Anagrams of livery-stable
Word livery-stable has
1465 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of livery-stable.
- severalty
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noun,
the state of being separate.
- liberates
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verb (used with object),
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- versatile
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adjective,
capable of or adapted for turning easily from one to another of various tasks, fields of endeavor, etc.:
- verbality
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noun,
wordiness; verbal diffuseness:
- relatives
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noun,
a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- verbalist
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noun,
a person skilled in the use of words.
- severally
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adverb,
separately; singly.
- levirates
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noun,
the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
- veritable
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adjective,
being truly or very much so:
- severity
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noun,
harshness, sternness, or rigor:
- levirate
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noun,
the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
- trevally
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noun,
any of several popular Australian food fish of the genus Caranx, especially Caranx georgianus.
- leviable
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adjective,
that may be levied.
- libelers
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noun,
a person who libels; a person who publishes a libel assailing another.
- liberals
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noun,
a person of liberal principles or views, especially in politics or religion.
- liberate
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verb (used with object),
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- Bellaire
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noun,
a city in SE Texas, within the city limits of Houston.
- liveable
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adjective,
livable.
- librates
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- Bastille
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a fortress in Paris, used as a prison, built in the 14th century and destroyed July 14, 1789.
- literals
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- bestiary
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noun,
a collection of moralized fables, especially as written in the Middle Ages, about actual or mythical animals.
- rallyist
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noun,
a person who participates in automobile rallies.
- Bareilly
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noun,
a city in N central Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- relative
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noun,
a person who is connected with another or others by blood or marriage.
- reliable
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adjective,
that may be relied on or trusted; dependable in achievement, accuracy, honesty, etc.:
- retables
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noun,
a decorative structure raised above an altar at the back, often forming a frame for a picture, bas-relief, or the like, and sometimes including a shelf or shelves, as for ornaments.
- Sayville
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noun,
a town on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- silverly
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adverb,
with a silvery appearance or sound.
- Sybarite
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noun,
(usually lowercase) a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
- 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.
- Libertas
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noun,
the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- vibrates
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verb (used with object),
to cause to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, swing, or oscillate.
- elatives
-
noun,
an elative case.
- vestiary
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adjective,
of or relating to garments or vestments.
- virelays
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noun,
an old French form of short poem, composed of short lines running on two rhymes and having two opening lines recurring at intervals.
- yearlies
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noun,
a publication appearing once a year.
- evitable
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adjective,
capable of being avoided; avoidable.
- eyeballs
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noun,
the ball or globe of the eye.
- Easterly
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noun,
a wind that blows from the east.
- brailles
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noun,
Louis [loo-is,, loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu ɪs,, ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1809–52, French teacher of the blind.
- blistery
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adjective,
having blisters, as paint or glass.
- abristle
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adverb, adjective,
in a bristling state:
- velleity
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noun,
volition in its weakest form.
- bilayers
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noun,
a structure composed of two molecular layers, especially of phospholipids in cellular membranes.
- vilayets
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noun,
a province or main administrative division of Turkey.
- bailees
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noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- retable
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noun,
a decorative structure raised above an altar at the back, often forming a frame for a picture, bas-relief, or the like, and sometimes including a shelf or shelves, as for ornaments.
- yester-
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- baileys
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noun,
the defensive wall surrounding an outer court of a castle.
- restive
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adjective,
impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- retells
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verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- brevity
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noun,
shortness of time or duration; briefness:
- bristle
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- bristly
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adjective,
covered or rough with bristles.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- brevets
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noun,
a commission promoting a military officer to a higher rank without increase of pay and with limited exercise of the higher rank, often granted as an honor immediately before retirement.
- rillets
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noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- reveals
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noun,
an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
- sealery
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noun,
a place where seals are caught.
- blister
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noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- several
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noun,
several persons or things; a few; some.
- Servite
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noun,
a member of an order of mendicant friars, founded in Florence in 1233, engaged in fostering devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- servile
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adjective,
slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning:
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Astilbe
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noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- reviles
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verb (used with object),
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- Braille
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noun,
Louis [loo-is,, loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu ɪs,, ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1809–52, French teacher of the blind.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- billets
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noun,
lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
- riblets
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- revisal
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noun,
the act of revising; revision.
- re-ally
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verb (used with or without object),
to ally again or anew.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- reality
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- estival
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adjective,
pertaining or appropriate to summer.
- Liberal
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noun,
a person of liberal principles or views, especially in politics or religion.
- libeler
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noun,
a person who libels; a person who publishes a libel assailing another.
- leviter
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adverb,
(in prescriptions) lightly.
- Elberta
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noun,
a freestone peach having reddish-yellow skin.
- Beverly
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noun,
a city in NE Massachusetts.
- 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.
- betrays
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verb (used with object),
to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty:
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- bellies
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noun,
the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
- berates
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verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- labrets
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noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- bestial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- elative
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noun,
an elative case.
- Liberty
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noun,
freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- eyeball
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noun,
the ball or globe of the eye.
- billety
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adjective,
semé of billets:
- rallies
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noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- barytes
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noun,
barite.
- barleys
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noun,
a widely distributed cereal plant belonging to the genus Hordeum, of the grass family, having awned flowers that grow in tightly bunched spikes, with three small additional spikes at each node.
- liveyer
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noun,
a native or resident of Newfoundland or Labrador.
- livable
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adjective,
suitable for living in; habitable; comfortable:
- literal
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- Beatles
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noun,
the (used with a plural verb) British rock-'n'-roll group (1962–70) including George Harrison, (born 1943), John (Winston) Lennon [len-uh n] /ˈlɛn ən/ (Show IPA) (1940–80), Paul (James) McCartney [muh-kahrt-nee] /məˈkɑrt ni/ (Show IPA) (born 1942), and Ringo [ring-goh] /ˈrɪŋ goʊ/ (Show IPA), Starr, (Richard Starkey) (born 1940).
- Liestal
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Basel-Land, in NW Switzerland.
- lie-bys
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noun,
a paved section alongside a highway for automobiles in need of emergency repairs.
- bilayer
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noun,
a structure composed of two molecular layers, especially of phospholipids in cellular membranes.
- beastie
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noun,
Chiefly Literary. a small animal, especially one toward which affection is felt.
- beastly
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adverb,
Chiefly British Informal. very; exceedingly:
- librate
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- beaters
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noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- leviers
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noun,
a person who levies.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- stellar
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adjective,
of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- Valerie
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noun,
a female given name.
- tellies
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noun,
television.
- albites
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noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- slavery
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noun,
the condition of a slave; bondage.
- varsity
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noun,
any first-string team, especially in sports, that represents a school, college, university, or the like:
- triable
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- tailles
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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.
- tellers
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noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- variety
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noun,
the state of being varied or diversified:
- tallies
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noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- vibrate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, swing, or oscillate.
- verites
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noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- stabile
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noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- veritas
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noun,
truth.
- trysail
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noun,
a triangular or quadrilateral sail having its luff hooped or otherwise bent to a mast, used for lying to or keeping a vessel headed into the wind; spencer.
- Tarbell
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noun,
Ida Minerva, 1857–1944, U.S. author.
- stabler
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noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- veriest
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adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- verbals
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noun,
Grammar. a word, particularly a noun or adjective, derived from a verb.
- trebles
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noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- trellis
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noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- Alberti
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noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- Viyella
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- Seville
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noun,
a port in SW Spain, on the Guadalquivir River: site of the Alcazar; cathedral.
- Sibylla
-
noun,
an Asian maiden who gained from her lover Apollo the gift of prophecy and long life.
- Sievert
-
noun,
the standard unit in the International System of Units (SI) of dose equivalent having the same biological effect as one joule of x-rays per kilogram of recipient mass (or one gray):
Abbreviation: Sv.
- syllabi
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noun,
a plural of syllabus.
- tillers
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noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- travels
-
noun,
the act of traveling; journeying, especially to distant places:
- Sillery
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noun,
a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec.
- virelay
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noun,
an old French form of short poem, composed of short lines running on two rhymes and having two opening lines recurring at intervals.
- varlets
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noun,
a knavish person; rascal.
- Villars
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noun,
Claude Louis Hector de [klohd lwee ek-tawr duh] /kloʊd lwi ɛkˈtɔr də/ (Show IPA), 1653–1734, marshal of France.
- vilayet
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noun,
a province or main administrative division of Turkey.
- silvery
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adjective,
resembling silver; of a lustrous grayish-white color:
- sylvite
-
noun,
a common mineral, potassium chloride, KCl, colorless to milky-white or red, occurring in crystals, usually cubes, and masses with cubic cleavage, bitter in taste: the most important source of potassium.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- labels
-
noun,
a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- valise
-
noun,
a small piece of luggage that can be carried by hand, used to hold clothing, toilet articles, etc.; suitcase; traveling bag.
- Valley
-
noun,
an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream.
- layers
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- labile
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adjective,
apt or likely to change.
- Isabel
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noun,
a female given name.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- labret
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noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- Valery
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1871–1945, French poet and philosopher.
- sevier
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noun,
John, 1745–1815, U.S. Revolutionary War soldier and politician: first governor of Tennessee.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- lastly
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adverb,
in conclusion; in the last place; finally.
- levier
-
noun,
a person who levies.
- libels
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noun,
Law.
defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.
the act or crime of publishing it.
a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.
- Travis
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noun,
William Barret, 1809–36, U.S. soldier: commander during the battle of the Alamo.
- liable
-
adjective,
legally responsible:
- levity
-
noun,
lightness of mind, character, or behavior; lack of appropriate seriousness or earnestness.
- treble
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- Levite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Levi.
- levies
-
noun,
an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- lately
-
adverb,
of late; recently; not long since:
- levels
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noun,
a device used for determining or adjusting something to a horizontal surface.
- Trilby
-
noun,
a hat of soft felt with an indented crown.
- Leslie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- trills
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- Leavis
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noun,
F(rank) R(aymond) 1895–1978, English critic and teacher.
- leaves
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noun,
plural of leaf.
- lavers
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noun,
Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
- Varese
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noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Milan.
- Elvira
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “elf counsel.”.
- varies
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- brills
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noun,
a European flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus, closely related to the turbot.
- versal
-
adjective,
universal or whole.
- verset
-
noun,
Prosody. a brief verse, especially from Scripture.
- vestal
-
noun,
vestal virgin.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Easley
-
noun,
a town in NW South Carolina.
- easily
-
adverb,
in an easy manner; with ease; without trouble:
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- vestry
-
noun,
a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes liturgical objects, are kept; sacristy.
- viable
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adjective,
capable of living.
- brevi-
-
- eyalet
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noun,
vilayet.
- brevet
-
noun,
a commission promoting a military officer to a higher rank without increase of pay and with limited exercise of the higher rank, often granted as an honor immediately before retirement.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- braise
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verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- brails
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- vitals
-
plural noun,
those bodily organs that are essential to life, as the brain, heart, liver, lungs, and stomach.
- bleats
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- eatery
-
noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- Verity
-
noun,
the state or quality of being true; accordance with fact or reality:
- varlet
-
noun,
a knavish person; rascal.
- velate
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adjective,
Biology. having a velum.
- evites
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- everts
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- Evarts
-
noun,
William Maxwell, 1818–1901, U.S. lawyer and statesman.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- estray
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- velars
-
noun,
Phonetics. a velar sound.
- ervils
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- travel
-
noun,
the act of traveling; journeying, especially to distant places:
- elvers
-
noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- Ellery
-
noun,
a male given name.
- verite
-
noun,
truth; truthfulness.
- elytra
-
noun,
plural of elytron.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elyria
-
noun,
a city in N Ohio.
- verbal
-
noun,
Grammar. a word, particularly a noun or adjective, derived from a verb.
- Elbert
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch range: second highest peak of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. 14,431 feet (4399 meters).
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- verily
-
adverb,
in truth; really; indeed.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- eyebar
-
noun,
a tension member, used especially in bridge and roof trusses, having the form of a metal bar enlarged at each end to include an eye.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- reveal
-
noun,
an act or instance of revealing; revelation; disclosure.
- riyals
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- sliver
-
noun,
a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- revise
-
noun,
an act of revising.
- stable
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- revile
-
verb (used with object),
to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- revets
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- revest
-
verb (used with object),
to vest (a person) again, as with ownership or office; reinvest; reinstate.
- revels
-
noun,
Hiram Rhoades [rohdz] /roʊdz/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, U.S. clergyman, educator, and politician: first black senator 1870–71.
- starve
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to starve; kill, weaken, or reduce by lack of food.
- sleety
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or like sleet.
- retell
-
verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- steely
-
adjective,
consisting or made of steel.
- Stella
-
noun,
a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
- Stevia
-
noun,
a South American perennial shrub, Stevia rebaudiana, having small, white flowers and sweet-tasting leaves.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- rillet
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- rivals
-
noun,
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- relive
-
verb (used with object),
to experience again, as an emotion.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- siller
-
noun,
silver.
- Servia
-
noun,
former name of Serbia.
- serval
-
noun,
a long-limbed, nocturnal African cat, Felis serval, about the size of a bobcat, having a tawny coat spotted with black: now rare in many former habitats.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- Silver
-
noun,
Chemistry. a white, ductile metallic element, used for making mirrors, coins, ornaments, table utensils, photographic chemicals, conductors, etc. Symbol: Ag; atomic weight: 107.870; atomic number: 47; specific gravity: 10.5 at 20°C.
- seller
-
noun,
a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
- Seaver
-
noun,
(George) Thomas ("Tom"; "Tom Terrific") born 1944, U.S. baseball pitcher.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- rivets
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- salver
-
noun,
a tray, especially one used for serving food or beverages.
- Slavey
-
noun,
a female servant, especially a maid of all work in a boardinghouse.
- slaver
-
noun,
a dealer in or an owner of slaves.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- sallet
-
noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- sleave
-
noun,
anything matted or raveled.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- lyrist
-
noun,
a person who plays the lyre or who sings and accompanies himself or herself on the lyre.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- liters
-
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.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Teller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- listel
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- lysate
-
noun,
the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.
- lyrate
-
adjective,
Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- livery
-
noun,
a distinctive uniform, badge, or device formerly provided by someone of rank or title for his retainers, as in time of war.
- lie-by
-
noun,
a paved section alongside a highway for automobiles in need of emergency repairs.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Severy
-
noun,
(in a vaulted structure) one bay between two principal transverse arches.
- libras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- tilery
-
noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- Lively
-
adverb,
with briskness, vigor, or animation; briskly:
- livers
-
noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- stylar
-
adjective,
having the shape of an ancient style; resembling a pen, pin, or peg.
- svelte
-
adjective,
slender, especially gracefully slender in figure; lithe.
- styler
-
noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- stilly
-
adverb,
quietly; silently.
- Styria
-
noun,
a province in SE Austria: formerly a duchy. 6327 sq. mi. (16,385 sq. km). Capital: Graz.
- stiver
-
noun,
Also, stuiver. a former nickel coin of the Netherlands, equal to five Dutch cents.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- re-lay
-
verb (used with object),
to lay again.
- rebate
-
noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- strive
-
verb (used without object),
to exert oneself vigorously; try hard:
- realty
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- livres
-
noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- really
-
adverb,
in reality; actually:
- tables
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- 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.
- ravels
-
noun,
a tangle or complication.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Tallis
-
noun,
Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- Tallys
-
noun,
Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- bleary
-
adjective,
(of the eyes or sight) blurred or dimmed, as from sleep or weariness.
- Sylvia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- bevies
-
noun,
a group of birds, as larks or quail, or animals, as roebuck, in close association.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- barit.
-
- baryes
-
noun,
microbar.
- abeles
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- barely
-
adverb,
only just; scarcely; no more than; almost not:
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- betels
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- Allies
-
noun,
plural of ally.
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- beryls
-
noun,
a mineral, beryllium aluminum silicate, Be 3 Al 2 Si 6 O 18 , usually green, but also blue, rose, white, and golden, and both opaque and transparent, the latter variety including the gems emerald and aquamarine: the principal ore of beryllium.
- berley
-
noun,
chum2 (defs 1, 2).
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- barley
-
noun,
a widely distributed cereal plant belonging to the genus Hordeum, of the grass family, having awned flowers that grow in tightly bunched spikes, with three small additional spikes at each node.
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- ballsy
-
adjective,
boldly aggressive or courageous:
- bialys
-
noun,
a round, flat, leavened, soft roll made of white flour, having a crusty bottom and a depression at the center that is typically filled with an onion and poppy seed mixture.
- Beaver
-
noun,
a large, amphibious rodent of the genus Castor, having sharp incisors, webbed hind feet, and a flattened tail, noted for its ability to dam streams with trees, branches, etc.
- beater
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- belays
-
noun,
Mountain Climbing. a rock, bush, or other object sturdy enough for a running rope to be passed around it to secure a hold.
- Belial
-
noun,
Theology. the spirit of evil personified; the devil; Satan.
- belive
-
adverb,
before long; soon.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- bevels
-
noun,
the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
- Bellay
-
noun,
Joachim du [zhaw-a-keem dy] /ʒɔ aˈkim dü/ (Show IPA), c1525–60, French poet.
- billet
-
noun,
lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Aseyev
-
noun,
Nikolay Nikolaevich [nik-uh-lahy nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian nyi-kuh-lahy nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1889–1963, Russian poet.
- aseity
-
noun,
existence originating from and having no source other than itself.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- betray
-
verb (used with object),
to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty:
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- berate
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- Bailey
-
noun,
the defensive wall surrounding an outer court of a castle.
- averse
-
adjective,
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc.; opposed:
- bailee
-
noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- Blairs
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- averts
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- baetyl
-
noun,
a meteorite or stone held sacred or believed to be of divine origin.
- alible
-
adjective,
nutritive; nourishing.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- Baeyer
-
noun,
(Johann Friedrich Wilhelm) Adolf von [yoh-hahn free-drik wil-helm ad-olf von,, ey-dolf;; German yoh-hahn free-drikh vil-helm ah-dawlf fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈfri drɪk ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈæd ɒlf vɒn,, ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈɑ dɔlf fən/ (Show IPA), (Adolf Baeyer) 1835–1917, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1905.
- ballet
-
noun,
a classical dance form demanding grace and precision and employing formalized steps and gestures set in intricate, flowing patterns to create expression through movement.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- Averil
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lebes
-
noun,
a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- belly
-
noun,
the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- leave
-
noun,
permission to do something:
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- stave
-
noun,
one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
- Leyte
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines: focal point of the U.S. invasion of the Philippines 1944. 3085 sq. mi. (7990 sq. km).
- leery
-
adjective,
wary; suspicious (usually followed by of):
- Leavy
-
adjective,
leafy.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Srta.
-
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- libel
-
noun,
Law.
defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.
the act or crime of publishing it.
a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.
- lyase
-
noun,
any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- slaty
-
adjective,
consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to slate.
- Slave
-
noun,
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond servant.
- belay
-
noun,
Mountain Climbing. a rock, bush, or other object sturdy enough for a running rope to be passed around it to secure a hold.
- Tally
-
noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- belie
-
verb (used with object),
to show to be false; contradict:
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Lesya
-
noun,
any of six possible colors given to the monad, or individual soul, by its karma and being lighter or darker according to the proportion of good or evil included in the karma.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Lever
-
noun,
Mechanics. a rigid bar that pivots about one point and that is used to move an object at a second point by a force applied at a third.
Compare machine (def 4b).
- Talys
-
noun,
Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- Bella
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Isabella.
- level
-
noun,
a device used for determining or adjusting something to a horizontal surface.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Belle
-
noun,
a woman or girl admired for her beauty and charm.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- lairy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a lair.
- style
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- styli
-
noun,
a plural of stylus.
- laity
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- layer
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Alley
-
noun,
a passage, as through a continuous row of houses, permitting access from the street to backyards, garages, etc.
- Beryl
-
noun,
a mineral, beryllium aluminum silicate, Be 3 Al 2 Si 6 O 18 , usually green, but also blue, rose, white, and golden, and both opaque and transparent, the latter variety including the gems emerald and aquamarine: the principal ore of beryllium.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Leary
-
adjective,
leery1 .
- label
-
noun,
a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Ital.
-
- Italy
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870–1946. 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Capital: Rome.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Laver
-
noun,
Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
- alive
-
Idioms,
alive to, alert or sensitive to; aware of:
- ster.
-
- alti-
-
- Steve
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Steven or Stephen.
- latry
-
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- styl-
-
- Beyle
-
noun,
Marie Henri [ma-ree ahn-ree] /maˈri ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA) real name of Stendhal.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Sally
-
noun,
a sortie of troops from a besieged place upon an enemy.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- salty
-
adjective,
tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- salve
-
noun,
a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
- Rebel
-
noun,
a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Reave
-
verb (used with object),
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
- Balt.
-
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Avery
-
noun,
Milton, 1893–1965, U.S. painter.
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- Barye
-
noun,
microbar.
- Ravel
-
noun,
a tangle or complication.
- ative
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- rally
-
noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- rall.
-
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- reive
-
verb (used with or without object),
to rob; plunder.
- Relay
-
noun,
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- sebi-
-
- rivet
-
noun,
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together, usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- riyal
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- Riley
-
noun,
James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- revet
-
verb (used with object),
to face, as an embankment, with masonry or other material.
- revel
-
noun,
boisterous merrymaking or festivity; revelry.
- Reval
-
noun,
former German name of Tallinn.
- rival
-
noun,
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- avert
-
verb (used with object),
to turn away or aside:
- rivel
-
noun,
a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
- Bayle
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1647–1706, French philosopher and critic.
- balls
-
noun,
a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere:
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- avers
-
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Bally
-
noun,
a city in SW West Bengal, in E India, NW of Kolkata.
- astr.
-
- Seely
-
adjective,
insignificant or feeble; poor.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- lieve
-
adverb,
lief.
- sieve
-
noun,
an instrument with a meshed or perforated bottom, used for separating coarse from fine parts of loose matter, for straining liquids, etc., especially one with a circular frame and fine meshes or perforations.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- lyres
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- silly
-
noun,
Informal. a silly or foolish person:
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- Silva
-
noun,
the forest trees of a particular area.
- Sylva
-
noun,
silva.
- Lyles
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Sibyl
-
noun,
any of certain women of antiquity reputed to possess powers of prophecy or divination.
- Tavel
-
noun,
a dry rosé wine from the Rhone region of France.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- Libya
-
noun,
Ancient Geography. the part of N Africa W of Egypt.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Syria
-
noun,
Official name Syrian Arab Republic. a republic in SW Asia at the E end of the Mediterranean. 71,227 sq. mi. (184,478 sq. km). Capital: Damascus.
- beery
-
adjective,
of, like, or abounding in beer:
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- Sybil
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- Selby
-
noun,
Hubert, Jr. 1928–2004, U.S. novelist.
- liver
-
noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- selva
-
noun,
a tropical rain forest, as that in the Amazon basin of South America.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- lt-yr
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Bart.
-
- livre
-
noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- serve
-
noun,
the act, manner, or right of serving, as in tennis.
- lives
-
noun,
plural of life.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- seti-
-
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- sever
-
verb (used with object),
to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- 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.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- breve
-
noun,
a mark (˘) over a vowel to show that it is short, or to indicate a specific pronunciation, as ŭ in (kŭt) cut.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- veals
-
noun,
Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- vealy
-
adjective,
resembling veal.
- treas
-
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- Brill
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus, closely related to the turbot.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Elvis
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Elwin.
- bevel
-
noun,
the inclination that one line or surface makes with another when not at right angles.
- elves
-
noun,
plural of elf.
- elver
-
noun,
a young eel, especially one that is migrating up a stream from the ocean.
- Vilas
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
- veery
-
noun,
a thrush, Catharus fuscescens, common in the eastern and northern U.S., noted for its song.
- 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.
- estab
-
- Tyree
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- veers
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- Betsy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- vills
-
noun,
a territorial division under the feudal system; township.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- brave
-
noun,
a brave person.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- ville
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Villa
-
noun,
a country residence or estate.
- trave
-
noun,
a crossbeam.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- ervil
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- verts
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- vairs
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- eyrie
-
noun,
aerie.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- btry.
-
- valet
-
noun,
a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
- BSElE
-
- veter
-
- valse
-
noun,
waltz.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- BSRet
-
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- bialy
-
noun,
a round, flat, leavened, soft roll made of white flour, having a crusty bottom and a depression at the center that is typically filled with an onion and poppy seed mixture.
- Vesta
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing an altar on which a sacred fire was kept burning by the vestal virgins: identified with the Greek Hestia.
- vari-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- verst
-
noun,
a Russian measure of distance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile or 1.067 kilometers.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- Brit.
-
- vasty
-
adjective,
vast; immense.
- Ailey
-
noun,
Alvin, Jr. 1931–1989, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- abele
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- vibes
-
noun,
Informal. vibration (def 4).
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- eyres
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- verse
-
noun,
(not in technical use) a stanza.
- vails
-
noun,
a tip; gratuity.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elyse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Brale
-
- viral
-
Idioms,
go viral, to spread rapidly via the Internet, email, or other media:
- brays
-
noun,
the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Early
-
noun,
a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.
- tele-
-
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- Vitry
-
noun,
Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), 1290?–1361, French music theorist, composer, and poet.
- yetis
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- velar
-
noun,
Phonetics. a velar sound.
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- 30-30
-
- telly
-
noun,
television.
- yells
-
noun,
a cry uttered by yelling.
- evase
-
adjective,
widened at the top, as a vase or chimney flue.
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- tells
-
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).
- bitsy
-
adjective,
tiny; itty-bitty.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- yills
-
noun,
ale.
- vital
-
adjective,
of or relating to life:
- tears
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- byres
-
noun,
a cow shed.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- abstr
-
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Bills
-
noun,
a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied:
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Billy
-
noun,
Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
- tera-
-
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Evita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Eva.
- veils
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Tyler
-
noun,
tiler (def 2).
- Albee
-
noun,
Edward, born 1928, U.S. playwright.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- evite
-
verb (used with object),
to avoid; shun.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- evils
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- Visby
-
noun,
a seaport on the Swedish island of Gotland, in the Baltic: an important member of the Hanseatic League.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- betel
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- Evert
-
noun,
Chris(tine Marie) born 1954, U.S. tennis player.
- Evers
-
noun,
(James) Charles, born 1922, U.S. civil-rights leader.
- every
-
Idioms,
every bit, in every respect; completely:
- Tilly
-
noun,
Count Johan Tserclaes von [yoh-hahn tser-klahs fuh n] /ˈyoʊ hɑn tsɛrˈklɑs fən/ (Show IPA), 1559–1632, German general in the Thirty Years' War.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- virls
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- iatry
-
- VISTA
-
noun,
a view or prospect, especially one seen through a long, narrow avenue or passage, as between rows of trees or houses.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- IATSE
-
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- tyees
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- abs-
-
- ates
-
- vers
-
- vest
-
noun,
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- abr.
-
- abl.
-
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- vert
-
noun,
English Forest Law.
vegetation bearing green leaves in a forest and capable of serving as a cover for deer.
the right to cut such vegetation.
- very
-
adverb,
in a high degree; extremely; exceedingly:
- ably
-
adverb,
in an able manner; with skill or ability; competently.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- ABLS
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- tavs
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- SBLI
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- virl
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- Sab.
-
- visa
-
noun,
an endorsement issued by an authorized representative of a country and marked in a passport, permitting the passport holder to enter, travel through, or reside in that country for a specified amount of time, for the purpose of tourism, education, employment, etc.
- vise
-
noun,
any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
- VITA
-
noun,
curriculum vitae (def 1).
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- riv.
-
- Vite
-
adverb,
briskly; lively.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- vill
-
noun,
a territorial division under the feudal system; township.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Aves
-
noun,
a class of vertebrates comprising the birds.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- VLBI
-
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- VLSI
-
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- VILE
-
adjective,
wretchedly bad:
- Save
-
noun,
an act or instance of saving, especially in sports.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- vet.
-
- vets
-
noun,
veterinarian.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- SATB
-
- Vial
-
noun,
Also, phial. a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids:
- Sat.
-
- vias
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- vibe
-
noun,
Informal. vibration (def 4).
- vila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
- 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.
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Viet
-
noun,
South Vietnam, North Vietnam, or both.
- Ave.
-
- vil.
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Vary
-
verb (used with object),
to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance:
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- 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.
- alt.
-
- 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.
- Alb.
-
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Ste.
-
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- trav
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- 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.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- Sra.
-
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- tel-
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Alis
-
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- all-
-
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- 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).
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- Avis
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “bird.”.
- ally
-
noun,
a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose:
- ter.
-
- str.
-
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- veer
-
noun,
a change of direction, position, course, etc.:
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- vas-
-
- art.
-
- syll
-
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- syli
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Guinea, equal to 100 cauris: replaced the franc in 1972.
- vase
-
noun,
a vessel, as of glass, porcelain, earthenware, or metal, usually higher than it is wide, used chiefly to hold cut flowers or for decoration.
- VAST
-
noun,
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
- Vat.
-
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Veal
-
noun,
Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- vees
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- veil
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- Seve
-
noun,
the characteristic flavor and body of a wine.
- vel.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Vela
-
noun,
plural of velum.
- aer-
-
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- verb
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.
- serv
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- vars
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
- tri-
-
- Vail
-
noun,
a tip; gratuity.
- Aire
-
- TRIB
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Slav
-
noun,
one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- slay
-
noun,
sley.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tver
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, NW of Moscow, on the Volga.
Formerly (1934–90) Kalinin.
- Siva
-
noun,
Shiva.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- val.
-
- Vale
-
noun,
a valley.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Syr.
-
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- 1080
-
- var.
-
- ARIS
-
- aet.
-
- tab.
-
- Ball
-
noun,
a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere:
- yell
-
noun,
a cry uttered by yelling.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- beys
-
noun,
a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Bely
-
noun,
Andrei [uhn-dryey] /ʌnˈdryeɪ/ (Show IPA), (Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev) 1880–1934, Russian writer.
- Bell
-
noun,
a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- Levy
-
noun,
an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- Elbe
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.
- Levi
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
- Lev.
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- elev
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Lely
-
noun,
Sir Peter [pee-ter;; Dutch pey-tuh r] /ˈpi tər;; Dutch ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), (Pieter van der Faes) 1618–80, Dutch painter in England.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Lib.
-
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lys-
-
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- eyes
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- Lily
-
noun,
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers.
Compare lily family.
- Lyle
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- ELAS
-
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lit.
-
- evil
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- yrs.
-
- ever
-
Idioms,
ever and again, now and then; from time to time.
Also, Literary, ever and anon.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Yale
-
noun,
Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- illy
-
adverb,
ill.
- Ill.
-
- ile-
-
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- yill
-
noun,
ale.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- ible
-
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- bet.
-
- 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.
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- lea.
-
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- lavs
-
noun,
lavatory.
- lave
-
noun,
the remainder; the rest.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- ELLE
-
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- bevy
-
noun,
a group of birds, as larks or quail, or animals, as roebuck, in close association.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lays
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Ives
-
noun,
Burl (Icle Ivanhoe) [burl ik-uh l] /bɜrl ˈɪk əl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1995, U.S. actor and folk singer.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Lab.
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elva
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “elf.”.
- elve
-
noun,
an extremely dim, flattened, expanding, reddish glow briefly seen over a thunderstorm, due to electromagnetic pulses from intense lightning.
- 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).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- LitB
-
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- bar.
-
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- BSAE
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Rev.
-
- BSEE
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- BSIE
-
- BSIR
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Bays
-
noun,
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- bal.
-
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Bray
-
noun,
the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- byte
-
noun,
adjacent bits, usually eight, processed by a computer as a unit.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- brev
-
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- BSIT
-
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- BSRT
-
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- live
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- 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.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Bill
-
noun,
a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied:
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Livy
-
noun,
(Titus Livius) 59 b.c.–a.d. 17, Roman historian.
- byre
-
noun,
a cow shed.
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Llyr
-
noun,
the father of Manawydan: corresponds to the Irish Ler.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- revs
-
noun,
a revolution (in an engine or the like).
- RIBA
-
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- eave
-
noun,
Usually, eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- lyte
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- BLit
-
- btl.
-
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- BeV
-
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- Vte
-
- ESA
-
- ESR
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ese
-
- ib.
-
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- ESL
-
- ab-
-
- ays
-
- Vt.
-
- tlr
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- BLS
-
- BLL
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- Eve
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) the evening or the day before a holiday, church festival, or any date or event:
- ERV
-
- BLA
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- ETV
-
- Bly
-
noun,
Nellie (Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman) 1867–1922, U.S. journalist and social reformer.
- ETS
-
- tra
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- ETR
-
- VLA
-
- ble
-
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- ety
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- TIA
-
- vis
-
noun,
strength; force; power.
- Tiv
-
noun,
a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
- tr.
-
- IAS
-
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- TSE
-
- ERT
-
- ea.
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- BST
-
- Bt.
-
- BTE
-
- BIE
-
- BVA
-
- BVE
-
- aby
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to pay the penalty of.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- bye
-
noun,
Sports. in a tournament, the preferential status of a player or team not paired with a competitor in an early round and thus automatically advanced to play in the next round:
- bvt
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- EIS
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- abt
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Ver
-
- abv
-
- ae.
-
- eir
-
- vb.
-
- EBS
-
- Vee
-
noun,
anything shaped like or suggesting a V .
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- eye
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- BRE
-
- TVA
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- ery
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- al.
-
- Ar.
-
- av.
-
- TSI
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Va.
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- vs.
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- BRT
-
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- bi-
-
- BSL
-
- BSA
-
- BSE
-
- by-
-
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- VTR
-
noun,
a device for recording television programs on magnetic tape for delayed transmission or for storage.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ier
-
- ast
-
- asb
-
- ase
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- ASI
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- ASR
-
- ll.
-
- LLB
-
- LSI
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- LTL
-
- ltr
-
- lv.
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Re.
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- Bav
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- yer
-
- SLR
-
- Les
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- SLE
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- bey
-
noun,
a provincial governor in the Ottoman Empire.
- Syl
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ARS
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSV
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- Bay
-
noun,
a body of water forming an indentation of the shoreline, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Br.
-
- bl.
-
- be-
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Avi
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- SAE
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- 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.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- ASV
-
- at.
-
- ATB
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SBE
-
- a-v
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- RBI
-
- REA
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- SAR
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ATV
-
- Sr.
-
- SLA
-
- SRB
-
- ite
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILS
-
- Lt.
-
- Ir.
-
- La.
-
- Ivy
-
noun,
Also called English ivy. a climbing vine, Hedera helix, having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, small, yellowish flowers, and black berries, grown as an ornamental.
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- ITV
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ity
-
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- ITA
-
- STV
-
- TAL
-
- 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.
- ISV
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- Tav
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- IRL
-
- TBA
-
- SVR
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- il-
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- STI
-
- lav
-
noun,
lavatory.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- STB
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- 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.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- yis
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Tbi
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- STL
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- yr
-
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- ty
-
- SA
-
- yl
-
- SL
-
- i.
-
- BV
-
noun,
Elihu, 1853–1937, U.S. inventor, born in England.
- 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.
- Yi
-
noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- RV
-
- Y.
-
- YB
-
- ry
-
- 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.
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- YT
-
- VL
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
-
- RI
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- t.
-
- VR
-
- ly
-
- VI
-
- le
-
- V.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TV
-
noun,
television.
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ey
-
- L2
-
- Eb
-
- SV
-
- L1
-
- TB
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- T1
-
- LR
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
-
- R.
-
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
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- ee
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
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