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- cortisol
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noun,
Biochemistry. one of several steroid hormones produced by the adrenal cortex and resembling cortisone in its action.
- Coulters
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noun,
colter.
- citreous
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adjective,
lemon-yellow; greenish-yellow.
- cloister
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noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- closeout
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noun,
a sale on all goods in liquidating a business.
- clotures
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noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- outliers
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- coistrel
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- colorist
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noun,
a person who uses color skillfully.
- outcries
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noun,
a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- couloirs
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noun,
a steep gorge or gully on the side of a mountain, especially in the Alps.
- utricles
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noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- Coulter
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noun,
colter.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- lictors
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- clootie
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) cloot (def 2).
- erotics
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- 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.
- riotous
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adjective,
(of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
- Troilus
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noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- closure
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noun,
the act of closing; the state of being closed.
- scooter
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noun,
a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- cloture
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noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- corslet
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noun,
corselet (def 2).
- oculist
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noun,
ophthalmologist.
- cluster
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noun,
a number of things of the same kind, growing or held together; a bunch:
- outlier
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- costrel
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noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- lectors
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noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- ocelots
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noun,
a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- scouter
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noun,
a person who scouts.
- couloir
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noun,
a steep gorge or gully on the side of a mountain, especially in the Alps.
- colours
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noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- colters
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- colures
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noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- creosol
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noun,
a colorless oily liquid, C 8 H 10 O 2 , having an agreeable odor and a burning taste, obtained from wood tar and guaiacum resin: used as a disinfectant, in the manufacture of resins, and in ore flotation.
- couters
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- outsole
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noun,
the outer sole of a shoe.
- sclero-
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- relucts
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verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- orioles
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- oolites
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noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- sociol.
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- ostiole
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noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- retools
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verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- curites
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- soilure
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noun,
a stain.
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- utricle
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noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- cutlers
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- icterus
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noun,
jaundice (def 1).
- louies
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noun,
looie.
- rictus
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noun,
the gape of the mouth of a bird.
- truces
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noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- escort
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noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Louise
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noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- Crouse
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noun,
Russel, 1893–1966, U.S. dramatist.
- cresol
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noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- rustic
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noun,
a country person.
- reluct
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verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- croute
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noun,
crust.
- souter
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- routes
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noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- turco-
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- couter
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noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- courts
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noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- course
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noun,
a direction or route taken or to be taken.
- eructs
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verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- coulis
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noun,
a sauce made with puréed vegetables or fruit and used as a base or garnish.
- recoil
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noun,
an act of recoiling.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- costo-
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- source
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noun,
any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin:
- Coster
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noun,
costermonger.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- Cutler
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- cruets
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noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- leuco-
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- curite
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noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- lories
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noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- retool
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verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- rutile
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- scler-
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- cueist
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noun,
a billiard player.
- Scioto
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noun,
a river in central Ohio, flowing S to the Ohio River. 237 miles (382 km) long.
- erotic
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noun,
an erotic poem.
- result
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noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- curios
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noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- culets
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noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- looies
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noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- Lieut.
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- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- locust
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noun,
Also called acridid, short-horned grasshopper. any of several grasshoppers of the family Acrididae, having short antennae and commonly migrating in swarms that strip the vegetation from large areas.
- eroto-
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- relict
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- rectos
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- recti-
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- curets
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noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- elisor
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noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- cruise
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noun,
the act of cruising.
- Locris
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noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- rustle
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noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- Ulster
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noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- rectus
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noun,
any of several straight muscles, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye, etc.
- Crusoe
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noun,
Robinson, Robinson Crusoe.
- lictor
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- Custer
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noun,
George Armstrong [ahrm-strawng,, -strong] /ˈɑrm strɔŋ,, -strɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1839–76, U.S. general and Indian fighter.
- scoto-
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- Scoter
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noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Curtis
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noun,
Benjamin Robbins, 1809–74, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1851–57; resigned in dissent over Dred Scott case.
- uretic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- coutil
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noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- luetic
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adjective,
syphilitic.
- sector
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noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- steric
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adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- citole
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noun,
cittern.
- Citrus
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noun,
any small tree or spiny shrub of the genus Citrus, of the rue family, including the lemon, lime, orange, tangerine, grapefruit, citron, kumquat, and shaddock, widely cultivated for fruit or grown as an ornamental.
- slicer
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noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- Cletus
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noun,
Anacletus.
- ouster
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noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- oilers
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- clites
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noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Cloots
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noun,
Jean Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce [zhahn ba-teest dy val duh-grahs] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dü val dəˈgrɑs/ (Show IPA), Baron de ("Anacharsis Clootz") 1755–94, Prussian leader in the French Revolution.
- Roscoe
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noun,
a revolver or pistol.
- Cloris
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- trices
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noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- closer
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noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- closet
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noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- solute
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noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- sterol
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- oculo-
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- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- sutler
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noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- silure
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- torose
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adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- torsel
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noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- Osetic
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adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- osteo-
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- utero-
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- socio-
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- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- celto-
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- ceorls
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noun,
churl (def 4).
- oolite
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noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- Oriole
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- cerous
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adjective,
containing trivalent cerium.
- Iseult
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noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- otiose
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adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- suitor
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noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- tousle
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noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- sluice
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noun,
an artificial channel for conducting water, often fitted with a gate (sluice gate) at the upper end for regulating the flow.
- clouts
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noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- octroi
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noun,
(formerly especially in France and Italy) a local tax levied on certain articles, such as foodstuffs, on their entry into a city.
- colour
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noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- coolie
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noun,
an unskilled laborer, especially formerly in China and India.
- cooler
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noun,
a container or apparatus, as an insulated chest, in which something may be cooled or kept cool.
- Cooter
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noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. any of several large aquatic turtles of the southern U.S. and northern Mexico.
- triols
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noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- luster
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- colure
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noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- cootie
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noun,
a louse, especially one affecting humans, as the body louse, head louse, or pubic louse.
- colter
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noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- lustre
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- luteo-
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- colous
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- lucres
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noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- colors
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noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- toiles
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- toluic
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adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Cortes
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noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- coitus
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noun,
sexual intercourse, especially between a man and a woman.
- corset
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noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- ocelot
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noun,
a spotted leopardlike cat, Felis pardalis, ranging from Texas through South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in the U.S.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- Coleus
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noun,
any of several tropical Asian or African plants belonging to the genus Coleus, of the mint family, certain species of which are cultivated for their showy, colored foliage and blue flowers.
- colies
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noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- Lucite
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- lutose
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adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- Leros
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noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- riles
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verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- toros
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noun,
a bull.
- lect.
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- torse
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noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- toric
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- riels
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- iters
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- toles
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noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- licet
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- toile
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- riots
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noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rices
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noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- toise
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noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- TORES
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noun,
a torus.
- toils
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noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- liers
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noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- leuc-
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- ster.
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- istle
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- tools
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noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- islet
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noun,
a very small island.
- roils
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verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- torcs
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noun,
torque (def 4).
- TIROS
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noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- liter
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Outer
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adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- tiers
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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.
- stole
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noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- lures
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noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- stool
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noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- outre
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adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- telos
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noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- octo-
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- ocul-
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- oecus
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noun,
(in an ancient Roman house) an apartment, especially a dining room, decorated with columns.
- telo-
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- telic
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adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- OIcel
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- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- luces
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noun,
plural of lux.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- oleic
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adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- oleo-
-
- oleos
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noun,
margarine.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- stour
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noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- Sucre
-
noun,
Antonio José de [ahn-taw-nyaw haw-se th e] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1830, Venezuelan general and South American liberator: 1st president of Bolivia 1826–28.
- Orcus
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noun,
the ancient Roman god of the underworld, identified with the Greek Pluto, or Hades.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- orles
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noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- orlos
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noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- suite
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noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Loris
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noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- 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.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- locos
-
noun,
locoweed.
- locus
-
noun,
a place; locality.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rect.
-
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- tious
-
- Recit
-
- 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.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Roose
-
verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Crius
-
noun,
a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaea.
- crit.
-
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- scute
-
noun,
a dermal bony plate, as on an armadillo, or a large horny plate, as on a turtle.
- Scout
-
noun,
a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- sect.
-
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Corot
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste Camille [zhahn ba-teest ka-mee-yuh] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist kaˈmi yə/ (Show IPA), 1796–1875, French painter.
- cores
-
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- curse
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- curls
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- cures
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- scoot
-
noun,
a swift, darting movement or course.
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- Scot.
-
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- cruse
-
noun,
an earthen pot, bottle, etc., for liquids.
- scour
-
noun,
the act of scouring.
- coots
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- cools
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- cutes
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- cero-
-
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- Cetus
-
noun,
the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cert.
-
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- 30-30
-
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Seric
-
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- sero-
-
- seti-
-
- color
-
noun,
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.
- Colo.
-
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- coel-
-
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- 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.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- cloot
-
noun,
a cloven hoof; one of the divisions of the cloven hoof of the swine, sheep, etc.
- sito-
-
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- curst
-
noun,
the expression of a wish that misfortune, evil, doom, etc., befall a person, group, etc.
- crust
-
noun,
the brown, hard outer portion or surface of a loaf or slice of bread (distinguished from crumb).
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- oste-
-
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Euro-
-
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Icel.
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- ictus
-
noun,
Prosody. rhythmical or metrical stress.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- ileo-
-
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- ecol.
-
- ecto-
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Soult
-
noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- cutis
-
noun,
the true skin, consisting of the dermis and the epidermis.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- SLIC
-
- out-
-
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rel.
-
- oto-
-
- str.
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Ste.
-
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- sec.
-
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- 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.
- scut
-
noun,
a short tail, especially that of a hare, rabbit, or deer.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- scr.
-
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- sci.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- RISC
-
noun,
reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- scil
-
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- rit.
-
- 1080
-
- Sol.
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- etc.
-
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- eous
-
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Tues
-
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Ire.
-
- ious
-
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Eur.
-
- ile-
-
- USRC
-
- tri-
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ice.
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ect-
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- crus
-
noun,
the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Cres
-
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- uro-
-
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Cort
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Cor.
-
- coot
-
noun,
any aquatic bird of the genus Fulica, as F. americana, of North America, and F. atra, of the Old World, characterized by lobate toes and short wings and tail.
- uret
-
- ctr.
-
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- eco-
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- curs
-
noun,
a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- cur.
-
- cts.
-
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- cule
-
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- cues
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- ulto
-
- Col.
-
- cool
-
noun,
something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.:
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- tel-
-
- Oct.
-
- ter.
-
- Cels
-
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- cet-
-
- 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.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- itol
-
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- sur-
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- oro-
-
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ole-
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- cir.
-
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- cis-
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- cit.
-
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- USTC
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Ceto
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Loco
-
noun,
locoweed.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- 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:
- Coos
-
noun,
a language of a group of American Indians indigenous to the coast of Oregon.
- USR
-
- UTC
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- uti
-
- USO
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- USC
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- STI
-
- St.
-
- STL
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- TCS
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- tr.
-
- TSE
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ure
-
- ur-
-
- ult
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- UIT
-
- TSI
-
- UCR
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- tue
-
- Tu.
-
- 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.
- Tro
-
- oic
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- ILS
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- IOU
-
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- IOC
-
- ILO
-
- IRO
-
- il-
-
- ier
-
- io-
-
- ITU
-
- ics
-
- eu-
-
- ETS
-
- IRL
-
- IRS
-
- ETO
-
- LCI
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- SLR
-
- Lt.
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IUS
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- ETR
-
- ESU
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- CLI
-
- CRS
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- COO
-
noun,
a cooing sound.
- CLU
-
- CLR
-
- Clo
-
- cle
-
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- CIE
-
- CEO
-
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- cs.
-
- cr.
-
- Co.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- CRT
-
- CSO
-
- ESR
-
- EIS
-
- ESL
-
- Esc
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- eir
-
- CSR
-
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- ec-
-
- eo-
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- cte
-
- CST
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LCT
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- 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.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- RCT
-
- Re.
-
- RCS
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- ROI
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- OSO
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- OOT
-
- se-
-
- SLE
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- 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).
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sc.
-
- Rs.
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oo-
-
- ltr
-
- OTC
-
- OCR
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- OCS
-
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- LSC
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEO
-
- Oc.
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LOC
-
- TL
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- L.
-
- CE
-
- LC
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LR
-
- RU
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- S.
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- le
-
- SL
-
- EI
-
- CU
-
- RC
-
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TC
-
- ic
-
- i.
-
- ol
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- SU
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- R.
-
- RI
-
- O.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- U.
-
- UC
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- UI
-
- RO
-
- UL
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.