Anagrams of malignities
Word malignities has
999 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of malignities.
- gentilism
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noun,
the quality of being a gentile, especially heathenism; paganism.
- ligaments
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- laminitis
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noun,
inflammation of sensitive laminae in the hoof of a horse, caused by stressful events, as trauma, infection, or parturition.
- agilities
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noun,
the power of moving quickly and easily; nimbleness:
- giantism
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noun,
Pathology. gigantism.
- Islamite
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noun,
a Muslim.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- militias
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noun,
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
- lignites
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noun,
a soft coal, usually dark brown, often having a distinct woodlike texture, and intermediate in density and carbon content between peat and bituminous coal.
- alienism
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noun,
alienage.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- aglisten
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adjective,
refulgent; glistening.
- tailings
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noun,
the part of a projecting stone or brick tailed or inserted in a wall.
- stealing
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noun,
the act of a person who steals.
- aliments
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- mailings
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noun,
a batch of mail, as of form letters, catalogs, or monthly statements, sent by a mailer at one time:
- imagines
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noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- time-lag
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noun,
the period of time between two closely related events, phenomena, etc., as between stimulus and response or between cause and effect:
- genitals
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plural noun,
genitalia.
- initials
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- Latinism
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noun,
a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- mintages
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noun,
the act or process of minting.
- gelatins
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noun,
a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- ligament
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- Galenism
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noun,
the medical system or principles of Galen.
- lienitis
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noun,
inflammation of the spleen; splenitis.
- Milstein
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noun,
Cesar, 1927–2002, Argentinian immunologist: Nobel prize 1984.
- Milesian
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noun,
any of the people from Spain who invaded Ireland and defeated the Tuatha Dé Danann, and who were the ancestors of the present Irish people.
- limiting
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noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- Anglist
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noun,
Anglicist.
- nilgais
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noun,
a large, Indian antelope, Boselaphus tragocamelus, the male of which is bluish gray with small horns, the female tawny and hornless.
- initial
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- laments
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- ingesta
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plural noun,
substances ingested.
- amities
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noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- lasting
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noun,
a strong, durable, closely woven fabric for shoe uppers, coverings on buttons, etc.
- leasing
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noun,
lying; falsehood.
- mintage
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noun,
the act or process of minting.
- legitim
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noun,
the part of an estate that children or other close relatives can claim against the decedent's testament.
- tangles
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noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- ignites
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verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- ingates
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noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- seminal
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adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- singlet
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noun,
a sleeveless athletic jersey, especially a loose-fitting top worn by runners, joggers, etc.
- enigmas
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noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- slating
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noun,
the act or work of covering something with slates.
- gamines
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noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- elitism
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- sigmate
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adjective,
having the form of the Greek sigma or the letter S.
- gelatin
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noun,
a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- Genista
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- genital
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adjective,
of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- stamin-
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- eatings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- easting
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noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- sailing
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noun,
the activity of a person or thing that sails.
- gimlets
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noun,
a small tool for boring holes, consisting of a shaft with a pointed screw at one end and a handle perpendicular to the shaft at the other.
- gitalin
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noun,
a mixture of glycosides from Digitalis purpurea, used chiefly in the management of congestive heart failure.
- seating
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- glisten
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noun,
a glistening; sparkle.
- Gmelina
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noun,
a deciduous tree, Gmelina arborea, native to Southeast Asia,whose timber is important in the tropics.
- atingle
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adjective,
tingling; stimulated.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- tailing
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noun,
the part of a projecting stone or brick tailed or inserted in a wall.
- mingles
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noun,
mingles, two or more single, unrelated adults who live together.
- Ileitis
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noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- imagine
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verb (used with object),
to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
- miniate
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verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- menials
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- mailing
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noun,
a batch of mail, as of form letters, catalogs, or monthly statements, sent by a mailer at one time:
- linages
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noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- maligns
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adjective,
evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious:
- tingles
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noun,
a tingling sensation.
- militia
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noun,
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
- lingams
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noun,
Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
- limites
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noun,
plural of limes.
- mangles
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noun,
a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes, household linen, etc., by means of heated rollers.
- milages
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noun,
mileage.
- tilings
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noun,
the operation of covering with tiles.
- lignite
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noun,
a soft coal, usually dark brown, often having a distinct woodlike texture, and intermediate in density and carbon content between peat and bituminous coal.
- 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.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- Malines
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- listing
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noun,
a list; record; catalog.
- magnets
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noun,
a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron.
- ligates
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verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- ailment
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noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- magnet-
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- masting
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noun,
the masts of a ship, taken as a whole.
- timings
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noun,
Theater.
a synchronizing of the various parts of a production for theatrical effect.
the result or effect thus achieved.
(in acting) the act of adjusting one's tempo of speaking and moving for dramatic effect.
- 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.
- Semang
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noun,
a member of a Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula.
- genit.
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- maline
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- gisant
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noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- malign
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adjective,
evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious:
- gimlet
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noun,
a small tool for boring holes, consisting of a shaft with a pointed screw at one end and a handle perpendicular to the shaft at the other.
- melan-
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- menial
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- Gilman
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noun,
Arthur, 1837–1909, U.S. educator.
- gimels
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noun,
the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Maisie
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noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- seniti
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noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- mingle
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noun,
mingles, two or more single, unrelated adults who live together.
- megal-
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- mantel
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noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- maslin
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noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- single
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noun,
one person or thing; a single one.
- Mantle
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noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- Gaines
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noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- gainst
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preposition,
against.
- mantis
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noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- simile
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noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- simian
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noun,
an ape or monkey.
- gamet-
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- gamine
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noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- gamins
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noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- genial
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adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- gaslit
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noun,
light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.
- gasmen
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noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- silane
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- silage
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noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- signet
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noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- signal
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noun,
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.:
- gelati
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noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- mangle
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noun,
a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes, household linen, etc., by means of heated rollers.
- mensal
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adjective,
monthly.
- Gemini
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plural noun,
Astronomy. the Twins, a zodiacal constellation between Taurus and Cancer containing the bright stars Castor and Pollux.
- manges
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noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- mesial
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adjective,
medial.
- gleans
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verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- lignes
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noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- isatin
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- limits
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noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- nilgai
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noun,
a large, Indian antelope, Boselaphus tragocamelus, the male of which is bluish gray with small horns, the female tawny and hornless.
- Ismael
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noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- nemat-
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- limens
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noun,
threshold (def 4).
- lament
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- ligni-
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- M-line
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noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- lasing
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noun,
the generation of coherent light by a laser.
- Ligeti
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noun,
György Sándor [jawr-jee shahn-dawr,, dyawr-] /ˈdʒɔr dʒi ˈʃɑn dɔr,, ˈdyɔr-/ (Show IPA), 1923–2006, Austrian composer, born in Hungary.
- intima
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noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- latins
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- ligate
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verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- ligase
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noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- ligans
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noun,
lagan.
- legist
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noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- liangs
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noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- legits
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noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- legman
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noun,
a person employed to transact business outside an office, especially on behalf of one whose responsibilities require his or her presence in the office.
- lemans
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noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- intime
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adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- instil
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verb (used with object),
instill.
- glints
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noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- Iletin
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- mental
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noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- mesail
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noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- samlet
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noun,
a young salmon.
- samite
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- liaise
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- metal.
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- ignite
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verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- Salten
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- images
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noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- milage
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noun,
mileage.
- imines
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noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- lingam
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noun,
Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
- ingate
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noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- ingest
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verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- linage
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noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- Ingles
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noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- milit.
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- inmate
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noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- inseam
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- matins
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- gleams
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noun,
a flash or beam of light:
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- aligns
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verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- aglint
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adjective,
displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering:
- elints
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- timing
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noun,
Theater.
a synchronizing of the various parts of a production for theatrical effect.
the result or effect thus achieved.
(in acting) the act of adjusting one's tempo of speaking and moving for dramatic effect.
- ailing
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adjective,
sickly; unwell.
- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- tiling
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noun,
the operation of covering with tiles.
- stamen
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noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- tie-in
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noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- tenaim
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noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- algins
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noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Ealing
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noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- tineas
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- A-line
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noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- alines
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- stigma
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noun,
a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
- aments
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noun,
catkin.
- Amiens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- amines
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noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- tangle
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noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Angles
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noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Anselm
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noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- Tamils
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noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- animes
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noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- aglets
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noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- eating
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- tingle
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noun,
a tingling sensation.
- enigma
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noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- ageism
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noun,
discrimination against persons of a certain age group.
- tinsel
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- tisane
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- tinges
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noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- mites
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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.
- Tanis
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noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Misti
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noun,
El Misti.
- laten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- tangs
-
- Latin
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- amine
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noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
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- mints
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noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- leans
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noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lange
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noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- leant
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noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- tines
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- least
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noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- MSEnt
-
- Legis
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- teals
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noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- legit
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noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- ament
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noun,
catkin.
- amens
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noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- minis
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noun,
miniskirt.
- Leman
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noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- teams
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noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- mini-
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- lenis
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noun,
a lenis consonant.
- alti-
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- Tinia
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noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Mines
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noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- lang.
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- lames
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noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- T-man
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noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Angl.
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- inst.
-
- matin
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- mast-
-
- natl.
-
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- angi-
-
- Ital.
-
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- 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.
- 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.
- meta-
-
- Meigs
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Meigs.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- 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.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Mages
-
noun,
a magician.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- Melia
-
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- male-
-
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- mega-
-
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- anim.
-
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- lign-
-
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- lings
-
noun,
an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- ling.
-
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Genl.
-
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- 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.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- gimel
-
noun,
the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- sanit
-
- gilts
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- genii
-
noun,
a plural of genius.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- 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.
- IATSE
-
- games
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- stge.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- sigil
-
noun,
a seal or signet.
- glans
-
noun,
the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- gelts
-
noun,
money.
- gleam
-
noun,
a flash or beam of light:
- Sigma
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- semi-
-
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- glims
-
noun,
a light or lamp.
- glint
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- 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.
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- seti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- imit.
-
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ante-
-
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- slang
-
noun,
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- init.
-
- anis-
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- 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.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- asgmt
-
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- sing.
-
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- gains
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- gitim
-
noun,
a plural of get.
- migs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- 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.
- Sig.
-
- mil.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- 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.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- 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.
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- meas
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- mGal
-
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- men-
-
- Meng
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- ment
-
- mes-
-
- 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.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- met.
-
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- ten.
-
- 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).
- MSAE
-
- mtg.
-
- 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.
- MSIE
-
- MSgt
-
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- MNAS
-
- Sam.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- 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.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- mtge
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- stlg
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- NTIA
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- 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.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Saml
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- tel-
-
- 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.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- stg.
-
- Sem.
-
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- min.
-
- Ste.
-
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- SGML
-
- 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.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mis-
-
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- Tasm
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- 1080
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- int.
-
- 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.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- intl
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- 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.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- ins.
-
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- inae
-
- 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.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- 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.
-
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- AMLS
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- amt.
-
- atm.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- ant.
-
- ASME
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- itis
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ile-
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Gal.
-
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Gen.
-
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- GNMA
-
- emia
-
- ign.
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Eng.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gmat
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- glim
-
noun,
a light or lamp.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- glam
-
noun,
glamour.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- ANSI
-
- Lani
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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:
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lin.
-
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- 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.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- AISI
-
- agst
-
- agit
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Man.
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- MALS
-
- 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-
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- mag.
-
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- 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.
- aet.
-
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alg.
-
- Alis
-
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Lat.
-
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- leg.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- lea.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- alt.
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ETS
-
- ANG
-
- STM
-
- SLA
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- AGM
-
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ESL
-
- ESA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ae.
-
- ag-
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- TSE
-
- Tng
-
- Am.
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- 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.
- Ga.
-
- ALM
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- AMS
-
- al.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- gi.
-
- an.
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Agt
-
- ean
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- EIS
-
- TIA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TGN
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- EAM
-
- AME
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- STI
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Eg.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- STL
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- at.
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ase
-
- SLE
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- en-
-
- EMT
-
- SMA
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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.
- ASI
-
- ASM
-
- TAL
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ASN
-
- ast
-
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- 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.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- se-
-
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- MTS
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- MLS
-
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MLA
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Lt.
-
- La.
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- NEA
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- ite
-
- NES
-
- ITA
-
- MLG
-
- ml.
-
- NIA
-
- LNG
-
- 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.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- 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.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSM
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- LSI
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- LMT
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- MIT
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- 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.
- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
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noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Les
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- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- lg.
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- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- LIM
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- MGT
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- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Mig
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noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MIE
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- MI6
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noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
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noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
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- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ne-
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- TSI
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- IAS
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- gt.
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- GTS
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- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Ia.
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- ial
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IGM
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- GMT
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILS
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- in.
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- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- ine
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- GSA
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- MEA
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noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- SAG
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noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- Gil
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noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Gel
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- GEM
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noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- Ges
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- Sgt
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- get
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noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gie
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noun,
gi.
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- GIN
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noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- GIs
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noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- git
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noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- gl.
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- ing
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- il-
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- SAE
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- Nil
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noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIM
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noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Isl
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NMI
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- NSA
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- ise
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- ist
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- ism
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noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ISA
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- NIG
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verb (used with object),
nidge.
- EI
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- MG
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- ln
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- T1
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- G.
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TN
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- M.
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- TM
-
- TL
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- GM
-
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- L.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- SM
-
- SL
-
- SG
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SA
-
- MN
-
- S.
-
- N.
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- SN
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- TG
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- IG
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- le
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- NG
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- NI
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- NM
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- i.
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- NL
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- GN
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- L2
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- LM
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- L1
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- t.
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