Anagrams of man-tailored
Word man-tailored has
1732 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of man-tailored.
- tailor-made
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noun,
something, as a garment, that is tailor-made.
- trainload
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noun,
the cargo or passenger capacity of a train.
- laminated
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noun,
a laminated product; lamination.
- old-timer
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noun,
a person whose residence, membership, or experience began long ago and has been continuing for a considerable length of time; veteran.
- almandite
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noun,
almandine.
- ealdorman
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noun,
alderman.
- diametral
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adjective,
of a diameter.
- montadale
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noun,
one of a breed of white-faced, hornless sheep developed in the U.S. by crossing Cheviot rams and Columbia ewes, noted for their meat and heavy fleece.
- Lamartine
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noun,
Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de [al-fawns ma-ree lwee duh pra duh] /alˈfɔ̃s maˈri lwi də pra də/ (Show IPA), 1790–1869, French poet, historian, and statesman.
- rationale
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noun,
the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- maladroit
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adjective,
lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless:
- animated
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adjective,
full of life, action, or spirit; lively; vigorous:
- animator
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noun,
a person or thing that animates.
- rational
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- dominate
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verb (used with object),
to rule over; govern; control.
- dormient
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adjective,
sleeping; dormant.
- metanoia
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noun,
a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- radiomen
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noun,
a person who operates a radio.
- radioman
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noun,
a person who operates a radio.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- melanoid
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adjective,
of or characterized by melanosis.
- mandator
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noun,
a person who gives a mandate.
- mediator
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noun,
a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- rolamite
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- tailored
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- marinade
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noun,
a seasoned liquid, usually of vinegar or wine with oil, herbs, spices, etc., in which meat, fish, vegetables, etc., are steeped before cooking.
- marinate
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verb (used with object),
to steep (food) in a marinade.
- tamarind
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noun,
the pod of a large, tropical tree, Tamarindus indica, of the legume family, containing seeds enclosed in a juicy acid pulp that is used in beverages and food.
- Rodentia
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noun,
the order comprising the rodents.
- terminal
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noun,
a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
- Maitland
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noun,
Frederic William, 1850–1906, English jurist and legal historian.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- Alderman
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noun,
a member of a municipal legislative body, especially of a municipal council.
- idolater
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noun,
Also, idolist [ahyd-l-ist] /ˈaɪd l ɪst/ (Show IPA). a worshiper of idols.
- material
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noun,
the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed:
- maternal
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother:
- ordinate
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noun,
Mathematics. (in plane Cartesian coordinates) the y-coordinate of a point: its distance from the x-axis measured parallel to the y-axis.
- mineral.
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- do-re-mi
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noun,
money.
- Aaronite
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noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- Diamante
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noun,
a sequin, rhinestone, or other glittery ornamentation on a garment.
- deration
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verb (used with object),
to discontinue the rationing of (something).
- trailman
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noun,
trailsman.
- dermato-
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- dentalia
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noun,
any tooth shell of the genus Dentalium.
- trade-in
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noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- laminate
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noun,
a laminated product; lamination.
- Montreal
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noun,
a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- notarial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- ton-mile
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noun,
a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
- trimodal
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adjective,
(of a distribution) having three modes.
- tramline
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- Adlerian
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adjective,
of or relating to Alfred Adler or his doctrines, especially in respect to the belief that behavior is determined by compensation for feelings of inferiority.
- old-time
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adjective,
belonging to or characteristic of old or former times, methods, ideas, etc.:
- trinodal
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adjective,
having three nodes or joints.
- dariole
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noun,
a small round mold.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- amirate
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noun,
emirate.
- amniote
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- Amon-Ra
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noun,
Amen-Ra.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Martial
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noun,
(Marcus Valerius Martialis) a.d. 43?–104? Roman epigrammatist, born in Spain.
- mandrel
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noun,
a shaft or bar the end of which is inserted into a workpiece to hold it during machining.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- Martian
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noun,
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
- Martina
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noun,
a female given name.
- Matador
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noun,
the principal bullfighter in a bullfight who passes the bull with a muleta and then, in many countries, kills it with a sword thrust; a torero.
- mandola
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noun,
an early lute resembling a large mandolin.
- nemato-
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- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- Morelia
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- laniard
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noun,
lanyard.
- Morandi
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noun,
Giorgio [jawr-jaw] /ˈdʒɔr dʒɔ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1964, Italian painter.
- aminate
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verb (used with object),
to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
- mordant
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noun,
a substance used in dyeing to fix the coloring matter, especially a metallic compound, as an oxide or hydroxide, that combines with the organic dye and forms an insoluble colored compound or lake in the fiber.
- Natalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- marital
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- mordent
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noun,
a melodic embellishment consisting of a rapid alternation of a principal tone with the tone a half or a whole step below it, called single or short when the auxiliary tone occurs once and double or long when this occurs twice or more.
- AmerInd
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noun,
Indian (def 1).
- amentia
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noun,
lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
- Deloria
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noun,
Vine, (Jr.) [vahyn] /vaɪn/ (Show IPA), 1933–2005, U.S. writer.
- Romania
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noun,
a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- Amen-Ra
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noun,
a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
- danaite
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noun,
a variety of arsenopyrite having cobalt in place of some of the iron.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- amidate
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verb (used with object),
to convert into an amide.
- Mondale
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noun,
Walter Frederick ("Fritz") born 1928, U.S. politician: senator 1965–77; vice president 1977–81.
- Matilda
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noun,
swag2 (def 2).
- radiant
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noun,
a point or object from which rays proceed.
- ramenta
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noun,
a scraping, shaving, or particle.
- detrain
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Ariadne
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth: deserted by Theseus on Naxos, she became the bride of Dionysus.
- Montale
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noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1975.
- radiate
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adjective,
radiating from a center.
- minaret
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- Aloidae
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plural noun,
Aloadae.
- Armenia
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noun,
an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
- Mineola
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noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- armload
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noun,
Chiefly Midland U.S. armful (def 1).
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- Miranda
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noun,
Francisco de [frahn-sees-kaw th e] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1816, Venezuelan revolutionist and patriot.
- diorama
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noun,
a scene, often in miniature, reproduced in three dimensions by placing objects, figures, etc., in front of a painted background.
- dilator
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that dilates some cavity of the body.
- ordinal
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noun,
an ordinal number or numeral.
- araneid
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noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- dormant
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adjective,
lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid:
- earldom
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noun,
Also called earlship. the rank or title of an earl.
- melano-
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- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- oatmeal
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noun,
meal made from ground or rolled oats.
- mediant
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noun,
the third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
- Monarda
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noun,
any aromatic, erect plant belonging to the genus Monarda, of the mint family, native to North America, including horsemint and Oswego tea.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- aneroid
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noun,
aneroid barometer.
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- dermat-
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- antero-
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- Melinda
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noun,
a female given name.
- melodia
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noun,
an 8 feet (2.4 meters) wooden flue-pipe stop organ resembling the clarabella in tone.
- animate
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adjective,
alive; possessing life:
- animato
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adjective,
animated; lively. Abbreviation: anim.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- Daimler
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noun,
Gottlieb (Wilhelm) [got-leeb-wil-helm;; German gawt-leep-vil-helm] /ˈgɒt libˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈgɔt lipˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1834–1900, German automotive engineer, inventor, and manufacturer.
- Mendota
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noun,
Lake, a lake in S Wisconsin, in N Madison. About 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- anomite
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noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- Dionaea
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noun,
the Venus's-flytrap.
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- mandate
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noun,
a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative:
- madrone
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noun,
any of several evergreen trees belonging to the genus Arbutus, of the heath family, especially A. menziesii (Pacific madrone) of western North America, having red, flaky bark and bearing edible reddish berries.
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- lentoid
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noun,
a lentoid body.
- Aleardi
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noun,
Count Aleardo [ah-le-ahr-daw] /ˌɑ lɛˈɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1812–78, Italian poet and patriot.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- Aetolia
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noun,
an ancient district in W Greece, now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania.
- Adamite
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noun,
a descendant of Adam; human being.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- laterad
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adverb,
toward the side.
- Telamon
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noun,
atlas (def 5).
- Lateran
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noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- adenoma
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noun,
a benign tumor originating in a secretory gland.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- tendril
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noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- adrenal
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noun,
adrenal gland.
- alamode
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noun,
a lightweight, glossy silk fabric used in the manufacture of scarfs, hoods, etc.
- Aeolian
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noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Dorian1 (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- Alamein
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noun,
El Alamein.
- to-name
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noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- ladrone
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noun,
a thief.
- Maderno
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noun,
Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1556–1629, Italian architect.
- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- ailment
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noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- Madeira
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noun,
a group of eight islands off the NW coast of Africa, part of Portugal. 308 sq. mi. (798 sq. km). Capital: Funchal.
- 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.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- Admiral
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noun,
the commander in chief of a fleet.
- Leonard
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noun,
Sugar Ray (Ray Charles Leonard) born 1956, U.S. boxer.
- laminar
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adjective,
composed of, or arranged in, laminae.
- airdate
-
noun,
the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- Laramie
-
noun,
a city in SE Wyoming.
- Ireland
-
noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- trindle
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noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- leotard
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noun,
a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc.
- Trianda
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noun,
a town on the Greek island of Rhodes, in the Aegean Sea: built on the site of ancient Ialysus.
- Almeida
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noun,
Francisco de [frahn-seesh-koo duh] /frɑ̃ˈsiʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), 1450?–1510, Portuguese military leader: first Portuguese viceroy in India.
- Almeria
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noun,
a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean.
- Almaden
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noun,
a town in Spain: mercury mines.
- alinota
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noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- tamarin
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noun,
any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Laotian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- almoner
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noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- Malinda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dolman
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noun,
a woman's mantle with capelike arm pieces instead of sleeves.
- Moline
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noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- molten
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noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- dolmen
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noun,
a structure usually regarded as a tomb, consisting of two or more large, upright stones set with a space between and capped by a horizontal stone.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- mid-on
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noun,
the position of a fielder on the on side of the wicket.
- Molina
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noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- dinero
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noun,
a former silver coin of Peru, the 10th part of a sol.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- milden
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become mild or milder.
- minder
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noun,
Chiefly British. a person who looks after something (usually used in combination):
- Milner
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noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- milord
-
noun,
an English nobleman or gentleman (usually used as a term of address).
- molder
-
noun,
a person or thing that molds.
- Modern
-
noun,
a person of modern times.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Milton
-
noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Modena
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noun,
a city in N Italy, NW of Bologna.
- 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.
- mitral
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adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- doater
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noun,
doter.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Leonid
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noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- Lerida
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noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- mortal
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noun,
a human being.
- dental
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noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- morale
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noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- denom.
-
- Lamont
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noun,
a male given name.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- Laredo
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noun,
a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- lardon
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noun,
a strip of fat used in larding, especially as drawn through the substance of meat, chicken, etc., with a kind of needle or pin.
- motile
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adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- dentil
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noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- lanate
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adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- Delian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- Delano
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noun,
a city in S California.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Namtar
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noun,
the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
- narial
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adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- Lander
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noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- Landor
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noun,
Walter Savage, 1775–1864, English poet and prose writer.
- denti-
-
- derail
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noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- monial
-
noun,
a mullion.
- diatom
-
noun,
any of numerous microscopic, unicellular, marine or freshwater algae of the phylum Chrysophyta, having cell walls containing silica.
- monied
-
adjective,
moneyed.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- dermo-
-
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- dermal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the skin.
- Moraea
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genera Moraea and Dietes, of the iris family, native to tropical Africa.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- lamina
-
noun,
a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- metro-
-
- intro.
-
- DOMAIN
-
noun,
a field of action, thought, influence, etc.:
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- malate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of malic acid.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- marled
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- iatro-
-
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Idaean
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
- mailed
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- ideata
-
noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- maiden
-
noun,
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- maidan
-
noun,
an open area or space in or near a town, often used as a marketplace or parade ground.
- maenad
-
noun,
bacchante.
- Matadi
-
noun,
a seaport in the W Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the mouth of the Congo (Zaire) River.
- Matane
-
noun,
a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
- editor
-
noun,
a person having managerial and sometimes policy-making responsibility related to the writing, compilation, and revision of content for a publishing firm or for a newspaper, magazine, or other publication:
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Malden
-
noun,
a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
- Madero
-
noun,
Francisco Indalecio [frahn-sees-kaw een-dah-le-syaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ ˌin dɑˈlɛ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1913, Mexican revolutionary and political leader: president 1911–13.
- mantid
-
noun,
mantis.
- Mandel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Manati
-
noun,
a city in N Puerto Rico.
- Manado
-
noun,
Menado.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- malted
-
noun,
malted milk.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Manila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man.
Compare Quezon City.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- mantra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Marian
-
noun,
a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Marina
-
noun,
a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
- maloti
-
noun,
plural of loti.
- Malone
-
noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- Madian
-
noun,
Midian.
- matri-
-
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Merida
-
noun,
suntan (def 2).
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- dormin
-
noun,
abscisic acid.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- dormie
-
adjective,
(of a player or side in match play) being in the lead by as many holes as are still to be played.
- intra-
-
- Dorian
-
noun,
a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Aeolian (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Dorati
-
noun,
Antal [ahn-tahl;; Hungarian on-tol] /ˈɑn tɑl;; Hungarian ˈɒn tɒl/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Hungarian conductor, in the U.S.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- merlon
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- metal.
-
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- loader
-
noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- domine
-
noun,
lord; master (used as a title of address).
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- inter.
-
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- medial
-
noun,
Phonetics.
a medial sound or letter.
media2 (def 1).
- Madera
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- Median
-
noun,
Arithmetic, Statistics. the middle number in a given sequence of numbers, taken as the average of the two middle numbers when the sequence has an even number of numbers:
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Medina
-
noun,
the old Arab quarter of a North African city.
- Medit.
-
- medlar
-
noun,
a small tree, Mespilus germanica, of the rose family, the fruit of which resembles a crab apple and is not edible until the early stages of decay.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- melan-
-
- Indore
-
noun,
a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- Lomita
-
noun,
a town in SW California.
- meloid
-
noun,
a beetle of the family Meloidae, comprising the blister beetles.
- Melton
-
noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- dreamt
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- inroad
-
noun,
a damaging or serious encroachment:
- loment
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Menado
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Sulawesi, in NE Indonesia.
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- nemat-
-
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- Anomia
-
noun,
the inability to name objects or to recognize the written or spoken names of objects.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- airman
-
noun,
an aviator.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- animal
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- anemo-
-
- Anemia
-
noun,
Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- andro-
-
- Andria
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- Andrea
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- random
-
noun,
something that is random, or a random state or condition:
- Ramona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- Orinda
-
noun,
a town in W California.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- radial
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- Armand
-
noun,
a male given name, French form of Herman.
- radian
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- radio-
-
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- aeron.
-
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- radome
-
noun,
a dome-shaped device used to house a radar antenna.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- aidman
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- ramate
-
adjective,
having branches; branching out or off.
- aramid
-
noun,
any of a class of synthetic aromatic long-chain polyamides capable of extrusion into fibers having resistance to high temperatures and great strength.
- aidmen
-
noun,
a military medical corpsman trained to provide initial emergency treatment.
- remand
-
noun,
the act of remanding.
- remind
-
verb (used with object),
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something):
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- tandem
-
noun,
a vehicle, as a truck, tractor, or trailer, in which a pair or pairs of axles are arranged in tandem.
- amatol
-
noun,
an explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT.
- Ronald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “counsel” and “rule.”.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- rondel
-
noun,
Prosody. a short poem of fixed form, consisting usually of 14 lines on two rhymes, of which four are made up of the initial couplet repeated in the middle and at the end, with the second line of the couplet sometimes being omitted at the end.
- tamari
-
noun,
a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
- Tadema
-
noun,
Sir Lawrence Alma-, Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence.
- Tadmor
-
noun,
Biblical name of Palmyra.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- Roland
-
noun,
Italian Orlando. the greatest of the paladins in the Charlemagne cycle of the chansons de geste, renowned for his prowess and the manner of his death in the battle of Roncesvalles (a.d. 778), also for his five days' combat with Oliver in which neither was the victor.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Tamale
-
noun,
a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
- Altman
-
noun,
Robert, 1925–2006, U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- Almond
-
noun,
the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis (sweet almond) or P. dulcis amara (bitter almond) which grow in warm temperate regions.
- alodia
-
noun,
allodium.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Amelia
-
noun,
the congenital absence of one or more limbs.
- rodmen
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- amoral
-
adjective,
not involving questions of right or wrong; without moral quality; neither moral nor immoral.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- anadem
-
noun,
a garland or wreath for the head.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Amrita
-
noun,
the beverage of immortality.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Darlan
-
noun,
Jean Louis Xavier François [zhahn lwee gza-vyey frahn-swa] /ʒɑ̃ lwi gzaˈvyeɪ frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1881–1942, French naval officer and politician.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Rodman
-
noun,
a person who works with rods, as in making reinforced concrete.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- amino-
-
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- roadie
-
noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- Amidol
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline powder, C 6 H 8 N 2 O⋅2HCl, derived from phenol, used chiefly as a photographic developer.
- amido-
-
- rodent
-
noun,
a rodent mammal.
- Aleman
-
noun,
Mateo [mah-te-aw] /mɑˈtɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1547?–1610, Spanish novelist.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- Dalton
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- adreno
-
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- adren-
-
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- Adonai
-
noun,
Hebrew. a title of reverence for God, serving also as a substitute pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton.
- oilmen
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- Toland
-
noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- oilman
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- daemon
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
a god.
a subordinate deity, as the genius of a place or a person's attendant spirit.
- daimen
-
adjective,
rare; occasional.
- daimon
-
noun,
daemon.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- admire
-
Idioms,
be admiring of, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. to admire:
- Tolima
-
noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- Adrian
-
noun,
Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Damien
-
noun,
Father (Jo·seph de Veu·ster) [French zhaw-zef--duh-vœ-ster] /French ʒɔˈzɛf də vœˈstɛr/ (Show IPA), 1840–89, Belgian Roman Catholic missionary to the lepers of Molokai.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- adeno-
-
- nitro-
-
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Nimrod
-
noun,
the great-grandson of Noah: noted as a great hunter. Gen. 10:8–10.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- triode
-
noun,
a vacuum tube containing three elements, usually anode, cathode, and control grid.
- Nemrod
-
noun,
Nimrod (def 1).
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- adnate
-
adjective,
grown fast to something; congenitally attached.
- Oradea
-
noun,
a city in NW Romania.
- Aeolia
-
noun,
Aeolis.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- orenda
-
noun,
a supernatural force believed by the Iroquois Indians to be present, in varying degrees, in all objects or persons, and to be the spiritual force by which human accomplishment is attained or accounted for.
- ordeal
-
noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- ordain
-
verb (used with object),
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
- Arnold
-
noun,
Benedict, 1741–1801, American general in the Revolutionary War who became a traitor.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- adroit
-
adjective,
expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- 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.
- Malan
-
noun,
Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Malar
-
noun,
Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- tonia
-
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tardo
-
adjective,
slow (used as a musical direction).
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- Troad
-
noun,
The, a region in NW Asia Minor surrounding ancient Troy.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- Manat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
- Tamar
-
noun,
the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Malta
-
noun,
an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- trama
-
noun,
a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- male-
-
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- term.
-
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tera-
-
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- tiled
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- telo-
-
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Maera
-
noun,
Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
- Mande
-
noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, spoken in western Africa and including Mende, Malinke, Bambara, and Kpelle.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- teno-
-
- madre
-
noun,
mother1 .
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- retd.
-
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- monad
-
noun,
Biology.
any simple, single-celled organism.
any of various small, flagellate, colorless ameboids with one to three flagella, especially of the genus Monas.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- Mont.
-
- Older
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- omni-
-
- monde
-
noun,
the world; people; society.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- oiled
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- ordn.
-
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- oread
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- model
-
noun,
a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
- modal
-
noun,
modal auxiliary.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- orial
-
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- 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.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oidea
-
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Naima
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
- Naida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- nitr-
-
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- nomad
-
noun,
a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
- NORAD
-
noun,
a joint U.S.-Canadian air force command responsible for detecting aircraft and space vehicles deemed a threat to the continental airspace.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Rodin
-
noun,
(François) Auguste (René) [frahn-swa oh-gyst ruh-ney] /frɑ̃ˈswa oʊˈgüst rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1840–1917, French sculptor.
- Medan
-
noun,
a city in NE Sumatra, in W Indonesia.
- medal
-
noun,
a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like:
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- 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.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- matr-
-
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- reni-
-
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Marta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- ronde
-
noun,
a typeface imitative of upright, somewhat angular, handwriting.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Maria
-
noun,
calaba.
- Marat
-
noun,
Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- Manta
-
noun,
(in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- mania
-
noun,
excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Media
-
noun,
a plural of medium.
- Medon
-
noun,
(in the Odyssey) a herald who warned Penelope that her suitors were conspiring against Telemachus.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Radom
-
noun,
a city in E Poland.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- radon
-
noun,
a chemically inert, radioactive gaseous element produced by the decay of radium: emissions produced by outgassing of rock, brick, etc. are a health hazard. Symbol: Rn; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 222.
- ramal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a ramus.
- metr-
-
- Metol
-
- Raman
-
noun,
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
- meta-
-
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- mero-
-
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Redon
-
noun,
Odilon [ohd-l-on;; French aw-dee-lawn] /ˈoʊd lˌɒn;; French ɔ diˈlɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1840–1916, French painter and etcher.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- meno-
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- menad
-
noun,
maenad.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Melia
-
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- natl.
-
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Amato
-
noun,
Pasquale [puh-skwah-lee,, -ley;; Italian pahs-kwah-le] /pəˈskwɑ li,, -leɪ;; Italian pɑsˈkwɑ lɛ/ (Show IPA), 1879–1942, Italian operatic baritone.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- admin
-
noun,
administration; administrative work.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alti-
-
- admit
-
verb (used with object),
to allow to enter; grant or afford entrance to:
- Atman
-
noun,
the principle of life.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- atmo-
-
- alto-
-
- ation
-
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- adorn
-
verb (used with object),
to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:
- ileo-
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- drama
-
noun,
a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- Dream
-
noun,
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- admen
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- adman
-
noun,
Also called advertising man. one whose profession is writing, designing, or selling advertisements.
- ideo-
-
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- intr.
-
- aroma
-
noun,
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
- dolma
-
noun,
a dish of tomatoes, green peppers, vine leaves, or eggplants stuffed with a mixture of meat, rice, and spices.
- demi-
-
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- Adlai
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- domal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a domal sound.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- Indo-
-
- alarm
-
noun,
a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
- Donar
-
noun,
the god of thunder, corresponding to Thor.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- Alta.
-
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- DORAN
-
noun,
an electronic device for determining range and assisting navigation, employing the principle of the Doppler effect.
- amide
-
noun,
a metallic derivative of ammonia in which the −NH 2 group is retained, as potassium amide, KNH 2 .
- Amida
-
noun,
a Buddha who rules over paradise, enjoying endless and infinite bliss.
- aroid
-
noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- endo-
-
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- aero-
-
- Amati
-
noun,
Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- amate
-
verb (used with object),
to dismay; daunt.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- 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.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Danae
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- edit.
-
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Edman
-
noun,
Irwin, 1896–1954, U.S. philosopher and essayist.
- Damon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- amid-
-
- Amer.
-
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- droit
-
noun,
a legal right or claim.
- drome
-
noun,
a department in SE France. 2533 sq. mi. (6560 sq. km). Capital: Valence.
- dalan
-
noun,
(in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- drone
-
noun,
the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Amend
-
verb (used with object),
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure:
- Alamo
-
noun,
a poplar.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- aemia
-
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- Amado
-
noun,
Jorge [Portuguese zhawr-zhuh] /Portuguese ˈʒɔr ʒə/ (Show IPA), 1912–2001, Brazilian novelist.
- Daman
-
noun,
a hyrax, Procavia syriaca, of Syria, Palestine, etc.: the cony of the Bible.
- Damar
-
noun,
dammar.
- Damia
-
noun,
a spirit of fertility.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- amain
-
adverb,
with full force.
- aeri-
-
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- demit
-
noun,
Also, dimit. (especially in Freemasonry) a written certification of honorable withdrawal or resignation, as from membership.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- Arnel
-
- anal.
-
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- ante-
-
- anti-
-
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- 30-30
-
- dimer
-
noun,
a molecule composed of two identical, simpler molecules.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Ital.
-
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Amora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Palestine and Babylonia from the 3rd to the 6th centuries a.d., whose commentaries on and interpretations of the Mishnah comprise the Palestinian and Babylonian Gemaras.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anima
-
noun,
soul; life.
- Aldan
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from the Yabloni Mountains to the Lena. about 1500 miles (2415 km) long.
- lamia
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- andr-
-
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- andor
-
conjunction,
(used to imply that either or both of the things mentioned may be affected or involved):
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- anat.
-
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- lamed
-
noun,
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- 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.
- Lamar
-
noun,
Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- oared
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anim.
-
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Iran.
-
- armed
-
noun,
Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- dent.
-
- denim
-
noun,
a heavy, Z-twist, twill cotton for jeans, overalls, and other work and leisure garments.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- amin-
-
- Demon
-
noun,
an evil spirit; devil or fiend.
- demo-
-
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- Armen
-
- aden-
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- derm-
-
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- derma
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. dermis.
- diam.
-
- areo-
-
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- dial.
-
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Del.
-
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- neo-
-
- dat.
-
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- 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.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Dem.
-
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- dia-
-
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Den.
-
- Alma
-
noun,
a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Din.
-
- mRNA
-
- alt.
-
- der.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dim.
-
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- 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.
- Nama
-
noun,
a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- dime
-
noun,
a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Mon.
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Dino
-
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- mol.
-
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Amal
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- DATA
-
noun,
a plural of datum.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- mold
-
noun,
a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Lani
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- RADM
-
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arm.
-
- rad.
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Rida
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- 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).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- ord.
-
- atm.
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Ont.
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- Anam
-
noun,
Annam.
- 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)
- ano-
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rama
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Aram
-
noun,
Biblical name of ancient Syria.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- ant.
-
- amt.
-
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- 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.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Dame
-
noun,
(initial capital letter)
the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight.
the official title of the wife of a knight or baronet.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nord
-
noun,
a department in N France. 2229 sq. mi. (5770 sq. km). Capital: Lille.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- damn
-
noun,
the utterance of “damn” in swearing or for emphasis.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- amdt
-
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- RONA
-
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- NOAA
-
- Aman
-
noun,
Haman.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- NIRA
-
- Danl
-
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- NTIA
-
- rit.
-
- ator
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- 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.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- ole-
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rom.
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 1080
-
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Dom.
-
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- dir.
-
- med.
-
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Ltd.
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- 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.
- 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.
- maar
-
noun,
a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
- Maat
-
noun,
the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- made
-
noun,
the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- Adm.
-
- inae
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- intl
-
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- IndE
-
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- lond
-
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- ile-
-
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Mana
-
noun,
a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
- 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.
- Ind.
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Man.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- IAEA
-
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- aer-
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Mode
-
noun,
a manner of acting or doing; method; way:
- MALD
-
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- MAEd
-
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Maia
-
noun,
the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- maid
-
noun,
a female servant.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- idem
-
noun,
another exactly the same.
- iana
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- idae
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- mal-
-
- IATA
-
- iod-
-
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- 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.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trid
-
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- 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.
- itol
-
- tri-
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lea.
-
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Lat.
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- tron
-
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- tRNA
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- LAMA
-
noun,
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
- Lam.
-
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- trod
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- 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.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lit.
-
- LitD
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- lin.
-
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Adam
-
noun,
the name of the first man: husband of Eve and progenitor of the human race. Gen. 2:7; 5:1–5.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- 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.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- adat
-
noun,
the native law traditional in Indonesia.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- 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.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Ire.
-
- 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.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- tion
-
- Ald.
-
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- ten.
-
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- met.
-
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- dome
-
noun,
Architecture.
a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
a domical roof or ceiling.
a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- dorm
-
noun,
dormitory.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Mid.
-
- midn
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mil.
-
- mild
-
noun,
British. beer that has a blander taste than bitter.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- Dort
-
noun,
Dordrecht.
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- ter.
-
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- MELD
-
noun,
the act of melding.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- men-
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Mend
-
noun,
the act of mending; repair or improvement.
- DRAM
-
noun,
Measurements.
a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- 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).
- dol.
-
- Ala.
-
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- 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.
- Aldm
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- dlr.
-
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- mod.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- 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.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- tel-
-
- MILR
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- min.
-
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Mind
-
noun,
(in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.:
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- 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.
- ment
-
- 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.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- 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.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- mdnt
-
- AIME
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- 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.
- emia
-
- Edam
-
noun,
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Mead
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Edom
-
noun,
Esau, the brother of Jacob.
- EDTA
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- aet.
-
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Aire
-
- enl.
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Mar.
-
- AInd
-
- Mara
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- 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.
- end-
-
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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.
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- 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.
- an.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- 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.
- Tro
-
- 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.
- AMA
-
noun,
a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
- TMO
-
- tlo
-
- al.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- Ar.
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- AIA
-
- ad-
-
- Am.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- AME
-
- AEA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ALM
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- tr.
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- TAL
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RLD
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- RNA
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TID
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TIA
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ae.
-
- rnd
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- ROI
-
- AAE
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- AAM
-
- Aar
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ROA
-
- rt.
-
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rte
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- tra
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- tlr
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- 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.
- ead
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MDT
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EdM
-
abbreviation,
electronic dance music: a range of genres of electronic music often played in nightclubs and characterized by a strong danceable beat:
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EDT
-
- ea.
-
- eir
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- 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.
- EMR
-
- EMT
-
- en-
-
- Mao
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERT
-
- ETO
-
- EAA
-
- ETD
-
- id.
-
- Doi
-
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DLO
-
- MIT
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- DMA
-
- DML
-
- DMT
-
- DNA
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- MIE
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Dr.
-
- DRE
-
- eo-
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- EOM
-
- ETR
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- MLR
-
- ite
-
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- LIM
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- IRO
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ITA
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ior
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- La.
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Lt.
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Ld.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- LMT
-
- io-
-
- MAA
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ide
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- MAD
-
noun,
an angry or ill-tempered period, mood, or spell:
- 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.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Mo.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- Md.
-
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- LON
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- MLD
-
- DNR
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ODT
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- MNA
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- RMA
-
- OED
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- oid
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- Dam
-
noun,
a barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream or river.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- 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.
- at.
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- OEM
-
- DAE
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Om.
-
- ATA
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ot-
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OTA
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- ote
-
- Rd.
-
- Ola
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- do.
-
- DOA
-
- Re.
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- ard
-
- NIA
-
- REA
-
- RDA
-
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MOR
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- DET
-
- di.
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DIL
-
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MNE
-
- 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.
- NAA
-
- AOA
-
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- NDE
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- DAR
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAD
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- aor
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- L.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
-
- R.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AO
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- RN
-
- L2
-
- RI
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- le
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- MN
-
- TM
-
- LM
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- t.
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NI
-
- ND
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- DN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- DM
-
- NL
-
- NM
-
- ln
-
- dl
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- D.
-
- M.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- RO
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- DA
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- ol
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- TN
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TL
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- OA
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- i.
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- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- OD
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noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- O.
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- LR
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