Anagrams of linearities
Word linearities has
918 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of linearities.
- treenails
-
noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- resilient
-
adjective,
springing back; rebounding.
- Israelite
-
noun,
a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- realities
-
noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- realties
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- treenail
-
noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- Teresina
-
noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- Teresian
-
noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- telerans
-
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.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- linarite
-
noun,
a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- alienist
-
noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- airlines
-
noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- Leinster
-
noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Listeria
-
noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- ratlines
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- resinate
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- inertias
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- initials
-
noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- lenities
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noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- nitriles
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- retinals
-
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.
- niteries
-
noun,
a nightclub.
- Taliesin
-
noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- trenails
-
noun,
treenail.
- eternals
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- tileries
-
noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- ateliers
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- lienitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the spleen; splenitis.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- liernes
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- nitrile
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- initial
-
noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Liatris
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Teniers
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noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Ileitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- 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.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- inliers
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- transl.
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- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- iris-in
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noun,
the gradual appearance of an image or scene through an expanding circle.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- airline
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- Israeli
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- leaners
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- Salieri
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noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- liters
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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.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Searle
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noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Ernest
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- sateen
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- teasel
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- enisle
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- sealer
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- ensile
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- enter-
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- enters
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Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- intra-
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- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- learns
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- serine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- latins
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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.
- isatin
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- lateen
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adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- inter.
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- silane
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Istria
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noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- larees
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noun,
lari.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- instr.
-
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Senate
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noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- selen-
-
- liaise
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- instil
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verb (used with object),
instill.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Iletin
-
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- aneles
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verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- tinsel
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- altern
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adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- aretes
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- arsen-
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- arsine
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Aletes
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noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- 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.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- 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.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- elints
-
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.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- seti-
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- 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.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- 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.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- sanit
-
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- nails
-
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.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- reins
-
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.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- rents
-
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.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Rains
-
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).
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- nitr-
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- nears
-
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Iran.
-
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terns
-
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.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- tears
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- tele-
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Arnel
-
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- 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.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- treas
-
- alti-
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- 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.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 30-30
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- anti-
-
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- reni-
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- intr.
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- init.
-
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Ital.
-
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Srta.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- IATSE
-
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sra.
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tri-
-
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- tRNA
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- str.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- 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:
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- ter.
-
- ten.
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Ste.
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- RIIA
-
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- 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.
- tel-
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- 1080
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lea.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Lat.
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- 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.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- lin.
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ates
-
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- 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.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- inae
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- INRI
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ile-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- 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).
- rel.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- alt.
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- aer-
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- AISI
-
- Aire
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- NTIA
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- aet.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- lit.
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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).
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NIRA
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- 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.
- ANSI
-
- ARIS
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- 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.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ant.
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- art.
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ETR
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAL
-
- ERT
-
- TSI
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESR
-
- ESL
-
- ese
-
- TSE
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ae.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- al.
-
- Ar.
-
- ESA
-
- an.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- EIS
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ARS
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- 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.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- at.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ast
-
- TIA
-
- ASR
-
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ene
-
- en-
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- eir
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- tlr
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ETS
-
- Sr.
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- LSI
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- SAR
-
- se-
-
- SAE
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- NES
-
- RTS
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- NSA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REA
-
- 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.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Re.
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- NRA
-
- rte
-
- nr.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIA
-
- 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:
- RNA
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ine
-
- SLR
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRL
-
- Ir.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ITA
-
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ier
-
- STI
-
- IAS
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- STL
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
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- Ia.
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ist
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- ise
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- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- La.
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- Lai
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noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
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noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Lt.
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- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SLA
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- ite
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- SLE
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- T1
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- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- t.
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
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- RI
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- le
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- RN
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- EI
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- L2
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- i.
-
- TL
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- N.
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- SN
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- L.
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- SL
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- SA
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- S.
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NL
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- TN
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- LR
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- ln
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- L1
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NI
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.