Anagrams of milestone
Word milestone has
1 exact anagrams and 559 other words
that can be made by using the letters of milestone.
- limestone
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noun,
a sedimentary rock consisting predominantly of calcium carbonate, varieties of which are formed from the skeletons of marine microorganisms and coral: used as a building stone and in the manufacture of lime.
- one-time
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adjective,
having been as specified at one time; former:
- semitone
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noun,
a pitch interval halfway between two whole tones.
- ton-mile
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noun,
a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
- melitose
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noun,
raffinose.
- Seminole
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noun,
a member of any of several groupings of North American Indians comprising emigrants from the Creek Confederacy territories to Florida or their descendants in Florida and Oklahoma, especially the culturally conservative present-day Florida Indians.
- mesolite
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noun,
a mineral variety of the zeolite group, intermediate in chemical composition between natrolite and scolecite.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- seleno-
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- etoiles
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- loments
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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.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- 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.
- meletin
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noun,
quercetin.
- meltons
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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.
- Leotine
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noun,
a female given name.
- tonemes
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noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- omelets
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noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- inmost
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adjective,
situated farthest within:
- telson
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noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- omelet
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noun,
eggs beaten until frothy, often combined with other ingredients, as herbs, chopped ham, cheese, or jelly, and cooked until set.
- ensile
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Milton
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noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- eonism
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noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- Semite
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noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- solemn
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adjective,
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
- Solent
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noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- Ismene
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noun,
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices.
- stolen
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noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- selen-
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- teleo-
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- Etoile
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noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- somite
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noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- oilmen
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noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- somni-
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- steno-
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- 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.
- 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.
- Mentes
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noun,
(in the Odyssey) a captain of the Taphians. Athena assumed his form when she urged Telemachus to search for Odysseus.
- Simeon
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noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- Lemnos
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noun,
a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- elemis
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noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- Elmont
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noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- molest
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verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- leones
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noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- elints
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- molies
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noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- 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.
- toiles
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- motile
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adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- monies
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noun,
a plural of money.
- toneme
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noun,
a phoneme consisting of a contrastive feature of tone in a tone language:
- limens
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noun,
threshold (def 4).
- tonsil
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noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- lesion
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Eloise
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noun,
a female given name.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- nestle
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- enisle
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Miseno
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noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- emotes
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verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- tinsel
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- oleins
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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.
- 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.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- oste-
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- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- limos
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noun,
a limousine.
- Seine
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noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- lints
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noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- omits
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verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- seti-
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- Linos
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noun,
linoleum.
- Limon
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noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- limns
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verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- omni-
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- Seton
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noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- semi-
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- semen
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noun,
the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa.
- onset
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noun,
a beginning or start:
- lites
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noun,
light2 (def 36).
- metes
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noun,
a limiting mark.
- olein
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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.
- Neils
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Minos
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noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Minot
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noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- Nimes
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Minto
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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.
- mints
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noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- miso-
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- Niles
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noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- mites
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noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- nemos
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noun,
remote (def 10).
- moils
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noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- milts
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noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- moist
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adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- MSEnt
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- moles
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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.
- molet
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noun,
mullet2 .
- molts
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noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Monet
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noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- motes
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noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Mont.
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- Monte
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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.
- Mines
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noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- noels
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noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- meets
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noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- meso-
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- melon
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noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- Melos
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noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- melts
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noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Oesel
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noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- Menes
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noun,
flourished c3200 b.c, traditionally the unifier and 1st king of Egypt: founder of the 1st dynasty.
- meno-
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- mense
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noun,
propriety; discretion.
- notes
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- mesne
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adjective,
intermediate or intervening.
- meson
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noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- Noemi
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noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- Simon
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noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Metis
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noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Metol
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- nomes
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noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- miens
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noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- noils
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noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Milne
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noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- Milos
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noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- limen
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noun,
threshold (def 4).
- motel
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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.
- Sino-
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- ileo-
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- teno-
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- eosin
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noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Temne
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noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- temin
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noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- telos
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noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- telo-
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- teles
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noun,
television.
- tele-
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- teens
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noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teels
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noun,
til.
- ento-
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- Stone
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noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- inlet
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noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- stome
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- inset
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noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insol
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- inst.
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- intel
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noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- stole
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noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- stime
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noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stile
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noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- tense
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noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tiles
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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.
- Stein
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- elite
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- 30-30
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- tones
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noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- tomes
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noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- elem.
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- elemi
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noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- elint
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Eliot
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noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- toles
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noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Elise
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- toise
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noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- enols
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noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- toils
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noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Elsie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elton
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noun,
a male given name.
- toile
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Emile
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noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- emits
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verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emote
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verb (used without object),
to show or pretend emotion:
- tines
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Timon
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noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- times
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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.
- stele
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noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- teems
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Steen
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noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- istle
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noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- sito-
-
- sleet
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noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Leoni
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noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Leone
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noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- slime
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noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- lento
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adverb,
slowly.
- lenos
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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.
- lenis
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noun,
a lenis consonant.
- smile
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noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- Lemon
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noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- smite
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Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- smolt
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noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- leets
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noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Solti
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noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- smote
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verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- islet
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noun,
a very small island.
- sotie
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noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Steel
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noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Otis
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noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- toil
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noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Neil
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- sloe
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noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Nemo
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noun,
remote (def 10).
- Ste.
-
- neo-
-
- tion
-
- nest
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noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- slot
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noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- Nile
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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.
- ole-
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- sent
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noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Tine
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Oise
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noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- STOL
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noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- neem
-
- stem
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noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- omen
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noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Sion
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Toni
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noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- tone
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noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- TOMS
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noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- silt
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noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- site
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noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- mots
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noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- MSEE
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Olin
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noun,
a male given name.
- silo
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noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- SLIM
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noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- tole
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noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- MSIE
-
- oles
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noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Time
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noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tils
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noun,
the sesame plant.
- Seel
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verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- note
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- tel-
-
- nose
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noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Soni
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Sem.
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- soln
-
- nos-
-
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Ont.
-
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- 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.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- ten.
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Sol.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- nom.
-
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- 1080
-
- mol.
-
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- ile-
-
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- ions
-
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 = .
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- 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.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- 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.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- 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.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- est.
-
- men-
-
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- ment
-
- mes-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- lin.
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- 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.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- 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.
- 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.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- 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.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- 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.
- itol
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iso-
-
- met.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- 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.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- EMet
-
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- 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.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Mon.
-
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- enl.
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Ens.
-
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- 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.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- min.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- ese
-
- 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.
- TSE
-
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- EOE
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eo-
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- EOM
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Lt.
-
- EIS
-
- 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.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- ESL
-
- EEO
-
- ist
-
- ite
-
- 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 = .
- ILS
-
- ene
-
- in.
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ine
-
- il-
-
- io-
-
- en-
-
- ETS
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- STM
-
- STL
-
- 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.
- EMT
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- STI
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ETO
-
- St.
-
- tlo
-
- TMO
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- ILO
-
- IOT
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- OEM
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NMI
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- MIE
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- MIT
-
- 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.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- OIt
-
- SLE
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MSL
-
- Om.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Mo.
-
- 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.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- LST
-
- MTO
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- MSE
-
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- MTS
-
- 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:
- ne-
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- MOI
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MNS
-
- MNE
-
- MLS
-
- NES
-
- ml.
-
- Me.
-
- TSI
-
- LSM
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- se-
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- LON
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- LMT
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- OTS
-
- LIM
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Les
-
- So.
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LSI
-
- ONI
-
- ote
-
- ot-
-
- ons
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ose
-
- 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.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- le
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NI
-
- N.
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- O.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- i.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- t.
-
- T1
-
- EI
-
- ee
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SN
-
- LM
-
- L.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SL
-
- SM
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NM
-
- NL
-
- M.
-
- S.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- 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.
- ln
-
- TL
-
- TM
-
- MN
-
- TN
-
- ol
-