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Word literal-minded has
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- inter-Allied
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adjective,
between or among allied nations, especially the Allies of World War I.
- ear-minded
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adjective,
tending to perceive one's environment in terms of sound and to recall sounds more vividly than sights, smells, etc.
- derailment
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noun,
the act or process of derailing.
- air-minded
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adjective,
interested in aviation or aeronautics.
- Martinelli
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noun,
Giovanni [jee-uh-vah-nee;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee] /ˌdʒi əˈvɑ ni;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni/ (Show IPA), 1885–1969, U.S. operatic tenor, born in Italy.
- intermedia
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adjective,
using or involving several media, as dance, slides, electronic music, film, and painting, simultaneously; multimedia.
- real-time
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noun,
Computers. the actual time elapsed in the performance of a computation by a computer, the result of the computation being required for the continuation of a physical process.
- treadmill
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noun,
an apparatus for producing rotary motion by the weight of people or animals, treading on a succession of moving steps or a belt that forms a kind of continuous path, as around the periphery of a pair of horizontal cylinders.
- reddleman
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noun,
ruddleman.
- deliriant
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noun,
a substance, as a compound or drug, that causes delirium.
- tillermen
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noun,
a person who steers a boat or has charge of a tiller.
- tide-mill
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noun,
a mill operated by the tidal movement of water.
- tillerman
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noun,
a person who steers a boat or has charge of a tiller.
- delimiter
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noun,
a blank space, comma, or other character or symbol that indicates the beginning or end of a character string, word, or data item.
- Millerand
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noun,
Alexandre [a-lek-sahn-druh] /a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə/ (Show IPA), 1859–1943, president of France 1920–24.
- eliminate
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verb (used with object),
to remove or get rid of, especially as being in some way undesirable:
Synonyms: do away with, banish, abolish, eradicate, erase, exterminate, cut out, annihilate, weed out, stamp out, rub out.
Antonyms: obtain, get, invite.
- metalline
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adjective,
metallic.
- ill-timed
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adjective,
badly timed; inopportune.
- Millerite
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noun,
a mineral, nickel sulfide, NiS, occurring in slender, bronze-colored crystals: a minor ore of nickel.
- metallide
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verb (used with object),
to provide (a metal or alloy) with a diffused coating of a metal or metalloid by electrolysis at high temperature in order to impart a particular surface property to the base metal.
- dead-melt
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verb (used with object),
to melt (steel) until killed.
- Madrilene
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noun,
a consommé flavored with tomato, frequently jelled and served cold.
- raddlemen
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noun,
ruddleman.
- laddermen
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noun,
a firefighter who is a member of a hook-and-ladder company.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- all-time
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adjective,
never surpassed or greater:
- linarite
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noun,
a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- melinite
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noun,
a high explosive containing picric acid.
- dateline
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- dementia
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noun,
severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- mandrill
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noun,
a large baboon, Mandrillus (or Papio) sphinx, of western Africa, the male of which has a face brightly marked with blue and scarlet and a muzzle that is ribbed: an endangered species.
- tramline
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- terminal
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noun,
a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
- mineral.
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- inedited
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adjective,
unpublished.
- Danielle
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noun,
a female given name.
- Meridian
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noun,
Geography.
a great circle of the earth passing through the poles and any given point on the earth's surface.
the half of such a circle included between the poles.
- deadline
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noun,
the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something:
- laetrile
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noun,
a controversial drug, purported to cure cancer, prepared from the pits of apricots or peaches and containing about 6 percent cyanide by weight: banned by the FDA.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- ilmenite
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noun,
a very common black mineral, iron titanate, FeTiO 3 , occurring in crystals but more commonly massive.
- lamented
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- melilite
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noun,
a sorosilicate mineral group, consisting chiefly of sodium, calcium, and aluminum silicates, occurring in igneous rocks.
- aldermen
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noun,
a member of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council.
- dendrite
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noun,
Petrology, Mineralogy.
a branching figure or marking, resembling moss or a shrub or tree in form, found on or in certain stones or minerals due to the presence of a foreign material.
any arborescent crystalline growth.
- antimere
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noun,
a segment or division of the body having a corresponding segment or division that is opposite to it relative to the longitudinal axis of the body.
- millrind
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noun,
rind2 .
- milliner
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noun,
a person who designs, makes, or sells hats for women.
- remedial
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adjective,
affording remedy; tending to remedy something.
- diameter
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noun,
Geometry.
a straight line passing through the center of a circle or sphere and meeting the circumference or surface at each end.
a straight line passing from side to side of any figure or body, through its center.
- milliard
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noun,
one thousand millions; equivalent to U.S. billion.
- diatreme
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noun,
a volcanic vent produced in a solid rock structure by the explosive energy of gases in magmas.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- detailer
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- dieldrin
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noun,
a light tan, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, C 12 H 8 OCl 6 , used as an insecticide: manufacture and use have been discontinued in the U.S.
- Medellin
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noun,
a city in W Colombia.
- Lemaitre
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noun,
Francois Élie Jules [frahn-swa ey-lee zhyl] /frɑ̃ˈswa eɪˈli ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
- antlered
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adjective,
having antlers.
- diriment
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adjective,
causing to become wholly void; nullifying.
- Trinidad
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noun,
an island in the SE West Indies, off the NE coast of Venezuela: formerly a British colony in the Federation of the West Indies; now part of the republic of Trinidad and Tobago. 1864 sq. mi. (4828 sq. km).
- detainer
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- materiel
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- red-lead
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noun,
an orange to red, heavy, earthy, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Pb 3 O 4 , obtained by heating litharge in the presence of air: used chiefly as a paint pigment, in the manufacture of glass and glazes, and in storage batteries.
- redemand
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verb (used with object),
to demand again.
- melanite
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noun,
a deep black variety of andradite garnet.
- elaterid
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- tideland
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noun,
land alternately exposed and covered by the ordinary ebb and flow of the tide.
- detailed
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- Darlene
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noun,
a female given name: from the Old English word meaning “darling.”.
- termini
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noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- Iredell
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noun,
James, 1751–99, associate justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1790–99.
- Daimler
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noun,
Gottlieb (Wilhelm) [got-leeb-wil-helm;; German gawt-leep-vil-helm] /ˈgɒt libˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈgɔt lipˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1834–1900, German automotive engineer, inventor, and manufacturer.
- Ireland
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noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- tendril
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noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- landler
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noun,
an Austrian and southern German folk dance in moderately slow triple meter, antecedent to the waltz.
- millier
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noun,
1000 kilograms; a metric ton.
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- Leander
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noun,
a Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.
- milline
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noun,
one agate line of advertising one column in width appearing in one million copies of a periodical.
- Learned
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adjective,
having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite:
- dandier
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- mitered
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- miniate
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verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- 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.
- mediant
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noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- Interim
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- mediate
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adjective,
acting through, dependent on, or involving an intermediate agency; not direct or immediate.
- Elamite
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.
- redline
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noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- reedman
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noun,
a musician who plays a reed instrument.
- dermat-
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- Edelman
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noun,
Gerald Maurice, 1929–2014, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1972.
- reladle
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verb (used with object),
to mix (molten alloy steel) by pouring from ladle to ladle.
- related
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adjective,
associated; connected.
- Emerald
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noun,
a rare variety of beryl that is colored green by chromium and valued as a gem.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- diamide
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noun,
a compound containing two amide groups.
- diamine
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noun,
a compound containing two amino groups.
- dreidel
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noun,
a four-sided top bearing the Hebrew letters nun, gimel, he, and shin, one on each side, used chiefly in a children's game traditionally played on the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.
- retinal
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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.
- Dillard
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noun,
Annie, born 1945, U.S. writer.
- dimeter
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noun,
a verse or line of two measures or feet, as He is gone on the mountain,/He is lost to the forest.
- 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.
- demerit
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noun,
a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency:
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Delaine
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- 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.
- inedita
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plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- deadmen
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noun,
Building Trades. a log, concrete block, etc., buried in the ground as an anchor.
- nitride
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noun,
a compound, containing two elements only, of which the more electronegative one is nitrogen.
- nitrile
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- etamine
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noun,
a lightweight cotton or worsted fabric constructed in plain weave and loosely woven.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- dementi
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noun,
an official denial by a government of actions, aims, etc., ascribed to it.
- ralline
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Rallidae, comprising the rails and allied species.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- delimit
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verb (used with object),
to fix or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate:
- deliria
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noun,
Pathology. a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc.
- end-all
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noun,
the ultimate purpose, object, or conclusion:
- emirate
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- Emerita
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noun,
a woman with such status.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Meriden
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noun,
a city in central Connecticut.
- Adeline
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- mandrel
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noun,
a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- treadle
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noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- Allende
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noun,
Isabel, born 1942, Chilean novelist.
- ailment
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noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- meletin
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noun,
quercetin.
- matinee
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noun,
an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon.
- Meitner
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noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- Martini
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- manille
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noun,
the second highest trump in certain card games, as the seven of trumps in omber or nine of trumps in klaberjass.
- limiter
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- martele
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adjective,
martellato.
- amidine
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noun,
any of a group of compounds containing the CN 2 H 3 group, some of which have marked pharmacological action.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- Melinda
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noun,
a female given name.
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- literal
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- AmerInd
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noun,
Indian (def 1).
- Marlene
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noun,
a female given name.
- Melanie
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noun,
a female given name.
- Midland
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noun,
the middle or interior part of a country.
- meander
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noun,
Usually, meanders. turnings or windings; a winding path or course.
- limited
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noun,
a limited train, bus, etc.
- midline
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noun,
Zoology. the median plane of the body of an animal.
- airtime
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- 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.
- Millard
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noun,
a male given name.
- mellita
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noun,
mellite.
- Mildred
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noun,
a female given name: from Old English words meaning “mild” and “strength.”.
- trindle
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noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- 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.
- limeade
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noun,
a beverage consisting of lime juice, a sweetener, and plain or carbonated water.
- medalet
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noun,
a small medal, usually no larger than 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter.
- anilide
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noun,
any compound containing the univalent group C 6 H 5 NH–, derived from aniline, as acetanilide, C 8 H 9 NO.
- mellite
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noun,
a pharmaceutical containing honey.
- liminal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or situated at the limen.
- enter-
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- elater
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Mariel
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noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Eldred
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noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “old” and “counsel.”.
- Melder
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noun,
the quantity of meal ground at one time; the yield of meal from a crop or specific amount of grain.
- Mantle
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noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- mantid
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noun,
mantis.
- ramtil
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noun,
Niger seed.
- mantel
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noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- Mandel
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noun,
a male given name.
- Melena
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noun,
the discharge of black, tarry, bloody stools, usually resulting from a hemorrhage in the alimentary tract.
- Mallet
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noun,
a hammerlike tool with a head commonly of wood but occasionally of rawhide, plastic, etc., used for driving any tool with a wooden handle, as a chisel, or for striking a surface.
- Meliae
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plural noun,
the nymphs born from the blood of Uranus at the time of his mutilation by Cronus; the nymphs of ash trees.
- elated
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adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- enamel
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noun,
a glassy substance, usually opaque, applied by fusion to the surface of metal, pottery, etc., as an ornament or for protection.
- Elmira
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noun,
a city in S central New York.
- malted
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noun,
malted milk.
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- endear
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verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Emelia
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noun,
a female given name.
- Lerida
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noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- melan-
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- redden
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verb (used with object),
to make or cause to become red.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Medina
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noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- rental
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noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- meddle
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verb (used without object),
to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly:
- Medill
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noun,
Joseph, 1823–99, U.S. journalist.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- dreamt
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noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- retell
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verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- meanie
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noun,
Informal. meany.
- retina
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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.
- mediad
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adverb,
toward the middle line or plane.
- ridden
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noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Riddle
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noun,
a question or statement so framed as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum.
- rident
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adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- medial
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noun,
Phonetics.
a medial sound or letter.
media2 (def 1).
- Median
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noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- Medit.
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- remind
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verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- marine
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Edirne
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noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- reddle
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noun, verb (used with object),
ruddle.
- Elaine
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noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- Marini
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noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- marled
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noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- redial
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noun,
automatic redial.
- Marlin
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noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- Martel
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noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- medlar
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noun,
a small tree, Mespilus germanica, of the rose family, the fruit of which resembles a crab apple and is not edible until the early stages of decay.
- Marten
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- relate
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- matri-
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- relent
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- mealie
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noun,
Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- remain
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- remand
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noun,
the act of remanding.
- mallee
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noun,
any of various dwarf Australian eucalyptuses, as Eucalyptus dumosa and E. oleosa, that sometimes form large tracts of brushwood.
- ideate
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noun,
ideatum.
- maline
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Midian
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noun,
a son of Abraham and Keturah. Gen. 25:1–4.
- Middle
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noun,
the point, part, position, etc., equidistant from extremes or limits.
- midden
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noun,
a dunghill or refuse heap.
- lateen
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adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- lineal
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adjective,
being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- minded
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noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- minder
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noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- milter
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- midair
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noun,
any point in the air not contiguous with the earth or other solid surface:
- Lander
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noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- landed
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- lintel
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- leaded
-
adjective,
(of gasoline) containing tetraethyllead.
- Laddie
-
noun,
a young lad; boy.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- lentil
-
noun,
a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- Miller
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- milit.
-
- Millet
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- Leland
-
noun,
a male given name.
- milli-
-
- milden
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become mild or milder.
- leaden
-
adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- Millie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Millicent or Mildred.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- lilied
-
adjective,
abounding in lilies.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- leader
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- Dinard
-
noun,
a city in W France: seaside resort.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- metall
-
- Ermine
-
noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- mailed
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- indeed
-
adverb,
in fact; in reality; in truth; truly (used for emphasis, to confirm and amplify a previous statement, to indicate a concession or admission, or, interrogatively, to obtain confirmation):
- melter
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- Nellie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- nemat-
-
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- illite
-
noun,
any of a group of clay minerals, hydrous potassium aluminosilicates, characterized by a three-layer micalike structure and a gray, light green, or yellowish-brown color.
- madder
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Rubia, especially the climbing R. tinctorum, of Europe, having open clusters of small, yellowish flowers.
Compare madder family.
- Iletin
-
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- milled
-
noun,
a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- raddle
-
noun,
ruddle.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- meller
-
noun,
melodrama (def 1).
- Malden
-
noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- Madrid
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Spain, in the central part.
- Madden
-
verb (used with object),
to anger or infuriate:
- ladder
-
noun,
a structure of wood, metal, or rope, commonly consisting of two sidepieces between which a series of bars or rungs are set at suitable distances, forming a means of climbing up or down.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- L-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- metal.
-
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- intra-
-
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- Mendel
-
noun,
Gregor Johann [greg-er yoh-hahn;; German grey-gawr yoh-hahn] /ˈgrɛg ər ˈyoʊ hɑn;; German ˈgreɪ gɔr ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1822–84, Austrian monk and botanist.
- Merida
-
noun,
suntan (def 2).
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- inter.
-
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- inlaid
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- mender
-
noun,
a person or thing that mends.
- rillet
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- dirndl
-
noun,
a woman's dress with a close-fitting bodice and full skirt, commonly of colorful and strikingly patterned material, fashioned after Tyrolean peasant wear.
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- dermal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the skin.
- ardeid
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Ardeidae, comprising the herons and bitterns.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- deride
-
verb (used with object),
to laugh at in scorn or contempt; scoff or jeer at; mock.
- delead
-
verb (used with object),
to remove lead adhering to (a metal object) after cold-drawing through a die in which the lead served as a lubricant.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- dealer
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- dement
-
verb (used with object),
to make mad or insane.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- deaden
-
verb (used with object),
to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken:
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- tiered
-
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.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dendra
-
noun,
a plural of dendron.
- all-in
-
adjective,
Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- dendr-
-
- Allied
-
noun,
a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose:
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- 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.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- armill
-
noun,
a garment resembling a stole, worn by a British king at his coronation.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- denti-
-
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- diadem
-
noun,
a crown.
- demean
-
noun,
Archaic. demeanor.
- Tedder
-
noun,
a person who teds.
- dander
-
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- darned
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- damned
-
noun,
the damned, those condemned to suffer eternal punishment.
- Deland
-
noun,
Margaret (Margaretta Wade Campbell Deland) 1857–1945, U.S. novelist.
- Dandie
-
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- dandle
-
verb (used with object),
to move (a baby, child, etc.) lightly up and down, as on one's knee or in one's arms.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Dallin
-
noun,
Cyrus Earle, 1861–1944, U.S. sculptor.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- tellin
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
- amidin
-
noun,
the soluble matter of starch.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- adren-
-
- admire
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- demand
-
noun,
the act of demanding.
- Admete
-
noun,
a daughter of Eurystheus for whom Hercules took the golden girdle of Ares from Hippolyte.
- Teller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- taille
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Lidia
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- anim.
-
- ante-
-
- tiled
-
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.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- anti-
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- dalle
-
noun,
The, a city in N Oregon.
- mini-
-
- tera-
-
- lamed
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- ladle
-
noun,
a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- term.
-
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- Armen
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- 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.
- Arnel
-
- Amer.
-
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- treed
-
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.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- Melia
-
- aden-
-
- adeem
-
verb (used with object),
to revoke (a legacy) by ademption.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- 30-30
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Medea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a sorceress, daughter of Aeëtes and wife of Jason, whom she assisted in obtaining the Golden Fleece: when Jason deserted her, she killed their children.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- medal
-
noun,
a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like:
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- 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.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- adder
-
noun,
the common European viper, Vipera berus.
- Addie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- addle
-
adjective,
mentally confused; muddled.
- Meade
-
noun,
George Gordon, 1815–72, Union general in the American Civil War.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- Mdlle
-
plural,
Mademoiselle.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- matr-
-
- addnl
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- amid-
-
- metr-
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- timid
-
adjective,
lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- Lindi
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tanzania.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- andr-
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- meta-
-
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- male-
-
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- maill
-
noun,
mail3 .
- 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.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Allen
-
noun,
(Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) [blair-fin-dee] /blɛərˈfɪn di/ (Show IPA), ("Cecil Power"; "J. Arbuthnot Wilson") 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist.
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Mende
-
noun,
a member of a people living in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- merde
-
noun,
excrement.
- alti-
-
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- elem.
-
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- rall.
-
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Della
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Delia.
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- enema
-
noun,
the injection of a fluid into the rectum to cause a bowel movement.
- edema
-
noun,
effusion of serous fluid into the interstices of cells in tissue spaces or into body cavities.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- dried
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- drill
-
noun,
Machinery, Building Trades.
a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation.
a tool, especially a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- reni-
-
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- diam.
-
- dial.
-
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Ellen
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Utah. 11,522 feet (3514 meters).
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- 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.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- edit.
-
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- demi-
-
- derm-
-
- emend
-
verb (used with object),
to edit or change (a text).
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- Emden
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Germany.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- dent.
-
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- irid-
-
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- indri
-
noun,
a short-tailed lemur, Indri indri, of Madagascar, about 2 feet (60 cm) in length: an endangered species.
- Iran.
-
- tele-
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- natl.
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- init.
-
- dated
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- dilli
-
noun,
Dili.
- Nedda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Temne
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- dread
-
noun,
terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear.
- dedal
-
adjective,
daedal.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Iliad
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- Nemea
-
noun,
a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis.
- Illia
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1900–83, Argentine physician and statesman: president 1963–66.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- Ital.
-
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- imide
-
noun,
a compound derived from ammonia by replacement of two hydrogen atoms by acidic groups, characterized by the =NH group.
- imit.
-
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- dimin
-
- intr.
-
- retd.
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- RIIA
-
- Mell
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trid
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- rit.
-
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- MELD
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- tri-
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- 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.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- Rida
-
- meed
-
noun,
a reward or recompense.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- 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.
- tRNA
-
- Redd
-
noun,
the spawning area or nest of trout or salmon.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- 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.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- MILR
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- tel-
-
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- 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.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- neem
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- mRNA
-
- Mlle
-
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- ten.
-
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- ter.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- met.
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mid.
-
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- ment
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- men-
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- MIDI
-
noun,
a skirt, dress, or coat, of mid-calf length.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- NIRA
-
- Mill
-
noun,
a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- NTIA
-
- rad.
-
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- RADM
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- mild
-
noun,
British. beer that has a blander taste than bitter.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- mil.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- midn
-
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- 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).
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Mede
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Media.
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- EDTA
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- Edda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- DMDT
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- Dill
-
noun,
a plant, Anethum graveolens, of the parsley family, having aromatic seeds and finely divided leaves, both of which are used for flavoring food.
- dim.
-
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- Din.
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dlr.
-
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- 1080
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- DIAD
-
noun, adjective,
dyad.
- idae
-
- 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.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Ire.
-
- intl
-
- int.
-
- INRI
-
- IndE
-
- inae
-
- Ill.
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ile-
-
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Ind.
-
- ELLE
-
- end-
-
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- emia
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- enl.
-
- 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).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- dia-
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arm.
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- ant.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- amdt
-
- alt.
-
- all-
-
- atm.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- addn
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Adm.
-
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- AIME
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- AInd
-
- Aire
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Ald.
-
- Aldm
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- art.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- deem
-
verb (used with object),
to hold as an opinion; think; regard:
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Dem.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- deme
-
noun,
one of the administrative divisions of ancient Attica and of modern Greece.
- Den.
-
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- der.
-
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- deed
-
noun,
something that is done, performed, or accomplished; an act:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- 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.
- Danl
-
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dard
-
noun,
Also, Dardic. a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir, northern Pakistan, and eastern Afghanistan, and including Kashmiri.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- dat.
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dead
-
noun,
the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.:
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- EMet
-
- 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.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- med.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- MADD
-
noun,
Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- MAEd
-
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- lit.
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- LitD
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- lea.
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lam.
-
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Ltd.
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Lat.
-
- mal-
-
- 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.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- mdnt
-
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- 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.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- MALD
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- Lili
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mall
-
noun,
Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building.
Compare shopping center.
- Man.
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mar.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- DIL
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- LIM
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- mi.
-
- 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.
- rte
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- TDD
-
- di.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- rnd
-
- DID
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- DET
-
- MIE
-
- rt.
-
- TAL
-
- RLD
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- RNA
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- 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.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AME
-
- ALM
-
- tlr
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- ard
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- MDT
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- ae.
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ad-
-
- Am.
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- 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.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ltr
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ll.
-
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- DEd
-
- LLD
-
- LLM
-
- LMT
-
- DEA
-
- de-
-
- DDT
-
- LTA
-
- LTL
-
- DAR
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Md.
-
- Me.
-
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- DAE
-
- DAD
-
noun,
father.
- dd.
-
- TIA
-
- TID
-
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- at.
-
- DDR
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- nr.
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- MLA
-
- ide
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- ml.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- NMI
-
- NMR
-
- NRA
-
- ier
-
- id.
-
- Rd.
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- ETR
-
- ERT
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- MIT
-
- MLD
-
- NIA
-
- en-
-
- MRI
-
- NAD
-
- La.
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- ite
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- ITA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- IRL
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- 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:
- Ir.
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- ine
-
- MNE
-
- MNA
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- MLR
-
- Lt.
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ene
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ed.
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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.
- EMT
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ea.
-
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- EDD
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- EDT
-
- ead
-
- ETD
-
- eir
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- DMA
-
- DMD
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- DML
-
- DMT
-
- DNA
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- DNR
-
- Dr.
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- DRE
-
- 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.
- dtd
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- REA
-
- RDA
-
- EMR
-
- LDL
-
- Ld.
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- 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.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- NL
-
- DN
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LR
-
- TD
-
- ln
-
- L.
-
- LM
-
- DM
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- NI
-
- ND
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- t.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- T1
-
- RI
-
- NM
-
- le
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- R.
-
- D.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L1
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- dl
-
- RN
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- i.
-
- MN
-
- TL
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TM
-
- EI
-
- TN
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- L2
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- N.
-