Anagrams of melioration
Word melioration has
1047 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of melioration.
- eliminator
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noun,
a person or thing that eliminates.
- monitorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a monitor.
- emotional
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adjective,
pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- trinomial
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adjective,
Algebra. consisting of or pertaining to three terms.
- mineral.
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- Minorite
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noun,
Friar Minor.
- anteroom
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noun,
a room that admits to a larger room.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- 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.
- mirliton
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noun,
kazoo.
- Miltonia
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noun,
any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- monorail
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noun,
a single rail functioning as a track for wheeled vehicles, as railroad or other cars, balanced upon or suspended from it.
- remotion
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noun,
the act of removing; removal.
- tramline
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- ton-mile
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noun,
a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
- 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.
- 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.
- terminal
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noun,
a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
- entomol.
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- triolein
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noun,
olein (def 1).
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- limonite
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noun,
an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- linarite
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noun,
a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- Montreal
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noun,
a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- to-name
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noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- melano-
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- nemato-
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- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- ortolan
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noun,
an Old World bunting, Emberiza hortulana, esteemed as a table delicacy.
- antero-
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- 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.
- oration
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noun,
a formal public speech, especially one delivered on a special occasion, as on an anniversary, at a funeral, or at academic exercises.
- Ontario
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noun,
a province in S Canada, bordering on the Great Lakes. 412,582 sq. mi. (1,068,585 sq. km). Capital: Toronto.
- 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.
- amorino
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noun,
a putto represented as an infant cupid.
- limiter
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- ionomer
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noun,
any of a class of plastics that because of its ionic bonding action is capable of conducting electric current.
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- entomo-
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- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- emotion
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noun,
an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
- Telamon
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noun,
atlas (def 5).
- termini
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noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- tearoom
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noun,
a room or shop where tea and other refreshments are served to customers.
- Martini
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- manroot
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noun,
man-of-the-earth.
- 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.
- 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.
- Interim
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- 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.
- Mineola
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noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- miniate
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verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- nitrile
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- anomite
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noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- airtime
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- montero
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noun,
a Spanish hunter's cap, round in shape and having an earflap.
- Montale
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noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1975.
- 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.
- 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.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- tremolo
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noun,
a tremulous or vibrating effect produced on certain instruments and in the human voice, as to express emotion.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- 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.
- 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.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- moonlet
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noun,
a small natural or artificial satellite, as one of a number of natural satellites thought to be embedded in the ring system of Saturn.
- airline
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Leonora
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noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- moonlit
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adjective,
lighted by the moon.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- monitor
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noun,
(especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- Monilia
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noun,
a fungus of the genus Monilia, of the class Fungi Imperfecti, having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains.
- 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.
- Morelia
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- 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.
- Marini
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noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- Iletin
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- talion
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noun,
lex talionis.
- ratoon
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noun,
a sprout or shoot from the root of a plant, especially a sugarcane, after it has been cropped.
- Marino
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noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Ilorin
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noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- marine
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Mariel
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noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Mantle
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noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- mantel
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noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- Marion
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noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- remain
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Marlin
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noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- matron
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- etalon
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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.
- oilman
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noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- eroto-
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- oilmen
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noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- matri-
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- Eolian
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noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- Marlon
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noun,
a male given name.
- Marten
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noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- Martel
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noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- ration
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- maroon
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) any of a group of blacks, descended from fugitive slaves of the 17th and 18th centuries, living in the West Indies and Guiana, especially in mountainous areas.
- limner
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noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- iatro-
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- Rialto
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Lorain
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noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- oolite
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noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- lotion
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noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
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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.
- Oriole
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- Lorena
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noun,
a female given name.
- Latino
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Lomita
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noun,
a town in SW California.
- Mailer
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- lament
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Lamont
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noun,
a male given name.
- loment
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noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- loaner
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- retool
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verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- roomie
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noun,
roommate.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- inlier
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- intime
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adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- inmate
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noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- Tailor
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- inter.
-
- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- ramtil
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noun,
Niger seed.
- intima
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noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- maloti
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noun,
plural of loti.
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Malone
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noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- Moroni
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of the Comoros.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- maline
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- intra-
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- intro.
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- iolite
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noun,
cordierite.
- omenta
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noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- Mainer
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- enroot
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- ornate
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adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- melan-
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- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Molina
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noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- anemo-
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- nemat-
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- M-line
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noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- anomie
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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.
- mitral
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adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- antler
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Antrim
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noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- amino-
-
- Tolima
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noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- armlet
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- aroint
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verb (imperative),
begone:
- nitro-
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- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Milton
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noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- Moline
-
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.
- metro-
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- motion
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noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- mortal
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noun,
a human being.
- morion
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noun,
an open helmet of the 16th and early 17th centuries, worn by common soldiers and usually having a flat or turned-down brim and a crest from front to back.
- Morini
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noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- Morton
-
noun,
Jelly Roll (Ferdinand Morton) 1885–1941, U.S. jazz pianist, composer, and band leader.
- trinal
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adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- 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.:
- aeron.
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- motile
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adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- moonie
-
noun,
a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- A-line
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noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- Torino
-
noun,
Turin.
- Monroe
-
noun,
Harriet, 1861?–1936, U.S. editor and poet.
- altern
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adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- monial
-
noun,
a mullion.
- 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.
- 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.
- milit.
-
- Aomori
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noun,
a seaport on N Honshu, in N Japan.
- 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.
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- merlon
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- metal.
-
- Melton
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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.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- 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.
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- matr-
-
- matin
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- mono-
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- moire
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noun,
any moiré fabric.
- meno-
-
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- natl.
-
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- molar
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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.
- molto
-
adverb,
very:
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Mont.
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- 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.
- 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.
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- Melia
-
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- Moore
-
noun,
Archibald Lee ("Archie") 1913–1998, U.S. boxer.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- 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.
- moola
-
noun,
money.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- 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.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- motor
-
noun,
a comparatively small and powerful engine, especially an internal-combustion engine in an automobile, motorboat, or the like.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- metr-
-
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- meta-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- mero-
-
- mini-
-
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- male-
-
- Metol
-
- 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.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- oleo-
-
- 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.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- 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.
- nitr-
-
- Orlon
-
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- 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.
- nomo-
-
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- 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.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- orial
-
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- 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.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- noto-
-
- onto-
-
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- omni-
-
- 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.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- moron
-
noun,
Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment:
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- 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).
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- 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.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- atmo-
-
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- ation
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- term.
-
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ilio-
-
- ileo-
-
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- telo-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ento-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- teno-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- tera-
-
- Arnel
-
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- 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.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Amer.
-
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- 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.
- aero-
-
- aeri-
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- amin-
-
- Armen
-
- 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.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- areo-
-
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- 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.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- anti-
-
- ante-
-
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anim.
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- tonia
-
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- tono-
-
- imit.
-
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- reni-
-
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- rooti
-
noun,
rooty2 .
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- 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.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Romeo
-
noun,
the romantic lover of Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- 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.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- 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.
- Ital.
-
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- ition
-
- intr.
-
- Iran.
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- 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.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- 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.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- init.
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- neo-
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- RIIA
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- oro-
-
- 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.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NIRA
-
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- 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).
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- oto-
-
- tron
-
- 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.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- mRNA
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tri-
-
- rel.
-
- 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.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- 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.
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- tRNA
-
- 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.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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).
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- 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.
- 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)
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- 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:
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 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.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- NTIA
-
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- 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.
- ter.
-
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- ole-
-
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- Ont.
-
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rit.
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rom.
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 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.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- tion
-
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- 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.
- 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.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- room
-
noun,
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts:
- 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.
- 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.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- RONA
-
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- nom.
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 1080
-
- Moro
-
noun,
a member of any of the various tribes of Muslim Malays in the southern Philippines.
- lea.
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- 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.
- Lat.
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- 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.
- itol
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- 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.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- LOOM
-
noun,
a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- 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.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- 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.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- 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.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- atm.
-
- art.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arm.
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ant.
-
- ano-
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- 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.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- alt.
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aire
-
- AIME
-
- aet.
-
- aer-
-
- 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.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- 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:
- Ire.
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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
-
- int.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- INRI
-
- inae
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ile-
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enl.
-
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emia
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- ator
-
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- mal-
-
- 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.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- MILR
-
- 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).
- mil.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- met.
-
- 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.
- ment
-
- men-
-
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- 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.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- 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.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- Moor
-
noun,
a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath.
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- mool
-
noun,
soft, crumbly soil rich in mold or humus.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- 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.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- mol.
-
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- 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.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- 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.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mar.
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- 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.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Man.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- 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.
- ea.
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MNE
-
- 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.
- 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.
- eo-
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- OOT
-
- TIA
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eir
-
- EAM
-
- EOM
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- MNA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ean
-
- 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.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- MOI
-
- OIr
-
- EMR
-
- io-
-
- 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.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- il-
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ier
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- EMT
-
- 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.
- ETR
-
- Mo.
-
- ETO
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ERT
-
- ml.
-
- NIA
-
- 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:
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- MLA
-
- MLR
-
- en-
-
- tlo
-
- NEA
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- AME
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- ONR
-
- ALM
-
- ONI
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- MRE
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- MOR
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- Tro
-
- Am.
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ne-
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- oon
-
- in.
-
- tlr
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- TMO
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- at.
-
- oo-
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MRI
-
- 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.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- aor
-
- 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.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- MTO
-
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- Mt.
-
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- ILO
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- LON
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- 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.
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- Ola
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- 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.
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- TAL
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- 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.
- Mao
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- nr.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- OEO
-
- 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.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- RMA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ote
-
- LMT
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- 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.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- NRA
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- OEM
-
- OTA
-
- 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.
- ot-
-
- 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.
- OAO
-
- OIt
-
- REA
-
- LIM
-
- Om.
-
- MIE
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ltr
-
- NMI
-
- ite
-
- IRO
-
- LTA
-
- Ir.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- IOT
-
- ior
-
- 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 = .
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Me.
-
- ine
-
- MIT
-
- NMR
-
- IRL
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RNA
-
- Lt.
-
- ROA
-
- ROI
-
- La.
-
- ITA
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- RN
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LM
-
- ol
-
- ln
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- M.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- t.
-
- RI
-
- AO
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- R.
-
- MN
-
- 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.
- T1
-
- EI
-
- NM
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- N.
-
- TN
-
- NL
-
- LR
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- le
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TM
-
- O.
-
- 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.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- OA
-
- NI
-
- TL
-
- i.
-
- L.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RO
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.