Anagrams of lieutenant-general
Word lieutenant-general has
1522 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of lieutenant-general.
- anti-leaguer
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noun,
a person who opposed the League of Nations or U.S. participation in it.
- triangulate
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adjective,
composed of or marked with triangles.
- unrelenting
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adjective,
not relenting; not yielding or swerving in determination or resolution, as of or from opinions, convictions, ambitions, ideals, etc.; inflexible:
- gill-netter
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noun,
a person who uses a gill net in fishing.
- algerienne
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noun,
a brightly striped woolen fabric used for tents, awnings, curtains, etc.
- great-aunt
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noun,
a grandaunt.
- lieutenant
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noun,
Military.
first lieutenant.
second lieutenant.
- Argenteuil
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noun,
a city in N France, on the Seine near Paris.
- Reutlingen
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noun,
a city in Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany, on the Echaz River.
- tangential
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adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a tangent; being or moving in the direction of a tangent.
- unilateral
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adjective,
relating to, occurring on, or involving one side only:
- enteralgia
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noun,
pain in the intestine; colic.
- Laurentian
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adjective,
of or relating to the St. Lawrence River.
- gelatinate
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verb (used with or without object),
gelatinize.
- intenerate
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verb (used with object),
to make soft or tender; soften.
- ingenerate
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adjective,
not generated; self-existent.
- alliterate
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or arrange with alliteration:
- Tertullian
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noun,
(Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus) a.d. c160–c230, Carthaginian theologian.
- entertain
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verb (used with object),
to hold the attention of pleasantly or agreeably; divert; amuse.
- integrate
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verb (used with object),
to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
- guarantee
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noun,
a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time:
- antlerite
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noun,
an emerald to blackish-green mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 3 (OH) 4 SO 4 , a major copper ore in Chile.
- integrant
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noun,
an integrant part.
- Tangerine
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noun,
Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
- tailgater
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noun,
a person who drives hazardously close to the rear of another moving vehicle.
- Gauleiter
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noun,
the leader or chief official of a political district under Nazi control.
- internat.
-
- antennule
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noun,
a small antenna, especially one of the foremost pair of a crustacean.
- annuitant
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noun,
a person who receives an annuity.
- antennate
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adjective,
having antennae.
- elutriate
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verb (used with object),
to purify by washing and straining or decanting.
- tanagrine
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adjective,
of or relating to the tanagers; belonging to the tanager family.
- allegiant
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noun,
a faithful follower; adherent:
- inelegant
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adjective,
not elegant; lacking in refinement, gracefulness, or good taste.
- treillage
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noun,
latticework; a lattice or trellis.
- lettering
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noun,
the act or process of inscribing with or making letters.
- ill-treat
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verb (used with object),
to treat badly; maltreat; abuse.
- retelling
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noun,
a new, and often updated or retranslated, version of a story.
- triannual
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noun,
a triannual publication, contest, etc.
- elaterite
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noun,
an elastic, rubbery, brownish natural asphalt.
- languette
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noun,
a thin plate fastened to the mouth of certain organ pipes.
- uteralgia
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noun,
pain in or near the uterus.
- glutinant
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noun,
a nematocyst that discharges a thread covered with a sticky secretion.
- gnateater
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noun,
any small, long-legged antbird of the genus Conopophaga, of South America.
- tellurate
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noun,
a salt of a telluric acid, as of H 2 TeO or H 6 TeO 6 .
- tellurian
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noun,
an inhabitant of the earth.
- tellurite
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of tellurous acid, as sodium tellurite, Na 2 TeO 3 .
- granulate
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verb (used with object),
to form into granules or grains.
- neuralgia
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noun,
sharp and paroxysmal pain along the course of a nerve.
- granulite
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noun,
a metamorphic rock composed of granular minerals of uniform size, as quartz, feldspar, or pyroxene, and showing a definite banding.
- galantine
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noun,
a dish of boned poultry, wrapped in its skin and poached in gelatin stock, pressed, and served cold with aspic or its own jelly.
- lingulate
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adjective,
formed like a tongue; ligulate.
- gratinate
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verb (used with object),
to gratiné.
- gratulant
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adjective,
expressing gratification; congratulatory.
- Argentine
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noun,
a silvery substance, especially one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
- alternate
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noun,
a person authorized to fill the position, exercise the duties, etc., of another who is temporarily absent; substitute.
- Eglantine
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noun,
the sweetbrier.
- alternant
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noun,
Linguistics. a variant form that exists in alternation with another or others.
- Argentina
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noun,
a republic in S South America. 1,084,120 sq. mi. (2,807,870 sq. km). Capital: Buenos Aires.
- retaliate
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verb (used with object),
to requite or make return for (a wrong or injury) with the like.
- argentite
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noun,
a dark lead-gray sectile mineral, silver sulfide, Ag 2 S, occurring in crystals and as formless aggregates: an important ore of silver.
- gratulate
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verb (used with object),
to hail with joy; express joy at.
- Lauretta
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- angulate
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adjective,
of angular form; angled:
- galatine
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noun,
galantine.
- laterite
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noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- alligate
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verb (used with object),
to attach; bind.
- alterant
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noun,
something that produces alteration.
- Latinate
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adjective,
of, like, pertaining to, or derived from Latin.
- Anguilla
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noun,
an island in the N Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies; a British dependency. 34 sq. mi. (88 sq. km).
- laureate
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noun,
a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award:
- alluring
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noun,
fascination; charm; appeal.
- Erlangen
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noun,
a city in Bavaria, S Germany.
- teenager
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noun,
a person in his or her teens.
- Angelina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Angela.
- laetrile
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noun,
a controversial drug, purported to cure cancer, prepared from the pits of apricots or peaches and containing about 6 percent cyanide by weight: banned by the FDA.
- lanneret
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noun,
the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- tailleur
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noun,
a tailored or tailor-made costume for women.
- uttering
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noun,
the crime of knowingly tendering or showing a forged instrument or counterfeit coin to another with intent to defraud.
- tailgate
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noun,
the board or gate at the back of a wagon, truck, station wagon, etc., which can be removed or let down for convenience in loading or unloading.
- renitent
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adjective,
resisting pressure; resistant.
- attagirl
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interjection,
(used as an enthusiastic expression of encouragement or approval to a girl, woman, or female animal.)
- Rattigan
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noun,
Terence, 1911–77, English playwright.
- nutrient
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noun,
a nutrient substance.
- rattling
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- glutelin
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noun,
any of a group of simple proteins of vegetable origin, especially one from wheat.
- nineteen
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noun,
a cardinal number, ten plus nine.
- regelate
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verb (used without object),
to freeze by regelation.
- arillate
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adjective,
having an aril.
- Aurelian
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noun,
(Lucius Domitius Aurelianus) a.d. 212?–275, Roman emperor 270–275.
- regulate
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verb (used with object),
to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.:
- reguline
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adjective,
of, relating to, or of the nature of, a regulus.
- relegate
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verb (used with object),
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition:
- argental
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling silver.
- lunarian
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noun,
a being supposedly inhabiting the moon.
- literate
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noun,
a person who can read and write.
- learning
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noun,
knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- Linnaean
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adjective,
of or relating to Linnaeus, who established the binomial system of scientific nomenclature.
- antirent
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a political party (1839–47) in New York that opposed the payment of rents to patroons.
- retinula
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noun,
a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- ligulate
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adjective,
having or forming a ligula.
- ligature
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noun,
the act of binding or tying up:
- anteater
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noun,
any of several mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae, having a long, tapered snout, extensile tongue, and powerful front claws and feeding chiefly on ants and termites.
Compare giant anteater, silky anteater, tamandua.
- enallage
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noun,
the use of one grammatical form in place of another, as the plural for the singular in the editorial use of we.
- enargite
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noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- annulate
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adjective,
formed of ringlike segments, as an annelid worm.
- engineer
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noun,
a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines, or in any of various branches of engineering:
- legatine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
- runagate
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noun,
a fugitive or runaway.
- entangle
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verb (used with object),
to make tangled; ensnarl; intertwine.
- rutilant
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adjective,
glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.
- allergen
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noun,
any substance, often a protein, that induces an allergy: common allergens include pollen, grasses, dust, and some medications.
- tea-tree
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noun,
a tall shrub or small tree, Leptospermum scoparium, of the myrtle family, native to New Zealand and Australia, having silky foliage when young, and bell-shaped, white flowers: often planted to prevent beach erosion.
- rat-tail
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noun,
grenadier (def 4).
- integral
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noun,
an integral whole.
- Galleria
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noun,
a spacious passageway, court, or indoor mall, usually with a vaulted roof and lined with commercial establishments.
- internet
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noun,
a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually preceded by the). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols.
- internee
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned, as a prisoner of war.
- unialgal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or derived from a single algal cell.
- ultranet
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noun,
a net in a topological space that is residually in every set or its complement in the space.
- Gillette
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noun,
King Camp, 1855–1932, U.S. businessman: inventor of the safety razor.
- tutelage
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noun,
the act of guarding, protecting, or guiding; office or function of a guardian; guardianship.
- gantline
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noun,
a rope rove through a single block hung from a mast, funnel, etc., as a means of hoisting workers, tools, flags, or the like.
- Alegrete
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noun,
a city in SW Brazil.
- internal
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noun,
Usually, internals. entrails; innards.
- greenlet
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noun,
any of various small vireos of the genus Hylophilus, having greenish plumage, found in Central and South America.
- Algerine
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noun,
Algerian.
- gauntlet
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noun,
a medieval glove, as of mail or plate, worn by a knight in armor to protect the hand.
- Turanian
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noun,
a member of any of the peoples speaking a Turanian, especially a Ural-Altaic, language.
- agential
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adjective,
pertaining to an agent or agency.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- geranial
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noun,
See under citral.
- aigrette
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noun,
a plume or tuft of feathers, especially the back plume of any of various herons, arranged as a head ornament.
- Triangle
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noun,
a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles.
- guerilla
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noun,
a member of a band of irregular soldiers that uses guerrilla warfare, harassing the enemy by surprise raids, sabotaging communication and supply lines, etc.
- generate
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verb (used with object),
to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- geniture
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noun,
birth; generation.
- Algerian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Algeria.
- Aleutian
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noun,
Aleut (def 1).
- aglitter
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adjective,
glittering; sparkling.
- algerita
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noun,
agarita.
- alginate
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noun,
a salt of alginic acid.
- alienage
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noun,
the state of being an alien.
- alienate
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verb (used with object),
to make indifferent or hostile:
- Gallatin
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noun,
Albert, 1761–1849, U.S. statesman: Secretary of the Treasury 1801–13.
- intranet
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noun,
a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
- Galilean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Galilee.
- allanite
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noun,
a member of the epidote group, a silicate of calcium, cerium, aluminum, and iron, occurring chiefly in brown-to-black masses or prismatic crystals.
- glutenin
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noun,
a simple protein of cereal grains that imparts adhesive properties to flour.
- untangle
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verb (used with object),
to bring out of a tangled state; disentangle; unsnarl.
- lingula
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noun,
a tongue-shaped organ, process, or tissue.
- granita
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noun,
frozen flavored ice.
- literal
-
noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- Gentile
-
noun,
a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
- elaenia
-
noun,
any of numerous tropical American flycatchers of the genus Elaenia, having short crests and small bills.
- Guarani
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Paraguay, equal to 100 centimos.
- guerite
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noun,
a wicker chair having a tall back arched over the seat to form a hood.
- glitter
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noun,
a sparkling reflected light or luster.
- lineage
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noun,
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction:
- Nutting
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noun,
the act of seeking or gathering nuts.
- ralline
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Rallidae, comprising the rails and allied species.
- genuine
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adjective,
possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real:
- elegant
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adjective,
tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.:
- Geraint
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noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- granite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- lingual
-
noun,
Phonetics. a lingual sound.
- lingala
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noun,
a Bantu language used as a lingua franca in the N Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- railage
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noun,
an amount charged for transporting goods by rail.
- guanine
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noun,
a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 O, that is a fundamental constituent of DNA and RNA, in which it forms base pairs with cytosine. Symbol: G.
- aureate
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adjective,
golden or gilded.
- nutgall
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noun,
a nutlike gall or excrescence, especially one formed on an oak.
- Nalline
-
- gittern
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noun,
cittern.
- Gratiae
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plural noun,
grace (def 12).
- Gratian
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noun,
(Flavius Gratianus) a.d. 359–383, Roman emperor 375–383.
- netting
-
noun,
any of various kinds of net fabric:
- natural
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noun,
any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
- Natalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- neutral
-
noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- Nanette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann.
- granule
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noun,
a little grain.
- gratine
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verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- Grattan
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noun,
Henry, 1746–1820, Irish statesman and orator.
- gentian
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noun,
any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe.
Compare gentian family.
- greenie
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noun,
Slang. an amphetamine pill, especially one that is green in color.
- eanling
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noun,
a young lamb; kid.
- gillnet
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verb (used with object),
to catch (a fish) with a gill net.
- Ninette
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gillett
-
noun,
Frederick Huntington, 1851–1935, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1919–25.
- Ninurta
-
noun,
a Sumerian and Babylonian hero god.
- grantee
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- Lunette
-
noun,
any of various objects or spaces of crescentlike or semicircular outline or section.
- greaten
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- Luening
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noun,
Otto, 1900–1996, U.S. composer, conductor, and flutist.
- Aurelia
-
noun,
moon jellyfish.
- nulling
-
noun,
knulling.
- egalite
-
noun,
equality.
- galerie
-
noun,
gallery (def 8).
- genteel
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adjective,
belonging or suited to polite society.
- Euglena
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noun,
a genus of green freshwater protozoans having a reddish eyespot and a single flagellum, found especially in stagnant waters.
- interne
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- gallnut
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noun,
a nutlike gall on plants.
- Laureen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- laurate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of lauric acid.
- etagere
-
noun,
a stand with a series of open shelves for small objects, bric-a-brac, etc.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- Etienne
-
noun,
Estienne (def 1).
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- Lateran
-
noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- lateral
-
noun,
a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot.
- Eugenia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “nobility.”.
- Eugenie
-
noun,
Comtesse de Teba [de te-bah] /dɛ ˈtɛ bɑ/ (Show IPA), (Marie Eugénie de Montijo de Guzmán) 1826–1920, wife of Napoleon III, born in Spain: Empress of France 1853–71.
- lantern
-
noun,
a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
- Gannett
-
noun,
Henry, 1846–1914, U.S. geographer and cartographer.
- gallate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of gallic acid.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- gallant
-
noun,
a brave, noble-minded, or chivalrous man.
- languet
-
noun,
any of various small tongue-shaped parts, processes, or projections.
- langeel
-
noun,
leangle.
- intrant
-
noun,
a person who enters (a college, association, etc.); entrant.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- Galilee
-
noun,
a porch or vestibule, often on the ground floor of a tower, at the entrance of some English churches.
- galette
-
noun,
any of various thin, round cakes or pastries, often with a filling or topping:
- galeate
-
adjective,
having a galea.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- Erigena
-
noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- gantlet
-
noun,
Railroads. a track construction used in narrow places, in which two parallel tracks converge so that their inner rails cross, run parallel, and diverge again, thus allowing a train to remain on its own track at all times.
- Guienne
-
noun,
a former province in SW France.
- legatee
-
noun,
a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
- Guillen
-
noun,
Jorge [hawr-he] /ˈhɔr hɛ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1984, Spanish poet, in the U.S. 1940–75.
- genital
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- general
-
noun,
Military.
U.S. Army and Air Force. an officer ranking above a lieutenant general and below a general of the army or general of the air force.
U.S. Army. an officer of any of the five highest ranks: a brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, or general of the army.
U.S. Marine Corps. an officer holding the highest rank in the corps.
(in numerous armies) an officer in the highest, second, or third highest rank, as one ranking immediately below a field marshal in the British army.
- geneal.
-
- lenient
-
adjective,
agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent:
- Gunnera
-
noun,
any tropical plant of the genus Gennera, native to South America, having enormous leaves resembling rhubarb.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- gelatin
-
noun,
a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- engrail
-
verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- engrain
-
verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- enlarge
-
verb (used with object),
to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to:
- ingenue
-
noun,
the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, especially as represented on the stage.
- ingrate
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- leaguer
-
noun,
a member of a league.
- entente
-
noun,
an arrangement or understanding between two or more nations agreeing to follow a particular policy with regard to affairs of international concern.
- Gautier
-
noun,
Théophile [tey-aw-feel] /teɪ ɔˈfil/ (Show IPA), 1811–72, French poet, novelist, and critic.
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- integer
-
noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- Garnett
-
noun,
a machine used in garnetting.
- Garneau
-
noun,
François Xavier [French frahn-swa gza-vyey] /French frɑ̃ˈswa gzaˈvyeɪ/ (Show IPA), 1809–66, Canadian historian.
- leaning
-
noun,
inclination; tendency:
- leangle
-
noun,
an Aboriginal war club or bludgeon.
- entitle
-
verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- entrant
-
noun,
a competitor in a contest.
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- Lenglen
-
noun,
Suzanne [soo-zan;; French sy-zan] /suˈzæn;; French süˈzan/ (Show IPA), 1899–1938, French tennis player.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- atingle
-
adjective,
tingling; stimulated.
- anatine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the family Anatidae, comprising the swans, geese, and ducks.
- tangent
-
noun,
Geometry. a line or a plane that touches a curve or a surface at a point so that it is closer to the curve in the vicinity of the point than any other line or plane drawn through the point.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- Aneurin
-
noun,
thiamine.
- aneuria
-
noun,
neurasthenia.
- tannage
-
noun,
the act or process of tanning leather.
- tannate
-
noun,
a salt of tannic acid.
- tanning
-
noun,
the process or art of converting hides or skins into leather.
- Tallinn
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Estonia, on the Gulf of Finland.
- alunite
-
noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- tearing
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- teenage
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a teenager.
- tegular
-
adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a tile.
- tanager
-
noun,
any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
- tallage
-
noun,
Medieval History. a tax paid by peasants to the lord of their manor.
- Teleran
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- annulet
-
noun,
Also called bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet. Architecture. an encircling band, molding, or fillet, as on the shaft of a column.
- Antigua
-
noun,
one of the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies. 108 sq. mi. (280 sq. km).
- antigen
-
noun,
Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- reunite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- antenna
-
noun,
a conductor by which electromagnetic waves are sent out or received, consisting commonly of a wire or set of wires; aerial.
- ringent
-
adjective,
gaping.
- ringlet
-
noun,
a curled lock of hair.
- annular
-
adjective,
having the form of a ring.
- anginal
-
adjective,
of, noting, or pertaining to angina, especially angina pectoris.
- ruinate
-
adjective,
ruined.
- Annette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Anne.
- running
-
noun,
the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.
- angular
-
adjective,
having an angle or angles.
- anguine
-
adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a snake.
- Anguier
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1604–69, and his brother Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA) 1614–86, French sculptors.
- Anglian
-
noun,
an Angle.
- Allegra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- telling
-
Idioms,
tell it like it is, Informal. to tell the complete, unadulterated truth; be forthright:
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- unitage
-
noun,
specification of the amount making up a unit in a system of measurement.
- aginner
-
noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- tunnage
-
noun,
tonnage.
- Turenne
-
noun,
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne de [ahn-ree duh la toor doh-vern-yuh duh] /ɑ̃ˈri də la ˈtur doʊˈvɛrn yə də/ (Show IPA), 1611–75, French general and marshal.
- turning
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that turns.
- agalite
-
noun,
a fibrous variety of talc.
- tutenag
-
noun,
a nickel silver containing about 45 percent copper, with varying proportions of nickel and zinc and often smaller amounts of other metals.
- unlearn
-
verb (used with object),
to forget or lose knowledge of.
- trunnel
-
noun,
treenail.
- Uralian
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Ural Mountains or their inhabitants.
- uralite
-
noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- Uranian
-
adjective,
pertaining to the planet Uranus.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- uterine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- agitate
-
verb (used with object),
to move or force into violent, irregular action:
- tringle
-
noun,
a narrow, straight molding, as a fillet.
- alienee
-
noun,
a person to whom property is alienated.
- tertial
-
noun,
a tertial feather.
- Tennant
-
noun,
Smithson, 1761–1815, English chemist: discoverer of osmium and iridium.
- Tenniel
-
noun,
Sir John, 1820–1914, English caricaturist and illustrator.
- tentage
-
noun,
tents collectively; equipment or supply of tents.
- Algeria
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly comprised 13 departments of France; gained independence 1962. 919,352 sq. mi. (2,381,122 sq. km). Capital: Algiers.
- tergite
-
noun,
the dorsal sclerite of an abdominal segment of an insect.
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- Trianta
-
noun,
Trianda.
- tillage
-
noun,
the operation, practice, or art of tilling land.
- alanine
-
noun,
any of several isomers of a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, CH 3 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and produced synthetically: used chiefly in biochemical research. Symbol: A. Abbreviation: Ala;
- titular
-
noun,
a person who bears a title.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- ailette
-
noun,
either of two standing pieces of metal or cuir-bouilli, attached to the shoulders as an ornament or as a means of displaying the wearer's arms: used c1275–c1350.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- retinue
-
noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- gluteal
-
adjective,
pertaining to the buttock muscles or the buttocks.
- Reigate
-
noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- Renault
-
noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1843–1918, French jurist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- regatta
-
noun,
a boat race, as of rowboats, yachts, or other vessels.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- regnant
-
adjective,
reigning; ruling (usually used following the noun it modifies):
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- regalia
-
plural noun,
the ensigns or emblems of royalty, as the crown or scepter.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- arietta
-
noun,
a short aria.
- reagent
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Aterian
-
adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- innage
-
noun,
the quantity of goods remaining in a container when received after shipment.
Compare outage (def 4).
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- Gunner
-
noun,
a person who operates a gun or cannon.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- gutter
-
noun,
a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- regale
-
noun,
a sumptuous feast.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- iguana
-
noun,
a large, arboreal lizard, Iguana iguana, native to Central and South America, having stout legs and a crest of spines from neck to tail.
- guttle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to eat greedily or voraciously; gormandize.
- Gunter
-
noun,
a jib-headed sail fastened to a vertical spar that is attached to a short mast, usually by two rings, in such a way that the spar can slide up the mast to spread the sail.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- neural
-
adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- terete
-
adjective,
slender and smooth, with a circular transverse section.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- Nellie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Nergal
-
noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- intra-
-
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- terat-
-
- tergal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- tingle
-
noun,
a tingling sensation.
- Nettle
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- reglet
-
noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- tetra-
-
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- inter.
-
- intent
-
noun,
something that is intended; purpose; design; intention:
- Tetuan
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the Mediterranean: former capital of the Spanish zone of Morocco.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- gunnel
-
noun,
any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), especially Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel) common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic.
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- Gunnar
-
noun,
Scandinavian Legend. the husband of Brynhild: corresponds to Gunther in the Nibelungenlied.
- unreel
-
verb (used with object),
to unwind from or as if from a reel:
- Ugarit
-
noun,
an ancient city in Syria, N of Latakia, on the site of modern Ras Shamra: destroyed by an earthquake early in the 13th century b.c.; excavations have yielded tablets written in cuneiform and hieroglyphic script that reveal important information on Canaanite mythology.
- Ugrian
-
noun,
a member of any of the Ugrian peoples.
- ullage
-
noun,
the amount by which the contents fall short of filling a container, as a cask or bottle.
- ultra-
-
- ungirt
-
adjective,
having a girdle loosened or removed.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- Raglan
-
noun,
a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- unnail
-
verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- unrent
-
adjective,
not rent; not torn, disturbed, pained, or the like:
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- Urania
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- Granta
-
noun,
Cam.
- ranula
-
noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- grani-
-
- Graiae
-
plural noun,
Graeae.
- Graeae
-
plural noun,
three old sea goddesses who had but one eye and one tooth among them and were the protectors of their sisters the Gorgons.
- urgent
-
adjective,
compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing:
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- Nutter
-
noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- Turtle
-
noun,
any reptile of the order Testudines, comprising aquatic and terrestrial species having the trunk enclosed in a shell consisting of a dorsal carapace and a ventral plastron.
- Gunite
-
noun,
a mixture of cement, sand or crushed slag, and water, sprayed over reinforcement as a lightweight concrete construction.
- nutant
-
adjective,
drooping; nodding.
- gullet
-
noun,
the esophagus.
- guitar
-
noun,
a stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck, a flat, somewhat violinlike body, and typically six strings, which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- Guinea
-
noun,
a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary.
- truant
-
noun,
a student who stays away from school without permission.
- Tuareg
-
noun,
a Berber or Hamitic-speaking member of the Muslim nomads of the Sahara.
- tuille
-
noun,
a tasset.
- Tuinal
-
- Guiana
-
noun,
a vast tropical region in NE South America, bounded by the Orinoco, Negro, and Amazon rivers and the Atlantic. About 690,000 sq. mi. (1,787,000 sq. km).
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- Greene
-
noun,
Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
- nutate
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- Reagan
-
noun,
Nancy Davis (Anne Francis Robbins Davis) born 1921, U.S. First Lady 1981–89 (wife of Ronald Reagan).
- tunnel
-
noun,
an underground passage.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- nutlet
-
noun,
a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
- Guaira
-
noun,
La Guaira.
- grille
-
noun,
a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- Turing
-
noun,
Alan Mathison [math-uh-suh n] /ˈmæθ ə sən/ (Show IPA), 1912–54, English mathematician, logician, and pioneer in computer theory.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- tenant
-
noun,
a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.
- inturn
-
noun,
an inward turn or curve around an axis or fixed point.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- legate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- Lenaea
-
noun,
a festival in ancient Athens in honor of Dionysus, celebrated at the beginning of February and comprising a public banquet followed by the performance of comedies.
- Leguia
-
noun,
Augusto Bernardino [ou-goos-taw ber-nahr-th ee-naw] /aʊˈgus tɔ ˌbɛr nɑrˈði nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1932, president of Peru 1908–12, 1919–30.
- Legree
-
noun,
Simon, Simon Legree.
- rugate
-
adjective,
wrinkle; rugose.
- Little
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- leglen
-
noun,
laggin.
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- ruling
-
noun,
an authoritative decision, as one by a judge on a debated point of law.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- runnel
-
noun,
a small stream; brook; rivulet.
- renege
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- 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.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- taille
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- L-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- Luanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tainan
-
noun,
a city in SW Taiwan.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- Lenten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
- lunate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- ligule
-
noun,
a thin, membranous outgrowth from the base of the blade of most grasses.
- retell
-
verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- lingua
-
noun,
the tongue or a part like a tongue.
- linger
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- lineal
-
adjective,
being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- rennin
-
noun,
a coagulating enzyme occurring in the gastric juice of the calf, forming the active principle of rennet and able to curdle milk.
- linage
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- ligure
-
noun,
a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
- Linnet
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- lentil
-
noun,
a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- ligula
-
noun,
Botany, Zoology. a tonguelike or strap-shaped part or organ.
- lintel
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- ligate
-
verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Lieut.
-
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- Lettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laetitia.
- rillet
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- letter
-
noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- league
-
noun,
a covenant or compact made between persons, parties, states, etc., for the promotion or maintenance of common interests or for mutual assistance or service.
- tellin
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
- Laguna
-
noun,
a bay, inlet, or other narrow or shallow body of water (often used in placenames).
- tauten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- lanner
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- langur
-
noun,
any of various slender, long-tailed monkeys of the genus Presbytis, of Asia, feeding on leaves, fruits, and seeds: several species are threatened or endangered.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- langue
-
noun,
the linguistic system shared by the members of a community (contrasted with parole).
- Langer
-
noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- Teeter
-
noun,
a seesaw motion; wobble.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- lagune
-
noun,
lagoon (def 2).
- lagena
-
noun,
an outpocketing of the saccule of birds, reptiles, and bony fishes corresponding to the cochlear duct of mammals.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- tegula
-
noun,
(in certain insects) a scalelike lobe at the base of the forewing.
- natant
-
adjective,
swimming; floating.
- teleg.
-
- Laelia
-
noun,
any of several epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Laelia, having fleshy leaves and showy flowers.
- Laager
-
noun,
a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- telega
-
noun,
a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Telegu
-
noun,
Telugu.
- regnal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Teller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- regula
-
noun,
(in a Doric entablature) a fillet, continuing a triglyph beneath the taenia, from which guttae are suspended.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Nagari
-
noun,
a group of related scripts, including Devanagari, derived from Brahmi and used for the writing of many of the languages of India.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- lungan
-
noun,
longan.
- lungee
-
noun,
lungi.
- Lauren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lunger
-
noun,
a person who has chronic lung disease, especially tuberculosis.
- Laurel
-
noun,
Also called bay, sweet bay. a small European evergreen tree, Laurus nobilis, of the laurel family, having dark, glossy green leaves.
Compare laurel family.
- tangle
-
noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- luteal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving the corpus luteum.
- lutein
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- luting
-
noun,
any of various readily molded substances for sealing joints, cementing objects together, or waterproofing surfaces.
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- nagual
-
noun,
a guardian spirit among Mexican and Central American Indians, believed to reside in an animal.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- target
-
noun,
an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- tannin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of a group of astringent vegetable principles or compounds, chiefly complex glucosides of catechol and pyrogallol, as the reddish compound that gives the tanning properties to oak bark or the whitish compound that occurs in large quantities in nutgalls (common tannin, tannic acid)
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- gluten
-
noun,
the tough, viscid, nitrogenous substance remaining when the flour of wheat or other grain is washed to remove the starch.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- Eileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- Ealing
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- eaglet
-
noun,
a young eagle.
- Auriga
-
noun,
the Charioteer, a northern constellation between Perseus and Gemini, containing the bright star Capella.
- augite
-
noun,
a silicate mineral, chiefly of calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum: a dark-green to black variety of monoclinic pyroxene, characteristic of basic rocks.
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- Augier
-
noun,
Guillaume Victor Émile [gee-yohm veek-tawr ey-meel] /giˈyoʊm vikˈtɔr eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1820–89, French dramatist.
- Augean
-
adjective,
resembling the Augean stables in filthiness or degradation.
- Attlee
-
noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Attila
-
noun,
("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- atlatl
-
noun,
spear-thrower (def 2).
- Arunta
-
noun,
Aranda.
- elegit
-
noun,
a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
- eluate
-
noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eugene
-
noun,
a city in W Oregon.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- gannet
-
noun,
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- Gallia
-
noun,
Latin name of Gaul.
- gallet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- Galena
-
noun,
a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- Galati
-
noun,
a port in E Romania, on the Danube River. 252,884.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- engin.
-
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- enter-
-
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- englut
-
verb (used with object),
to gulp down.
- engine
-
noun,
a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- gelati
-
noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- alegar
-
noun,
vinegar made from ale; sour ale.
- allure
-
noun,
fascination; charm; appeal.
- all-in
-
adjective,
Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- allege
-
verb (used with object),
to assert without proof.
- al-Lat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying the sun and considered to be a daughter of Allah.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- Algren
-
noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Alette
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- agnate
-
noun,
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- agnail
-
noun,
hangnail.
- aglint
-
adjective,
displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering:
- aglare
-
adjective, adverb,
glaring; blazing:
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- Aegina
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Asopus and Metope who was abducted by Zeus and bore him a son, Aeacus.
- Aegean
-
noun,
the. Aegean Sea.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- Angela
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “messenger.”.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- arguta
-
noun,
the green, smooth-skinned, edible fruit of an Asian vine, Actinidia arguta.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Argall
-
noun,
Sir Samuel, 1572–1639, British explorer: colonial governor of Virginia 1617–19.
- argali
-
noun,
a wild sheep, Ovis ammon, of Asia, having long, curved horns that typically form an open, outwardly extended spiral: rare or endangered.
- Arallu
-
noun,
the ancient Babylonian world of the dead.
- anuria
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- anuran
-
noun,
any amphibian of the order Anura, comprising the frogs and toads.
- Antung
-
noun,
former name of Dandong.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Angell
-
noun,
James Rowland [roh-luh nd] /ˈroʊ lənd/ (Show IPA), 1869–1949, U.S. educator.
- anting
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- annual
-
noun,
Botany. a plant living only one year or season.
- anneal
-
noun,
an act, instance, or product of annealing.
- anlaut
-
noun,
initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- Anlage
-
noun,
Embryology. an embryonic area capable of forming a structure: the primordium, germ, or bud.
- Anglia
-
noun,
Latin name of England.
- angler
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- angina
-
noun,
any attack of painful spasms characterized by sensations of choking or suffocating.
- gateau
-
noun,
a cake, especially a very light sponge cake with a rich icing or filling.
- attune
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- glaire
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- Gliere
-
noun,
Reinhold Moritzovich [rahyn-hawlt maw-ryi-tsuh-vyich] /ˈraɪn hɔlt ˈmɔ ryɪ tsə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, Russian composer.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- gentle
-
adjective,
kindly; amiable:
- Getter
-
noun,
a person or thing that gets.
- genial
-
adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- genit.
-
- rall.
-
- 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.
- grunt
-
noun,
a sound of grunting.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- gruel
-
noun,
a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- auger
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a bit, as for a brace.
a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a transverse handle.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- nugae
-
plural noun,
trifles.
- agura
-
noun,
agora2 .
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- trig.
-
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Regt.
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- regle
-
noun,
a groove or channel for guiding a sliding door.
- grill
-
noun,
a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arnel
-
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- Aural
-
adjective,
of or relating to an aura.
- Nguni
-
noun,
a member of a group of culturally and linguistically related peoples of southern and eastern Africa, including the Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele, and Swazi.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- Lulea
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Sweden, on the Gulf of Bothnia.
- Luing
-
noun,
one of a breed of beef cattle developed on Luing Island off Scotland by interbreeding Shorthorn bulls and purebred West Highland cows.
- Luger
-
- Lugar
-
noun,
Richard G(reen) born 1932, U.S. politician: senator 1977–2013.
- Agena
-
noun,
a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets: also used as a docking target in the Gemini program.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- Agate
-
noun,
a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
- tutee
-
noun,
a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- lunge
-
noun,
a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- 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.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- ling.
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- neut.
-
- Eagan
-
noun,
a town in SE Minnesota.
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- neur-
-
- guar.
-
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Glenn
-
noun,
John (Herschel, Jr.) born 1921, U.S. astronaut and politician: first U.S. orbital space flight 1962; U.S. senator 1975–99.
- Nenni
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1980, Italian socialist leader and author.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- trull
-
noun,
a prostitute; strumpet.
- naut.
-
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- natl.
-
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Eagle
-
noun,
any of several large, soaring birds of prey belonging to the hawk family Accipitridae, noted for their size, strength, and powers of flight and vision: formerly widespread in North America, eagles are mostly confined to Alaska and a few isolated populations.
Compare bald eagle, golden eagle.
- Nanna
-
noun,
the wife of Balder.
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Tulle
-
noun,
a thin, fine, machine-made net of acetate, nylon, rayon, or silk.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Guat.
-
- lungi
-
noun,
a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- argue
-
verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- Alta.
-
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- alti-
-
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- tele-
-
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Tartu
-
noun,
a city in SE Estonia.
- Teut.
-
- alula
-
noun,
Also called bastard wing, spurious wing. the group of three to six small, rather stiff feathers growing on the first digit, pollex, or thumb of a bird's wing.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- anal.
-
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- gleet
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- algia
-
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- 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.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- algae
-
plural noun,
any of numerous groups of chlorophyll-containing, mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms ranging from microscopic single-celled forms to multicellular forms 100 feet (30 meters) or more long, distinguished from plants by the absence of true roots, stems, and leaves and by a lack of nonreproductive cells in the reproductive structures: classified into the six phyla Euglenophyta, Crysophyta, Pyrrophyta, Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta, and Rhodophyta.
- Algar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- Allen
-
noun,
(Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) [blair-fin-dee] /blɛərˈfɪn di/ (Show IPA), ("Cecil Power"; "J. Arbuthnot Wilson") 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist.
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Tenn.
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Allan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Grana
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- anat.
-
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- relig
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- ruana
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- annul
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- ante-
-
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- anti-
-
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- reni-
-
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- argal
-
noun,
argol.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Rugen
-
noun,
an island in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, off the NE coast, in the Baltic Sea. 358 sq. mi. (926 sq. km).
- annal
-
noun,
a record of events of a particular year:
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- tanna
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Tanga
-
noun,
either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- angi-
-
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- Angl.
-
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- taiga
-
noun,
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- Taegu
-
noun,
a city in SE South Korea: commercial center.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- intr.
-
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Irgun
-
noun,
a militant Zionist underground group, active chiefly during the period (1917–48) of British control by mandate of Palestine.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- legal
-
noun,
a person who acts in a legal manner or with legal authority.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- Leger
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- Galla
-
noun,
Oromo.
- Galle
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Sri Lanka.
- engr.
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- gutta
-
noun,
a drop, or something resembling one.
- Gatun
-
noun,
a town in the N Canal Zone of Panama.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Engel
-
noun,
Lehman [ley-muh n] /ˈleɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1910–1982, U.S. conductor and composer.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- Lenin
-
noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- guilt
-
noun,
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:
- Genl.
-
- Guin.
-
- Engle
-
noun,
Paul (Hamilton) 1908–91, U.S. poet and educator.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- Ital.
-
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- Gaeta
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Italy, on the Gulf of Gaeta off the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lang.
-
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Unit.
-
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- lalia
-
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- uran-
-
- genin
-
noun,
aglycon.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- aeri-
-
- galea
-
noun,
Botany. a part of the calyx or corolla having the form of a helmet, as the upper lip of the corolla of the monkshood.
- lauan
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- unrig
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- lagan
-
noun,
anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- Laura
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Iran.
-
- glint
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- ulent
-
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- Gelee
-
noun,
a jellied substance, especially a cosmetic gel or a jellied food.
- guile
-
noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- Liege
-
noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- Iglau
-
noun,
Jihlava.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- Ellen
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Utah. 11,522 feet (3514 meters).
- lign-
-
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Utter
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- Gaunt
-
noun,
John of, John of Gaunt.
- 30-30
-
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Urgel
-
noun,
a town in NE Spain, SSW of Andorra: cathedral.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- ign.
-
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Gala
-
noun,
a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment:
- Ill.
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- Ala.
-
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- ruga
-
noun,
Usually, rugae. Biology, Anatomy. a wrinkle, fold, or ridge.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- ant.
-
- rit.
-
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- ile-
-
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- Gal.
-
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- IATA
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Alg.
-
- iana
-
- Arg.
-
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- gaea
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Lani
-
- rel.
-
- IAEA
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- ter.
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tit.
-
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- AAEE
-
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ANTU
-
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Gill
-
noun,
the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- IEEE
-
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Gaul
-
noun,
an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- uret
-
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- intl
-
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- alt.
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- anga
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- Urga
-
noun,
former name of Ulan Bator.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- Gall
-
noun,
impudence; effrontery.
- Glee
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- tel-
-
- gaur
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- int.
-
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- GATT
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Gen.
-
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- gata
-
noun,
the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- urge
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- uria
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- inae
-
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- taur
-
- Anna
-
noun,
a former cupronickel coin of Pakistan, the 16th part of a rupee: last issued in 1960.
- ten.
-
- rung
-
noun,
one of the crosspieces, usually rounded, forming the steps of a ladder.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- 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.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- Ire.
-
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- 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.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- all-
-
- 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.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ann.
-
- lin.
-
- 1080
-
- Eng.
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Nana
-
noun,
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. grandmother; grandma.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- trug
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- agit
-
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- enl.
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Gula
-
noun,
Zoology.
the upper part of the throat or gullet.
the front or forward part of the neck.
- agr.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- tRNA
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- leg.
-
- aut-
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- trit
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- 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.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Elul
-
noun,
the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- ELLE
-
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- ugli
-
- genu
-
noun,
the knee.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Ger.
-
- lung
-
noun,
either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- agal
-
noun,
(among Arabs) a cord wound around a kaffiyeh to hold it in place.
- luge
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- aet.
-
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Agar
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- aur-
-
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- grue
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- guna
-
noun,
(in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- aer-
-
- 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.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Aire
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- 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.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- raga
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Eur.
-
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- art.
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Reg.
-
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- ette
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- att.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Aug.
-
- Auge
-
noun,
a daughter of King Aleus who became a priestess of Athena. After being raped by Hercules she bore a son, Telephus.
- tri-
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Agra
-
noun,
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
- null
-
noun,
Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter.
- lea.
-
- uni-
-
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- NTIA
-
- ague
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- attn
-
- glue
-
noun,
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- ungt
-
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- guan
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- gull
-
noun,
any of numerous long-winged, web-toed, aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having usually white plumage with a gray back and wings.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- NIRA
-
- tr.
-
- UAR
-
- ure
-
- ag-
-
- ae.
-
- al.
-
- AAU
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- uti
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- UAE
-
- TNT
-
- Aar
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- an.
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- tlr
-
- Tng
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Une
-
- aga
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Agt
-
- Tu.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- TGN
-
- 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.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ult
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TIA
-
- tug
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- Ar.
-
- tue
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ur-
-
- GNU
-
noun,
either of two stocky, oxlike antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, the silver-gray, white-bearded C. taurinus of the eastern African plain and the black, white-tailed C. gnou of central South Africa: recently near extinction, the South African gnu is now protected.
- AAE
-
- Gr.
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- UIT
-
- AIA
-
- ung
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- tra
-
- AEA
-
- REA
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LNG
-
- ll.
-
- eir
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- GUI
-
noun,
graphical user interface.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- LTL
-
- lg.
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- 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.
- ne-
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- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- ean
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- LUG
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noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- tee
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noun,
the letter T or t.
- NAA
-
- NUT
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noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EEE
-
- EEG
-
- EEL
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noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- gul
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noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gut
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Gee
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noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- Gel
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- ing
-
- ine
-
- in.
-
- Gur
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noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ier
-
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- ITU
-
- GAN
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noun,
cotton gin.
- Ir.
-
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- GAR
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noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Gun
-
noun,
a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- ERT
-
- ETR
-
- eu-
-
- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Ga.
-
- gi.
-
- IRL
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lag
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noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lt.
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- La.
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- NEA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- ANU
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noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- rt.
-
- RNA
-
- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- gre
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- 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.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ARU
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- at.
-
- rte
-
- rug
-
noun,
a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Compare carpet.
- 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.
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tea
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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.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ALU
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANG
-
- gl.
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- TAL
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- ATA
-
- 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.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Re.
-
- NRA
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- nr.
-
- NUL
-
- Nun
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noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- GTT
-
- NNE
-
- AUA
-
- get
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIA
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Eg.
-
- gt.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- t.
-
- TG
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TT
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- NL
-
- ee
-
- IG
-
- UT
-
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.
- L.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NI
-
- L1
-
- NG
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- UI
-
- UL
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- U.
-
- RN
-
- ln
-
- TN
-
- RI
-
- TL
-
- EI
-
- LR
-
- le
-
- R.
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- rg
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- GN
-
- G.
-
- GU
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- RU
-
- N.
-
- L2
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- i.
-