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- linsey-woolsey
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noun,
a coarse fabric woven from linen warp, or sometimes cotton, and coarse wool filling.
- lewissons
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noun,
lewis.
- noiseless
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adjective,
accompanied by or making little or no noise; silent; quiet:
- illnesses
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noun,
unhealthy condition; poor health; indisposition; sickness.
- lionesses
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noun,
a female lion.
- Wolseley
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noun,
Garnet Joseph, 1st Viscount, 1833–1913, British field marshal.
- seilenos
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noun,
Silenus.
- lyolysis
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noun,
solvolysis.
- lewisson
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noun,
lewis.
- wellness
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noun,
the quality or state of being healthy in body and mind, especially as the result of deliberate effort.
- woollies
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noun,
Western U.S. a wool-bearing animal; sheep.
- yellowy
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adjective,
somewhat yellow; yellowish.
- sinless
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adjective,
free from or without sin.
- insoles
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- enisles
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- newsies
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noun,
a person who sells or distributes newspapers.
- ensiles
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- yellows
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noun,
Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by stunting and the loss of chlorophyll.
- loosens
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verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- looneys
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noun,
a lunatic.
- lysines
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noun,
a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- Wilsons
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noun,
Sir Angus (Frank Johnstone) [jon-stuh n,, -suh n] /ˈdʒɒn stən,, -sən/ (Show IPA), 1913–91, English writer.
- swollen
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noun,
the act of swelling or the condition of being swollen.
- essoins
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noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- lesions
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- lioness
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noun,
a female lion.
- solions
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noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- lessens
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verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- linseys
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noun,
linsey-woolsey.
- loesses
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noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- illness
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noun,
unhealthy condition; poor health; indisposition; sickness.
- Woolley
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noun,
Sir (Charles) Leonard, 1880–1960, English archaeologist and explorer.
- Ellison
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noun,
Ralph (Waldo) [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1914–1994, U.S. novelist, essayist, and lecturer.
- woolens
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noun,
any cloth of carded wool yarn of which the fibers vary in length: bulkier, looser, and less regular than worsted.
- osseins
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- session
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noun,
the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business:
- sessile
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adjective,
Botany. attached by the base, or without any distinct projecting support, as a leaf issuing directly from the stem.
- woolies
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noun,
Western U.S. a wool-bearing animal; sheep.
- seniles
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noun,
a senile person.
- seleno-
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- synesis
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noun,
a construction in which an expected grammatical agreement in form is replaced by an agreement in meaning, as in The crowd rose to their feet, where a plural pronoun is used to refer to a singular noun.
- senses
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noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- lesson
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noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- swills
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noun,
liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- Lionel
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noun,
a male given name, form of Leon.
- Sewell
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noun,
Anna, 1820–78, English author.
- linsey
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noun,
linsey-woolsey.
- solion
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noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- lesses
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noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- seises
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verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- lessen
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verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- Leslie
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- Sisley
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noun,
Alfred [al-fred] /alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1839–99, French painter.
- lesion
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- leones
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noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- swoons
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noun,
a faint or fainting fit; syncope.
- Welles
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noun,
(George) Orson, 1915–85, U.S. actor, director, and producer.
- wellie
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noun,
Usually, wellies. Wellington boot.
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- Yo-Yos
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noun,
a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.
- Wesley
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noun,
Charles, 1707–88, English evangelist and hymnist.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- selen-
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- lysine
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noun,
a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- seines
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noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Onslow
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noun,
George, 1784–1853, French composer.
- nowise
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adverb,
noway.
- nooses
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noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- noises
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- solely
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adverb,
as the only one or ones:
- 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.
- noesis
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noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- 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.
- newels
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noun,
newel post.
- Nessie
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noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- nesses
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noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Nellie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Neisse
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noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- sowens
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noun,
porridge made from oat bran or husks that have been soaked in water, slightly fermented, and then boiled.
- snoose
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noun,
finely powdered tobacco; snuff.
- solons
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noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- losels
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noun,
a worthless person; scoundrel.
- looses
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Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- ossein
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- loosen
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verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- looney
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noun,
a lunatic.
- looies
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noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- lonely
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adjective,
affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
- snells
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noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- Sweeny
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noun,
atrophy of the shoulder muscles in horses.
- 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.
- lisles
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noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- lysins
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noun,
an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- slowly
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adverb,
in a slow manner; at a slow speed:
- losses
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noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- sinewy
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adjective,
having strong sinews:
- Wolsey
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noun,
Thomas, 1475?–1530, English cardinal and statesman.
- Eloise
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noun,
a female given name.
- enosis
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noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- Willey
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noun,
willow (def 4).
- Wilson
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noun,
Sir Angus (Frank Johnstone) [jon-stuh n,, -suh n] /ˈdʒɒn stən,, -sən/ (Show IPA), 1913–91, English writer.
- ensile
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- yellow
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noun,
a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nm.
- woolly
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noun,
Western U.S. a wool-bearing animal; sheep.
- essoin
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noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- eosins
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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.
- woolen
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noun,
any cloth of carded wool yarn of which the fibers vary in length: bulkier, looser, and less regular than worsted.
- enisle
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- Olson
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noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- looie
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noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Ollie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Oliver.
- olios
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noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Olwen
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noun,
a princess, the daughter of Ysbaddaden Chief-giant.
- winos
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noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- loony
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noun,
a lunatic.
- soils
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noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Ellis
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noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- snows
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noun,
Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.
Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- loons
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noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Loewy
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noun,
Raymond Fernand [fer-nand] /fərˈnænd/ (Show IPA), 1893–1986, U.S. industrial designer, born in France.
- Loewi
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noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1961, German pharmacologist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1936.
- noils
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noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Loewe
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noun,
Frederick, 1904–88, U.S. composer, born in Austria.
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- winey
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adjective,
winy.
- Owens
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noun,
Jesse (John Cleveland) 1913–80, U.S. athlete.
- Ewell
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noun,
Richard Stoddert [stod-ert] /ˈstɒd ərt/ (Show IPA), 1817–72, Confederate lieutenant general in the U.S. Civil War.
- wines
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noun,
the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- Lyons
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noun,
Joseph Aloysius, 1879–1939, Australian statesman: prime minister 1932–39.
- swill
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noun,
liquid or partly liquid food for animals, especially kitchen refuse given to swine; hogwash.
- Ellen
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Utah. 11,522 feet (3514 meters).
- lysin
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noun,
an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- snowy
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adjective,
abounding in or covered with snow:
- esses
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noun,
the letter S, s.
- Essen
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noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- lysis
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noun,
Immunology, Biochemistry. the dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- Lisle
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noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- lyso-
-
- Lysol
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- loess
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noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- 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.
- loose
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Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- olein
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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.
- oleos
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noun,
margarine.
- Niles
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noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- newly
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adverb,
recently; lately:
- noso-
-
- newsy
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noun,
a person who sells or distributes newspapers.
- sonsy
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adjective,
strong and healthy; robust.
- Enlil
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noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- 30-30
-
- noses
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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.
- nosey
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adjective,
nosy.
- Newel
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noun,
newel post.
- nills
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verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- noose
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noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- sones
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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.
- nolos
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noun,
nolo contendere.
- noels
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noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noisy
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adjective,
making much noise:
- Noyes
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noun,
Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- enols
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noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Nowel
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noun,
Noel (def 2).
- losel
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noun,
a worthless person; scoundrel.
- lweis
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noun,
a monetary unit of Angola, the 100th part of a kwanza.
- oleo-
-
- loses
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Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- slows
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adverb,
in a slow manner; slowly:
- lossy
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adjective,
(of a material or transmission line) causing appreciable loss or dissipation of energy.
- Lowes
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noun,
John Livingston, 1867–1945, U.S. scholar, critic, and teacher.
- lowly
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adverb,
in a low position, manner, or degree:
- lowse
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adjective,
loose.
- soles
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noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- sooey
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interjection,
(a shout used in calling pigs.)
- so-so
-
adverb,
in an indifferent or passable manner; indifferently; tolerably.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- soony
-
adjective,
sentimental; emotional.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- Elwin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nelly
-
noun,
inferior or cheap wine.
- Snell
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noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- snyes
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noun,
a backwater.
- Elyse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- yills
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noun,
ale.
- swoln
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adjective,
swollen.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- yonis
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noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- Leone
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noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- sylis
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- Swoon
-
noun,
a faint or fainting fit; syncope.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- lenos
-
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.
- Wells
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noun,
Henry, 1805–78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping.
- sleys
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- Willy
-
noun,
willow (def 4).
- yowls
-
noun,
a yowling cry; a howl.
- Syene
-
noun,
ancient name of Aswan.
- Sells
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Wiles
-
noun,
a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
- welly
-
noun,
wellie.
- weeny
-
noun,
weenie.
- weens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to think; suppose.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- wooly
-
noun,
Western U.S. a wool-bearing animal; sheep.
- Sissy
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. an effeminate boy or man.
- Wylie
-
noun,
Elinor (Elinor Morton Hoyt) 1885–1928, U.S. poet and novelist.
- silly
-
noun,
Informal. a silly or foolish person:
- Weill
-
noun,
Kurt [kurt;; German koo rt] /kɜrt;; German kʊərt/ (Show IPA), 1900–50, German composer, in the U.S. after 1935.
- Wills
-
noun,
Helen Newington [noo-ing-tuh n,, nyoo-] /ˈnu ɪŋ tən,, ˈnyu-/ (Show IPA), 1906–98, U.S. tennis player.
- yells
-
noun,
a cry uttered by yelling.
- sinew
-
noun,
a tendon.
- liney
-
adjective,
liny.
- sines
-
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.
- slyly
-
adverb,
in a deceitful manner; cunningly:
- slews
-
noun,
a large number or quantity:
- Lyles
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Wilno
-
noun,
Polish name of Vilnius.
- Seely
-
adjective,
insignificant or feeble; poor.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- swine
-
noun,
any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products.
Compare hog, pig1 , wild boar.
- Swiss
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Switzerland.
- insol
-
- Lewis
-
noun,
a device for lifting a dressed stone, consisting of a number of pieces fitting together to fill a dovetailed recess cut into the stone.
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- wools
-
noun,
the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property.
- Yo-yo
-
noun,
a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.
- ileo-
-
- Sino-
-
- Lewes
-
noun,
George Henry, 1817–78, English writer and critic.
- sews
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- woos
-
verb (used with object),
to seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage. Synonyms: court, pursue, chase.
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- soln
-
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- sewn
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- 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.
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, 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.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- nos-
-
- nows
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- eyen
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- syn-
-
- syll
-
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- nowy
-
adjective,
noting a partition line or charge in which one or more curves interrupt a normally straight line or lines, usually halfway along their length:
- syli
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- slew
-
noun,
a large number or quantity:
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Snow
-
noun,
Meteorology. a precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing of the water vapor in the air.
Compare ice crystals, snow grains, snow pellets.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- osis
-
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- only
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- ELLE
-
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slow
-
adverb,
in a slow manner; slowly:
- Owen
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1804–92, English zoologist and anatomist.
- owse
-
noun,
ox.
- owes
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- owns
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- soys
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- eyes
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- eyne
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- oily
-
adverb,
in an oily manner.
- 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.
- wool
-
noun,
the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- 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.
- Sol.
-
- ole-
-
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- wons
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of win1 .
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Lyle
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- 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.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Will
-
noun,
the faculty of conscious and especially of deliberate action; the power of control the mind has over its own actions:
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- yill
-
noun,
ale.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- yews
-
noun,
any of several evergreen, coniferous trees and shrubs of the genera Taxus and Torreya, constituting the family Taxaceae, of the Old World, North America, and Japan, having needlelike or scalelike foliage and seeds enclosed in a fleshy aril.
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- 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.
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- Lily
-
noun,
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers.
Compare lily family.
- Lely
-
noun,
Sir Peter [pee-ter;; Dutch pey-tuh r] /ˈpi tər;; Dutch ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), (Pieter van der Faes) 1618–80, Dutch painter in England.
- Lyly
-
noun,
John, 1554?–1606, English writer of romances and plays.
- lin.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- liny
-
adjective,
full of or marked with lines.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- yell
-
noun,
a cry uttered by yelling.
- wine
-
noun,
the fermented juice of grapes, made in many varieties, such as red, white, sweet, dry, still, and sparkling, for use as a beverage, in cooking, in religious rites, etc., and usually having an alcoholic content of 14 percent or less.
- 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.
- enl.
-
- winy
-
adjective,
of, like, or characteristic of wine.
- lys-
-
- yins
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- 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 = .
- wyes
-
noun,
the letter Y, or something having a similar shape.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Wien
-
noun,
Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1864–1928, German physicist: Nobel prize 1911.
- inly
-
adverb,
inwardly.
- ins.
-
- illy
-
adverb,
ill.
- Ill.
-
- ile-
-
- Yolo
-
interjection,
You only live once! (used especially to rationalize impulsive or reckless behavior):
- wens
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- yoni
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- yowl
-
noun,
a yowling cry; a howl.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- yows
-
interjection, noun,
(an exclamation or shout of pain, dismay, etc.)
- wily
-
adjective,
full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- isls
-
- iso-
-
- ISSN
-
- ywis
-
adverb,
iwis.
- weys
-
noun,
an old British unit of weight of various values, especially 16 stones of 16 pounds each, or 256 pounds.
- Weyl
-
noun,
Hermann [hur-muh n;; German her-mahn] /ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1885–1955, German mathematician, in the U.S. after 1933.
- Weil
-
noun,
André, 1906–98, U.S. mathematician, born in France: brother of Simone Weil.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- ween
-
verb (used with or without object),
to think; suppose.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lyon
-
noun,
Mary, 1797–1849, U.S. pioneer in advocating and providing advanced education for women: founder of Mount Holyoke College.
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- neo-
-
- lown
-
noun,
loon2 .
- lows
-
noun,
something that is low, as ground or prices:
- sows
-
noun,
an adult female swine.
- sown
-
verb,
a past participle of sow1 .
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- wile
-
noun,
a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Ens.
-
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- enow
-
adjective, adverb,
enough.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- wise
-
noun,
way of proceeding or considering; manner; fashion (usually used in combination or in certain phrases):
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- NEWS
-
noun,
a report of a recent event; intelligence; information:
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- 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.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NYSE
-
- Soni
-
- 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.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Lowe
-
verb (used without object),
low3 .
- lwei
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Angola, the 100th part of a kwanza.
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- WINS
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- wino
-
noun,
a person who is addicted to wine, especially a derelict.
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- 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.
- Lolo
-
noun,
Also called Yi. a member of a people inhabiting the mountainous regions of southwestern China near the eastern borders of Tibet and Burma.
- ESIS
-
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- 1080
-
- Wis.
-
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Wyo.
-
- ss.
-
- Sw.
-
- Wye
-
noun,
the letter Y, or something having a similar shape.
- Won
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of North and South Korea, equal to 100 chon.
- woe
-
noun,
grievous distress, affliction, or trouble:
- SSW
-
- SSS
-
- Win
-
noun,
a victory, as in a game or horse race.
- Wes
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Wesley.
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- SOW
-
noun,
an adult female swine.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Wei
-
noun,
any of several dynasties that ruled in North China, especially one ruling a.d. 220–265 and one ruling a.d. 386–534.
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- Woo
-
verb (used with object),
to seek the favor, affection, or love of, especially with a view to marriage. Synonyms: court, pursue, chase.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- SSN
-
- SSE
-
- SSI
-
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- swy
-
noun,
the game of two-up.
- wee
-
adjective,
little; very small.
- SLE
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- Wey
-
noun,
an old British unit of weight of various values, especially 16 stones of 16 pounds each, or 256 pounds.
- wen
-
noun,
Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, especially on the scalp, containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- in.
-
- ine
-
- 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 = .
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- 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.
- yow
-
interjection, noun,
(an exclamation or shout of pain, dismay, etc.)
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- Iwo
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- ILO
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Syl
-
- Lew
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lewis, Llewellyn, or Louis.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ll.
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Loy
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LON
-
- ILS
-
- il-
-
- Low
-
noun,
something that is low, as ground or prices:
- EOE
-
- eo-
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEO
-
- eye
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- EIS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Ewe
-
noun,
a female sheep, especially when fully mature.
- io-
-
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Yeo
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- yew
-
noun,
any of several evergreen, coniferous trees and shrubs of the genera Taxus and Torreya, constituting the family Taxaceae, of the Old World, North America, and Japan, having needlelike or scalelike foliage and seeds enclosed in a fleshy aril.
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- Les
-
- LSI
-
- OSO
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- 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.
- LSS
-
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ons
-
- oo-
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oon
-
- ose
-
- OSS
-
- NWS
-
- owe
-
verb (used with object),
to be under obligation to pay or repay:
- OWI
-
- owl
-
noun,
any of numerous, chiefly nocturnal birds of prey, of the order Strigiformes, having a broad head with large, forward-directed eyes that are usually surrounded by disks of modified feathers: many populations are diminishing owing to loss of habitat.
- own
-
Idioms,
come into one's own,
to take possession of that which is due or owed one.
to receive the recognition that one's abilities merit:
- So.
-
- se-
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- 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.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- sew
-
noun,
the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
- OEO
-
- Oyo
-
noun,
a city in W Nigeria.
- wos
-
noun,
woe.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- New
-
noun,
something that is new; a new object, quality, condition, etc.:
- NES
-
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ne-
-
- NSW
-
- now
-
noun,
the present time or moment:
- SN
-
- ly
-
- S.
-
- SL
-
- ln
-
- OW
-
interjection,
(used especially as an expression of intense or sudden pain.)
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NY
-
- NI
-
- ey
-
- N.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EW
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation expressing disgust, aversion, or the like):
- L.
-
- i.
-
- le
-
- IW
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- LW
-
- L1
-
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- L2
-
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- WY
-
- ol
-
- NW
-
- yl
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- we
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- WO
-
noun,
woe.
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- WL
-
- WI
-
- w/
-
- NL
-
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
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