Anagrams of Lincolnesque
Word Lincolnesque has
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- insolence
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noun,
contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.
- leucoline
-
noun,
quinoline.
- coquilles
-
noun,
any of various seafood or chicken dishes baked with a sauce and usually served in a scallop shell or a shell-shaped serving dish.
- quinones
-
noun,
a yellow, crystalline, cyclic unsaturated diketone, C 6 H 4 O 2 , formed by oxidizing aniline or hydroquinone: used chiefly in photography and in tanning leather.
- colleens
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noun,
an Irish girl.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- cineoles
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noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- nucleons
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noun,
a proton or neutron, especially when considered as a component of a nucleus.
- leucines
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C 6 H 13 NO 2 , obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: L. Abbreviation: Leu;
- scullion
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noun,
a kitchen servant who does menial work.
- enounces
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce, as words; enunciate.
- Coquille
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noun,
any of various seafood or chicken dishes baked with a sauce and usually served in a scallop shell or a shell-shaped serving dish.
- cullions
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noun,
a base or vile fellow.
- Coquelin
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noun,
Benoît Constant [buh-nwa kawn-stahn] /bəˈnwa kɔ̃ˈstɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, French actor.
- license
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noun,
formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- lioncel
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noun,
a lion: so called when three or more are displayed on an escutcheon.
- quinols
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noun,
hydroquinone.
- nuncios
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noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- quinone
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noun,
a yellow, crystalline, cyclic unsaturated diketone, C 6 H 4 O 2 , formed by oxidizing aniline or hydroquinone: used chiefly in photography and in tanning leather.
- cloques
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noun,
an embossed or quilted fabric.
Compare matelassé.
- counsel
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noun,
advice; opinion or instruction given in directing the judgment or conduct of another.
- coulees
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noun,
Chiefly Western U.S. and Western Canada. a deep ravine or gulch, usually dry, that has been formed by running water.
- Ellison
-
noun,
Ralph (Waldo) [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1914–1994, U.S. novelist, essayist, and lecturer.
- Nielsen
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noun,
Carl August [kahrl ou-goo st] /kɑrl ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1865–1931, Danish composer.
- silence
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noun,
absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- Lincoln
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noun,
Abbey (Anna Marie Gaby Wooldridge; Aminata Moseka) born 1930, U.S. jazz singer, activist, and actress.
- Leonine
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adjective,
of or relating to the lion.
- Lenclos
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noun,
Anne [ahn,, an] /ɑn,, an/ (Show IPA), (Ninon de Lenclos) 1620–1705? French courtesan and wit.
- seleno-
-
- cullies
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noun,
Archaic. a dupe.
- Scullin
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noun,
James Henry, 1876–1953, Australian statesman: prime minister 1929–31.
- cullion
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noun,
a base or vile fellow.
- Nicolle
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noun,
Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1866–1936, French physician: Nobel prize 1928.
- leucine
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, C 6 H 13 NO 2 , obtained by the decomposition of proteins and made synthetically: essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: L. Abbreviation: Leu;
- nucleon
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noun,
a proton or neutron, especially when considered as a component of a nucleus.
- nucleo-
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- Colleen
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noun,
an Irish girl.
- Collins
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noun,
a tall drink made with gin, whiskey, rum, or vodka, and lemon or lime juice, soda water, and sugar.
- selenic
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adjective,
of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
- elusion
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noun,
the act of eluding; evasion.
- enounce
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce, as words; enunciate.
- incluse
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noun,
recluse (def 2).
- inconel
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- uncoils
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verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- equines
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noun,
a horse.
- cinques
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noun,
the five at dice, cards, etc.
- incense
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noun,
an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- cineole
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noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- locules
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noun,
a small compartment or chamber, as the pollen-containing cavity within an anther.
- esculin
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noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble glucoside, C 15 H 16 O 9 , obtained from the bark of the common horse chestnut and used chiefly in skin preparations as a protective against sunburn.
- Quillon
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noun,
either of two transverse projecting members forming the cross guard of a sword.
- Neilson
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noun,
William Allan, 1869–1946, U.S. educator and lexicographer, born in Scotland.
- ill-use
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noun,
Also, ill-usage. bad, unjust, or cruel treatment.
- ocellus
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noun,
a type of simple eye common to invertebrates, consisting of retinal cells, pigments, and nerve fibers.
- nuncles
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noun,
uncle.
- unclose
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verb (used with or without object),
to bring or come out of a closed state; open.
- inclose
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verb (used with object),
enclose.
- enclose
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verb (used with object),
to shut or hem in; close in on all sides:
- quinces
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noun,
either of two small trees, Cydonia oblonga or C. sinensis, of the rose family, bearing hard, fragrant, yellowish fruit used chiefly for making jelly or preserves.
- Oeneus
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noun,
a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.
- quells
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verb (used with object),
to suppress; put an end to; extinguish:
- selen-
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- cullis
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noun,
a gutter, as at the eaves of a roof.
- Cullen
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noun,
Countee [koun-tey,, -tee] /kaʊnˈteɪ,, -ˈti/ (Show IPA), 1903–46, U.S. poet.
- equine
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noun,
a horse.
- Culion
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noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- ounces
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noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- Esenin
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noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- oscine
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noun,
an oscine bird.
- sequel
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noun,
a literary work, movie, etc., that is complete in itself but continues the narrative of a preceding work.
- sequin
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noun,
a small shining disk or spangle used for ornamentation, as on women's clothing and accessories or on theatrical costumes.
- online
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adverb,
with or through a computer, especially over a network.
- Eunice
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noun,
a city in S central Louisiana.
- nonces
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noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- quinol
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noun,
hydroquinone.
- ecoles
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noun,
school1 .
- quoins
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noun,
an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
- Quince
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noun,
either of two small trees, Cydonia oblonga or C. sinensis, of the rose family, bearing hard, fragrant, yellowish fruit used chiefly for making jelly or preserves.
- Enesco
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noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
- enisle
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- nuncle
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noun,
uncle.
- Eloise
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noun,
a female given name.
- Ennius
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noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- incuse
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noun,
an incuse figure or impression.
- insoul
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verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- nuclei
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noun,
plural of nucleus.
- Insull
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noun,
Samuel, 1859–1938, U.S. public utilities magnate, born in England.
- nuncio
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noun,
a diplomatic representative of the pope at a foreign court or capital: equal in status to an ambassador.
- ennuis
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noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- nullos
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noun,
(in certain card games) a bid to take no tricks.
- Nueces
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noun,
a river in S Texas, flowing SE to Corpus Christi Bay, on the Gulf of Mexico. 338 miles (545 km) long.
- quills
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noun,
one of the large feathers of the wing or tail of a bird.
- quino-
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- ensile
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- ensoul
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verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- Cousin
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noun,
Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.
See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- coulis
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noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- locule
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noun,
a small compartment or chamber, as the pollen-containing cavity within an anther.
- cloque
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noun,
an embossed or quilted fabric.
Compare matelassé.
- clonus
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noun,
a rapid succession of flexions and extensions of a group of muscles, usually signifying an affection of the brain or spinal cord.
- clones
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noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- clique
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noun,
a small, exclusive group of people; coterie; set.
- Nicole
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noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- clino-
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- clines
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noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Nicene
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adjective,
of or relating to Nicaea.
- L-line
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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.
- Squill
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noun,
the bulb of the sea onion, Urginea maritima, of the lily family, cut into thin slices and dried, and used in medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- sullen
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adjective,
showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
- cisele
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
- cinque
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noun,
the five at dice, cards, etc.
- sluice
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noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- Nelson
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noun,
a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.
- Nellie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lonnie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Alonso.
- lunies
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noun,
a lunatic.
- cellos
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noun,
the second largest member of the violin family, rested vertically on the floor between the performer's knees when being played.
- louies
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noun,
looie.
- uncoil
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verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- Celine
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noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- Louise
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noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- UNESCO
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noun,
an agency of the United Nations charged with instituting and administering programs for cooperative, coordinated action by member states in education, science, and the arts.
- unison
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noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- unseen
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adjective,
not seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible.
- unsell
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verb (used with object),
to dissuade from a belief in the desirability, value, wisdom, or truth of something:
- niello
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noun,
a black metallic substance, consisting of silver, copper, lead, and sulfur, with which an incised design or ground is filled to produce an ornamental effect on metal.
- Lionel
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noun,
a male given name, form of Leon.
- Leucon
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noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
- colies
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noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Connie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Constance.
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- consul
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noun,
an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Leslie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- collun
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- COSINE
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noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- colins
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noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Collie
-
noun,
one of a breed of dogs having a usually long, black, tan, and white or sable and white coat, raised originally in Scotland for herding sheep.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- leuco-
-
- coulee
-
noun,
Chiefly Western U.S. and Western Canada. a deep ravine or gulch, usually dry, that has been formed by running water.
- Coleus
-
noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- Icel.
-
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- incl.
-
- 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.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- ocul-
-
- oecus
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- oleic
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adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- illus
-
- Louis
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noun,
louis d'or.
- icons
-
- lenos
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noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- losel
-
noun,
a worthless person; scoundrel.
- OIcel
-
- ileo-
-
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- nulls
-
noun,
Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter.
- nills
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- 30-30
-
- insol
-
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- leuc-
-
- nuci-
-
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- nonce
-
noun,
the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nullo
-
noun,
(in certain card games) a bid to take no tricks.
- incus
-
noun,
Anatomy. the middle one of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of humans and other mammals.
Compare malleus, stapes.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Ollie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Oliver.
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- culls
-
noun,
act of culling.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- ecol.
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- econ.
-
- cine-
-
- coele
-
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- UNCIO
-
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Snell
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- coll.
-
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Sino-
-
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- Conn.
-
- conns
-
noun,
responsibility for the steering of a ship.
- Cons.
-
- CONUS
-
noun,
the most anterior part of the simple tubular heart of lower vertebrates and embryos of higher vertebrates, leading into the artery that leaves the heart; in mammals it forms a part of the upper wall of the right ventricle, in which the pulmonary artery originates.
- cense
-
verb (used with object),
to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
- scull
-
noun,
an oar mounted on a fulcrum at the stern of a small boat and moved from side to side to propel the boat forward.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cells
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- scene
-
noun,
the place where some action or event occurs:
- Queen
-
noun,
a female sovereign or monarch.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- equi-
-
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- Cello
-
noun,
the second largest member of the violin family, rested vertically on the floor between the performer's knees when being played.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- uncos
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- esque
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- ques.
-
- quell
-
verb (used with object),
to suppress; put an end to; extinguish:
- coel-
-
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- encl.
-
- quin-
-
- Quill
-
noun,
one of the large feathers of the wing or tail of a bird.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- quoin
-
noun,
an external solid angle of a wall or the like.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- luces
-
noun,
plural of lux.
- Ellen
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Utah. 11,522 feet (3514 meters).
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- 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.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- uni-
-
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- 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.
- soln
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- neo-
-
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- OEEC
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- sec.
-
- null
-
noun,
Electronics. a point of minimum signal reception, as on a radio direction finder or other electronic meter.
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- nunc
-
adverb,
now.
- quos
-
- Que.
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- ole-
-
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- nos-
-
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- SLIC
-
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- 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).
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- non-
-
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- 1080
-
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ins.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Con.
-
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- ious
-
- Col.
-
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Inc.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- ELLE
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enl.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- eous
-
- ence
-
- enc.
-
- Elul
-
noun,
the twelfth month of the Jewish calendar.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- cule
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- Esq.
-
- EEOC
-
- eco-
-
- Ice.
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- ile-
-
- Ill.
-
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Cull
-
noun,
act of culling.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- iso-
-
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Cels
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- liq.
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- cene
-
- cen.
-
- cell
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cees
-
noun,
the letter C.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- loq.
-
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- lin.
-
- Ens.
-
- 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.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- cis-
-
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Une
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- EIS
-
- So.
-
- Clo
-
- EEO
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- sc.
-
- cs.
-
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- cl.
-
- EEC
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Co.
-
- UNO
-
- en-
-
- uns
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- USC
-
- ene
-
- Sq.
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USN
-
- se-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- CEO
-
- suq
-
noun,
suk.
- CIE
-
- CNS
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- CNO
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- CSO
-
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- SNU
-
- unc
-
- seq
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- CLI
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- CNN
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- CLU
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- eo-
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- cle
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ec-
-
- SLE
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- USO
-
- EOE
-
- Isl
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- LCI
-
- LCL
-
- NSC
-
- NSU
-
- IUS
-
- ise
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- IOU
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOC
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- NOC
-
- Oc.
-
- LON
-
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- NCO
-
- ne-
-
- NEC
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- NNE
-
- LOC
-
- NES
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- ll.
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- Les
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NUL
-
- QIS
-
- ESL
-
- ics
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- eq.
-
- ONI
-
- Esc
-
- ESU
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- io-
-
- il-
-
- ese
-
- ql.
-
- ons
-
- ose
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oic
-
- ILO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- OCS
-
- QSO
-
- qu.
-
- ine
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eu-
-
- SL
-
- UL
-
- CU
-
- ln
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- S.
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- QC
-
- QE
-
- NI
-
- NC
-
- N.
-
- QN
-
- CE
-
- UI
-
- SU
-
- UC
-
- LC
-
- CQ
-
- O.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- ol
-
- SN
-
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- L.
-
- IQ
-
- U.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- le
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- Q.
-