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Word male-sterile has
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- real-time
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noun,
Computers. the actual time elapsed in the performance of a computation by a computer, the result of the computation being required for the continuation of a physical process.
- salimeter
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noun,
salinometer.
- Marseille
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Bouches-du-Rhône department, in SE France.
- materiels
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- eremites
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noun,
a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.
- all-time
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adjective,
never surpassed or greater:
- eateries
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noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- almeries
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noun,
ambry.
- literals
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- re-lease
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noun,
a contract for re-leasing land or property.
- 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.
- materiel
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- Lemaitre
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noun,
Francois Élie Jules [frahn-swa ey-lee zhyl] /frɑ̃ˈswa eɪˈli ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
- tellers
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noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- melters
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noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- mailers
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- tellies
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noun,
television.
- mellita
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noun,
mellite.
- steamer
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noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- Merilee
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noun,
a female given name.
- eremite
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noun,
a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.
- emirate
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- retells
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verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- smelter
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noun,
a person or thing that smelts.
- smeller
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noun,
a person who smells.
- ramtils
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noun,
Niger seed.
- 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.
- steelie
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noun,
a playing marble made of steel.
- mallees
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noun,
any of various dwarf Australian eucalyptuses, as Eucalyptus dumosa and E. oleosa, that sometimes form large tracts of brushwood.
- martele
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adjective,
martellato.
- 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.
- Elamite
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Maltese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Malta.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- release
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noun,
a freeing or releasing from confinement, obligation, pain, emotional strain, etc.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- Emerita
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noun,
a woman with such status.
- realism
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- stellar
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adjective,
of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- Mellers
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noun,
Wilfrid Howard, 1914–2008, English musicologist and composer.
- mellite
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noun,
a pharmaceutical containing honey.
- emeries
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noun,
a granular mineral substance consisting typically of corundum mixed with magnetite or hematite, used powdered, crushed, or consolidated for grinding and polishing.
- armlets
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- Estelle
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “star.”.
- 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.
- 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.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- millets
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noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Millers
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noun,
a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
- seriema
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noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- trellis
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noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- rallies
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noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- Liestal
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Basel-Land, in NW Switzerland.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- tillers
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noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- Mistral
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- literal
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- lamster
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- rillets
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noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- metiers
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- stream
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- mallee
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noun,
any of various dwarf Australian eucalyptuses, as Eucalyptus dumosa and E. oleosa, that sometimes form large tracts of brushwood.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- samite
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- samlet
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noun,
a young salmon.
- Martel
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noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- Mallet
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noun,
a hammerlike tool with a head commonly of wood but occasionally of rawhide, plastic, etc., used for driving any tool with a wooden handle, as a chisel, or for striking a surface.
- seater
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- sealer
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- larees
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noun,
lari.
- Semite
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noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- elater
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- mitral
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adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- Semele
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noun,
a daughter of Cadmus and mother, by Zeus, of Dionysus.
- seller
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noun,
a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
- relate
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- relies
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verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Mariel
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noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- seemer
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noun,
a person who constantly pretends.
- Marist
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noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- elemis
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noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- elates
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adjective,
elated.
- 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.
- emeers
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noun,
emir.
- Elmira
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noun,
a city in S central New York.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- esteem
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noun,
favorable opinion or judgment; respect or regard:
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- rillet
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noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- retems
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noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- 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.
- retell
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verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- listel
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noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- reseat
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resale
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noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- remits
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noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Mailer
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- Israel
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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.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- remise
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verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Stella
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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.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- Ismael
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noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- Emelia
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noun,
a female given name.
- maills
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noun,
mail3 .
- siller
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noun,
silver.
- Leslie
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- mailes
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noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Steele
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noun,
Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- sallet
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noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- taille
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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.
- Tallis
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noun,
Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- metall
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- ameers
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noun,
emir.
- metal.
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- ramtil
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noun,
Niger seed.
- mestee
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noun,
mustee.
- mesial
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adjective,
medial.
- mesail
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noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- Teresa
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noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- meters
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noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- merles
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noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- aretes
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- ariels
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- melter
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noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- Teller
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noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- armets
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noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- armies
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noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armill
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noun,
a garment resembling a stole, worn by a British king at his coronation.
- alters
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Millet
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noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- miters
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- trills
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noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- mitres
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Aeetes
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noun,
a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- tremie
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noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- milter
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Tralee
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noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- trails
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Milles
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noun,
Carl (Carl Wilhelm Emil Anderson) 1875–1955, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- Miller
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noun,
a person who owns or operates a mill, especially a mill that grinds grain into flour.
- milers
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noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- timers
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noun,
a person or thing that times.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Aletes
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noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- ramets
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noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Allier
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noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- Allies
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noun,
plural of ally.
- Tiller
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noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- armlet
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- mealie
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noun,
Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- Easter
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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.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- teasel
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Tamils
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noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- teaser
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noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- maters
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noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- teamer
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noun,
a teamster.
- melees
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noun,
a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people.
- Melete
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noun,
one of the original three Muses, the Muse of meditation.
Compare Aoede, mneme (def 2).
- matri-
-
- measle
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noun,
singular of measles (def 3).
- artels
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Meliae
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plural noun,
the nymphs born from the blood of Uranus at the time of his mutilation by Cronus; the nymphs of ash trees.
- meller
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noun,
melodrama (def 1).
- Mills
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noun,
C(harles) Wright, 1916–62, U.S. sociologist.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- liers
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noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- salmi
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noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- Salem
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noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- marse
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noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- matr-
-
- Ramee
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noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- rales
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noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- raise
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noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rall.
-
- marls
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noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- mells
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mast-
-
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- 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.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Mlles
-
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- 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.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- metr-
-
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Reims
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noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- rimes
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noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- reams
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noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Melia
-
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- malls
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noun,
Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building.
Compare shopping center.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- melee
-
noun,
a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- male-
-
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- 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.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maill
-
noun,
mail3 .
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- 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.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- meta-
-
- semi-
-
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- tears
-
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- elem.
-
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- ster.
-
- 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.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- 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.
- emeer
-
noun,
emir.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- 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.
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tele-
-
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- treas
-
- 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-
-
- 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.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- 30-30
-
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- 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.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- tera-
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- 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).
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- term.
-
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Amer.
-
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- 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.
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- 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.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Small
-
noun,
something that is small:
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- IATSE
-
- 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.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- 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 .
- Ital.
-
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- seti-
-
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- Srta.
-
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- smell
-
noun,
the sense of smell; faculty of smelling.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Mlle
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sam.
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- 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.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- 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.
- Saml
-
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- 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.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- MSIE
-
- 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.
- MSEE
-
- tri-
-
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- MSAE
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- 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.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Sat.
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- 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.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sem.
-
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- ter.
-
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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.
- rel.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- str.
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- 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).
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- 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.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Tasm
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 1080
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- 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.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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 .
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- lea.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- 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:
- ARIS
-
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- ASME
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- atm.
-
- ates
-
- 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.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Ill.
-
- ile-
-
- emia
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- IEEE
-
- 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.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Ire.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lam.
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- ELAS
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- 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.
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- ELLE
-
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- amt.
-
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- met.
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- all-
-
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Mell
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- meas
-
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- Alis
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mis-
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- AIME
-
- Aire
-
- mil.
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- MILR
-
- Mill
-
noun,
a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- mes-
-
- alt.
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Mall
-
noun,
Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building.
Compare shopping center.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- mal-
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- AMLS
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- MALS
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Mar.
-
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- 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.
- ARS
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ase
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- EAM
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- Am.
-
- St.
-
- AMS
-
- Sta
-
- al.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ar.
-
- ae.
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMR
-
- tra
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- tr.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- TAL
-
- EIS
-
- ASR
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ast
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- eir
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- at.
-
- 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.
- EEE
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- AME
-
- ERT
-
- STI
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- tlr
-
- TIA
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ea.
-
- STL
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- STM
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- ALM
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ASM
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ASI
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Sr.
-
- LST
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MSL
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- 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.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- ltr
-
- LTL
-
- LTA
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- LSM
-
- LSI
-
- LMT
-
- LLM
-
- ll.
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- LIM
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- RTS
-
- MTI
-
- ml.
-
- MLA
-
- MIT
-
- MLR
-
- MLS
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTS
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MIE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- REA
-
- ESA
-
- rte
-
- 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.
- ite
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- IAS
-
- Lt.
-
- SLE
-
- La.
-
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- 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).
- ITA
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- SLA
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRL
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Ir.
-
- ILS
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Lee
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noun,
protective shelter:
- ese
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- ESL
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- ESR
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- ETR
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- SAE
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- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
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- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- SAR
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- See
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noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ETS
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- se-
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SMA
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- SLR
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- R.
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- TM
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- TL
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- i.
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RI
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SM
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- EI
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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.
- SL
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- SA
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- S.
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- le
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- LM
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- LR
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- M.
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- L2
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- L1
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- t.
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