Fortas
-
noun,
Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- fouter
-
noun,
something that has no value (used in expressions of contempt):
- frails
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- foliar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the nature of a leaf or leaves.
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- folate
-
noun,
folic acid.
- fresco
-
noun,
Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.
Compare fresco secco.
- foetus
-
noun,
fetus.
- Frisco
-
noun,
San Francisco.
- frolic
-
noun,
merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
- fluter
-
noun,
a person who makes flutings.
- fustic
-
noun,
the wood of a large, tropical American tree, Chlorophora tinctoria, of the mulberry family, yielding a light-yellow dye.
- fluors
-
- frusta
-
noun,
the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
- flouts
-
noun,
a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.
- flours
-
noun,
the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
- flori-
-
- floret
-
noun,
a small flower.
- Flores
-
noun,
flower (def 11).
- floras
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- Furiae
-
plural noun,
fury (def 3).
- Furies
-
noun,
unrestrained or violent anger, rage, passion, or the like:
- floats
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- Fuseli
-
noun,
(John) Henry (Johann Heinrich Füssli) 1741–1825, English painter, illustrator, and essayist; born in Switzerland.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- ferula
-
noun,
Botany. any of various plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family, chiefly of the Mediterranean region and central Asia, generally tall and coarse with dissected leaves, many of the Asian species yielding strongly scented, medicinal gum resins.
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- ericas
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Louise
-
noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Lucias
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Escaut
-
noun,
French name of Scheldt.
- Lucite
-
- eructs
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- lucres
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- luetic
-
adjective,
syphilitic.
- Lurcat
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- luteo-
-
- 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.
- lutose
-
adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- ocular
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- 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.
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- felsic
-
adjective,
(of rocks) consisting chiefly of feldspars, feldspathoids, quartz, and other light-colored minerals.
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- lauric
-
adjective,
of or derived from lauric acid.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- fecula
-
noun,
fecal matter, especially of insects.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- Leucas
-
noun,
Levkas.
- leuco-
-
- faults
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- faucet
-
noun,
any device for controlling the flow of liquid from a pipe or the like by opening or closing an orifice; tap; cock.
- fauces
-
noun,
Anatomy. the cavity at the back of the mouth, leading into the pharynx.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- Lieut.
-
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Lister
-
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.
- falter
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- falsie
-
noun,
either of a pair of shaped pads, made of rubber, fabric, or the like, for wearing inside a brassiere to give the breasts a larger or more shapely appearance.
- 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.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- Factor
-
noun,
one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation:
- facile
-
adjective,
moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality:
- facies
-
noun,
general appearance, as of an animal or vegetable group.
- facets
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- facers
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- locust
-
noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- soucar
-
noun,
a Hindu banker.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- carful
-
noun,
the largest number or amount that a car can hold.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- sol-fa
-
noun,
Music. the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the scale. All but do and ti are attributed to Guido d'Arezzo.
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- solute
-
noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- califs
-
noun,
caliph.
- Calif.
-
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- source
-
noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- souter
-
noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- austr-
-
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- suitor
-
noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- silica
-
noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- cesura
-
noun,
caesura.
- certif
-
- cerous
-
adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- cerias
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cerat-
-
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- celto-
-
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- sluice
-
noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- Caruso
-
noun,
Enrico [en-ree-koh;; Italian en-ree-kaw] /ɛnˈri koʊ;; Italian ɛnˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1921, Italian operatic tenor.
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- astro-
-
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- turco-
-
- afrits
-
noun,
afreet.
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- truces
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- acutes
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- ultra-
-
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- uracil
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- Uralic
-
noun,
a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- acious
-
- aceto-
-
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- aceous
-
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- utero-
-
- Uticas
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- afters
-
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- artful
-
adjective,
slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky:
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- tarso-
-
- tauro-
-
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Tiflis
-
noun,
former name of Tbilisi.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- 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.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- tousle
-
noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- Citrus
-
noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- Coleus
-
noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- Cletus
-
noun,
Anacletus.
- saucer
-
noun,
a small, round, shallow dish to hold a cup.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- scler-
-
- colure
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- routes
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- sci-fi
-
noun,
science fiction.
- coitus
-
noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- scato-
-
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- clifts
-
noun,
cliff.
- sarco-
-
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- clouts
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- sacro-
-
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- clause
-
noun,
Grammar. a syntactic construction containing a subject and predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- rustic
-
noun,
a country person.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- TOEFL
-
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- 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.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- ilio-
-
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- refl.
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- tears
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- lact-
-
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- 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.
- telo-
-
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tious
-
- 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.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- 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.
- istic
-
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- tera-
-
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Ital.
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ileo-
-
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- Fris.
-
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- turfs
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- tufas
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- Rolfe
-
noun,
John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- fours
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- 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.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- USLTA
-
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- fouls
-
noun,
foot rot.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- 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.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- fruit
-
noun,
any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- fusil
-
noun,
a light flintlock musket.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- 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.
- IATSE
-
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- Icel.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- furls
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- 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.
- FSLIC
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- fuels
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Fulas
-
noun,
Fulani.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- treas
-
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- 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.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- sarc-
-
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- 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.
- sito-
-
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- 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.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- octa-
-
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- scat-
-
- Lucas
-
noun,
George, born 1944, U.S. film director.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- SOFIA
-
noun,
Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- ocul-
-
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- self-
-
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- 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:
- sect.
-
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- 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.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- scuta
-
noun,
plural of scutum.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- seti-
-
- sero-
-
- OIcel
-
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- Seric
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Scot.
-
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Orcus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- orial
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- 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.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- licet
-
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- rect.
-
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- sulfa
-
noun,
sulfa drug.
- 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.
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- 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).
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- sulf-
-
- sulfo
-
adjective,
containing the sulfo group; sulfonic.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- leuc-
-
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lect.
-
- scurf
-
noun,
the scales or small shreds of epidermis that are continually exfoliated from the skin.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- 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.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- loafs
-
verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- scarf
-
noun,
a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- 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.
- Recit
-
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- sauce
-
noun,
any preparation, usually liquid or semiliquid, eaten as a gravy or as a relish accompanying food.
- ster.
-
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- 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.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Srta.
-
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- crit.
-
- fort.
-
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- craft
-
noun,
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill:
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- Croft
-
noun,
a small farm, especially one worked by a tenant.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- clefs
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- cleft
-
noun,
a space or opening made by cleavage; a split.
- Clift
-
noun,
cliff.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- coel-
-
- Corfu
-
noun,
Ancient Corcyra. one of the Ionian Islands, off the NW coast of Greece. 229 sq. mi. (593 sq. km).
- coifs
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- colat
-
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- cores
-
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- fails
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- farce
-
noun,
a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- farci
-
adjective,
filled with with seasoned bread crumbs or other savory matter; stuffed.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- faces
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- fault
-
noun,
a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing:
- Faure
-
noun,
Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
- Faust
-
noun,
Johann [yoh-hahn] /ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), c1480–c1538, German magician, alchemist, and astrologer.
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- fecal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or being feces.
- fecit
-
verb,
he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- Felis
-
noun,
a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
- facet
-
noun,
one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- facer
-
noun,
a person or thing that faces.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- ecol.
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ecto-
-
- Ecua.
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- Alfur
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal people of eastern Indonesia, especially of the Moluccas, whose features show both Malayan and Papuan characteristics.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- aloft
-
adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alti-
-
- alto-
-
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- arces
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- arcus
-
noun,
a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.
- areo-
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- 30-30
-
- acet-
-
- acro-
-
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- actos
-
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- afoul
-
Idioms,
run / come / fall afoul of,
to become entangled with:
to come into conflict with:
- Afric
-
adjective,
African.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- Afro-
-
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Alcor
-
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- clase
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- cause
-
noun,
a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect:
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cero-
-
- cert.
-
- cauls
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- caus.
-
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- asco-
-
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- Aust.
-
- auto.
-
- Caius
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 296, pope 283–296.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- calef
-
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- folic
-
adjective,
of or derived from folic acid.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- fires
-
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- Ficus
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.
- force
-
noun,
physical power or strength possessed by a living being:
- focal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a focus.
- flour
-
noun,
the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- Fleur
-
noun,
a female given name.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- feti-
-
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- fetus
-
noun,
(used chiefly of viviparous mammals) the young of an animal in the womb or egg, especially in the later stages of development when the body structures are in the recognizable form of its kind, in humans after the end of the second month of gestation.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- Forli
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
- flics
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- flout
-
noun,
a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- flocs
-
noun,
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- flues
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- flute
-
noun,
a musical wind instrument consisting of a tube with a series of fingerholes or keys, in which the wind is directed against a sharp edge, either directly, as in the modern transverse flute, or through a flue, as in the recorder.
- fore-
-
- filos
-
- Flora
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- forel
-
noun,
a slipcase for a book.
- focus
-
noun,
a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity:
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- flor.
-
- float
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- 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.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- 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.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Cor.
-
- Rolf
-
noun,
Also called Rolf the Ganger [gang-er] /ˈgæŋ ər/ (Show IPA). Rollo (def 1).
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- ious
-
- Frs.
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- corf
-
noun,
Mining.
a small wagon for carrying coal, ore, etc.
a wicker basket formerly used for this purpose.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 1080
-
- ARIS
-
- 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.
- frt.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- coif
-
noun,
a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- taur
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- FRSL
-
- Col.
-
- flue
-
noun,
a passage or duct for smoke in a chimney.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- 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.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Cres
-
- crat
-
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- cts.
-
- ctr.
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- alt.
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- foci
-
noun,
a plural of focus.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- filt
-
- ref.
-
- 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.
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- rit.
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- Cort
-
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- art.
-
- RIIA
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- tel-
-
- fisc
-
noun,
a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- 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.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- ter.
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- FLRA
-
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- str.
-
- ator
-
- SLIC
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- 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.
- 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.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Fuls
-
noun,
Fulani.
- 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.
- atic
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cels
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- 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.
- Sufi
-
noun,
a member of an ascetic, mystical Muslim sect.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- ates
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- fur.
-
- cat.
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Cal.
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- calf
-
noun,
the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- furl
-
noun,
the act of furling.
- Aus.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- CAFE
-
noun,
a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
- aut-
-
- Sra.
-
- Ste.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- fut.
-
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- floc
-
noun,
Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Sol.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- aur-
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- FUSE
-
noun,
a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- CLEF
-
noun,
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- saur
-
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- ile-
-
- asc-
-
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- clar
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- 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.
- scil
-
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- 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.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- Fla.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- cule
-
- 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.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sci.
-
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- cet-
-
- Ice.
-
- flic
-
noun,
a police officer; cop.
- Ceto
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- ICAO
-
- fuel
-
noun,
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- ical
-
- Fula
-
noun,
Fulani.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Cerf
-
noun,
Bennett (Alfred) 1898–1971, U.S. book publisher, editor, and writer.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sec.
-
- 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.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- cis-
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cir.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- scr.
-
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- SURF
-
noun,
the swell of the sea that breaks upon a shore or upon shoals.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- itol
-
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- aer-
-
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- USAR
-
- USAF
-
noun,
the permanent or regular military air force of the United States, established in 1947 as a separate service under the authority of the Department of Defense: a branch of the U.S. Army before 1947. Abbreviation: USAF.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- eso-
-
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Four
-
noun,
a cardinal number, three plus one.
- est.
-
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- Acus
-
noun,
Surgery. a needle, especially one used in a surgical operation.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- turf
-
noun,
a layer of matted earth formed by grass and plant roots.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- 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.
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- USTC
-
- USRC
-
- Oct.
-
- aet.
-
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- tufa
-
noun,
Also called calcareous tufa, calc-tufa, calc-tuff. a porous limestone formed from calcium carbonate deposited by springs or the like.
Compare travertine.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- eous
-
- itis
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- USIA
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USCA
-
- Tues
-
- uro-
-
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- acr-
-
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- ACLU
-
- ACLS
-
- fac.
-
- face
-
noun,
the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- FACS
-
- fact
-
noun,
something that actually exists; reality; truth:
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- uret
-
- Urfa
-
noun,
a city in SE Turkey, E of the Euphrates River: on the site of ancient Edessa.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lit.
-
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- 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:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- uria
-
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- ufos
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- foul
-
noun,
something that is foul.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Eur.
-
- ulto
-
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- afr-
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- for.
-
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- Fri.
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- RCAF
-
- out-
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- 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.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- 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.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- FRCS
-
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- FERA
-
- Frau
-
noun,
a married woman; a wife.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- iso-
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- cur.
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- tofu
-
noun,
a soft, bland, white cheeselike food, high in protein content, made from curdled soybean milk: used in Asian and vegetarian cookery.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- FOIA
-
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Alis
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- FICA
-
- lea.
-
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Alco
-
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- Aire
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- EFTA
-
- ole-
-
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- fec.
-
- tri-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- ELAS
-
- ect-
-
- 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.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- fol.
-
- eco-
-
- AISI
-
- AFSC
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- fict
-
- 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:
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- fico
-
noun,
fig1 (def 4).
- 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.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ca.
-
- cf.
-
- AUC
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- CAF
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- suf
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- uti
-
- al.
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- STI
-
- UTC
-
- Af.
-
- ac-
-
- USR
-
- USC
-
- ATC
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- at.
-
- Ar.
-
- FOS
-
- STL
-
- USO
-
- tlo
-
- AEF
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- AIC
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- 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.
- trf
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AFS
-
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- AFL
-
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- AFC
-
- Tro
-
- 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.
- ALC
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- aor
-
- tlr
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Frl
-
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- ALU
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- TIA
-
- tfr
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- AOU
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- FRC
-
- 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.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ASU
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ft.
-
- FTC
-
- UIT
-
- ase
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- fou
-
adjective,
drunk.
- ult
-
- ASI
-
- ACS
-
- UFO
-
noun,
any unexplained moving object observed in the sky, especially one assumed by some observers to be of extraterrestrial origin.
- ur-
-
- FOT
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- ure
-
- ful
-
noun,
Fulani.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- FSR
-
- UFC
-
- flu
-
noun,
influenza.
- FSA
-
- TSE
-
- ARS
-
- TSI
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Tu.
-
- tue
-
- TAL
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Ufa
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Bashkir Autonomous Republic, in the Russian Federation in Europe.
- TLC
-
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ARU
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- UAR
-
- USA
-
- UAE
-
- UCR
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- CLR
-
- Co.
-
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- ECF
-
- ose
-
- ITA
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ef-
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- efl
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ITC
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ola
-
- ec-
-
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- 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.
- ite
-
- oic
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- OFr
-
- of-
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- fic
-
- EOF
-
- OCS
-
- ECA
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- OCR
-
- ist
-
- cte
-
- ctf
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCA
-
- 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.
- ISR
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAF
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- cr.
-
- ot-
-
- 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.
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ea.
-
- Re.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- RCS
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- CST
-
- FET
-
- LOC
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Fia
-
- FAO
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Lif
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- FAT
-
noun,
any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LaF
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- FCA
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LCI
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LCA
-
- LCF
-
- LCT
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- FCS
-
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lt.
-
- fo.
-
- OAU
-
- Esc
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- 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.
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- OTC
-
- OSF
-
- OSA
-
- Oc.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ESL
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ETO
-
- La.
-
- eu-
-
- 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.
- ETS
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- ETR
-
- ESU
-
- ESR
-
- LSC
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- IUS
-
- CTA
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- CSR
-
- Clo
-
- SLR
-
- IFC
-
- ics
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- CSO
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- cle
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- sc.
-
- CLI
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- SAR
-
- ier
-
- Fl.
-
- CLU
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ILO
-
- ILS
-
- IOC
-
- SAE
-
- IOF
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- Ia.
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- SCF
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- CEA
-
- IAS
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Sfc
-
- io-
-
- CEO
-
- CEF
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- SLA
-
- 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).
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- CIF
-
- CFA
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ITU
-
- se-
-
- SLE
-
- CFI
-
- CFL
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- CFO
-
- CFR
-
- cfs
-
- CIA
-
- CIE
-
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- SOF
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- St.
-
- cl.
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- RFI
-
- RFE
-
- RFC
-
- ct.
-
- RFA
-
- cs.
-
- IRO
-
- 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.
- IRS
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ise
-
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- CRS
-
- CRT
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- FIO
-
- Sta
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- Isl
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- CSA
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- CSF
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- IRL
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RIF
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noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Sou
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noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- CAR
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noun,
an automobile.
- sot
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noun,
a drunkard.
- RTS
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- RTF
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- rte
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- rt.
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- RSE
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- RSA
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- Rs.
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- ior
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- COS
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noun,
romaine.
- IOT
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- Ios
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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.
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROI
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- IRC
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- CAI
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- ROA
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- ROC
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noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ial
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- IOU
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- Ir.
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- CE
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- L1
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- LF
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- le
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- L2
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- SU
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- i.
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- FE
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- AO
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- ic
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- UT
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- 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.
- 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.
- T1
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- FA
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noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ol
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RU
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- TC
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- OU
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- RO
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- EI
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- SA
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RC
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- RF
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TL
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- CU
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- S.
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- SL
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- FI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- UI
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- FC
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- f.
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noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
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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.
- SF
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- L.
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- UL
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LR
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- UC
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- U.
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- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- IF
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- O.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- t.
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- OA
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- RI
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