Anagrams of ministerial
Word ministerial has
1 exact anagrams and 1202 other words
that can be made by using the letters of ministerial.
- matrilinies
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noun,
the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family.
- militaries
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noun,
the military.
the military establishment of a nation; the armed forces.
military personnel, especially commissioned officers, taken collectively:
- tramlines
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- laminitis
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noun,
inflammation of sensitive laminae in the hoof of a horse, caused by stressful events, as trauma, infection, or parturition.
- trailsmen
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noun,
a person who follows a trail.
- terminal
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noun,
a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
- mineral.
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- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- minstrel
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noun,
a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- minister
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noun,
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- minarets
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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.
- Islamite
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noun,
a Muslim.
- militias
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noun,
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
- alienism
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noun,
alienage.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- aliments
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- retinals
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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.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- Milstein
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noun,
Cesar, 1927–2002, Argentinian immunologist: Nobel prize 1984.
- Milesian
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noun,
any of the people from Spain who invaded Ireland and defeated the Tuatha Dé Danann, and who were the ancestors of the present Irish people.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- tramline
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- airlines
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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.
- Latinism
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noun,
a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- lienitis
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noun,
inflammation of the spleen; splenitis.
- martinis
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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.
- limiters
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- marlines
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- 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.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- initials
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- mistrial
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noun,
a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- interims
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- Martens
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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.
- Malines
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- elitism
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- 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.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- similar
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adjective,
having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way:
- Israeli
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- 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.
- marlins
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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.
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- simitar
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noun,
scimitar.
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- merlins
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noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- laments
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- Liatris
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- limiter
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- limites
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noun,
plural of limes.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- 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.
- limners
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noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- seminal
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adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- Ileitis
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noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Salieri
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noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- lamster
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- termini
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noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- armlets
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noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- mailers
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- martins
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noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- iris-in
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noun,
the gradual appearance of an image or scene through an expanding circle.
- milters
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- transl.
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- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- initial
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- 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.
- militia
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noun,
a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies.
- Mistral
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noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- milreis
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noun,
a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- realism
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- airtime
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- miniate
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verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Minster
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noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- ailment
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noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- ramtils
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noun,
Niger seed.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- stamin-
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- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- amities
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noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- nitrile
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- inliers
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- menials
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- 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.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- Interim
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- smarten
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Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- seniti
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noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- inlier
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- imines
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noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Smriti
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noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- latins
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- lemans
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noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- learns
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- isatin
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- simile
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noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- iritis
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noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- santir
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Ismael
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noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- Israel
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noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- intra-
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- intime
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adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- intima
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noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- Istria
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noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
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- inmate
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noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- simian
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noun,
an ape or monkey.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- silane
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- instr.
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- instil
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verb (used with object),
instill.
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- lament
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- inseam
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Mainer
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- liaise
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- mental
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noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- metal.
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- mesial
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adjective,
medial.
- mesail
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noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- Mersin
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noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Merlin
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noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- merits
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- remain
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- milit.
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- mensal
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adjective,
monthly.
- menial
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- remans
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verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- melan-
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- remits
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noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- rental
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noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- matri-
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- milers
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noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Milner
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noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- maters
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noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- ramtil
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noun,
Niger seed.
- nemat-
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- nailer
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- raisin
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noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- ramets
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noun,
an individual of a clone.
- 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.
- mitres
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- milter
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- mitral
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adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- miters
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Mister
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- miners
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noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- matins
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- samlet
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noun,
a young salmon.
- Salten
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Rimini
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noun,
Francesca da, Francesca da Rimini.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- limner
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noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- limits
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noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- limens
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noun,
threshold (def 4).
- samite
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noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Mailer
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- Master
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noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- marine
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- maslin
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noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- 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.
- 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.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- 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.
- Marist
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noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- 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.
- Mariel
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noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- mailes
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noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- 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.
- Mantle
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noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- mantis
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noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- 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.
- maline
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Maisie
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noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- Iletin
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- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- aments
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noun,
catkin.
- trails
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- alines
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- 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.
- antler
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- antres
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- stream
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noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- tie-in
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noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- elints
-
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.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- trans.
-
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- 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.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- arsen-
-
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- 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.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- anim.
-
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- rimes
-
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).
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- anis-
-
- term.
-
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Arnel
-
- rents
-
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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- matr-
-
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- reni-
-
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- mast-
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- 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.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Armen
-
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- male-
-
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- ante-
-
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- terns
-
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.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Melia
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- 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.
- treas
-
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- 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.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- aeri-
-
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- 30-30
-
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Rains
-
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).
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- MSEnt
-
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- reins
-
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.
- metr-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- meta-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Amer.
-
- reams
-
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)
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- mini-
-
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- 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.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- alti-
-
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- nears
-
- 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.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- ster.
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- inst.
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- semi-
-
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- 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.
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Ital.
-
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- 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.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- seti-
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- intr.
-
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Iran.
-
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- tears
-
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- 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.”.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Srta.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- IATSE
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- tera-
-
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- sanit
-
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- init.
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- 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):
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- 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.
- imit.
-
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SRAM
-
- 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).
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- Sra.
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- 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.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Ste.
-
- NTIA
-
- NIRA
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- tri-
-
- 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.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- tRNA
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- str.
-
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- 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.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Sam.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- Saml
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Tasm
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tel-
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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).
- ten.
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- ter.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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)
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rel.
-
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 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.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Sem.
-
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- intl
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lam.
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- 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.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- ile-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- inae
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- INRI
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- 1080
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Lani
-
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- 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.
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- 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.
-
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- alt.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ant.
-
- ANSI
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- amt.
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- AMLS
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- ARIS
-
- Aire
-
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arm.
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Ens.
-
- 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
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- ELAS
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ASME
-
- ASTM
-
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- ment
-
- men-
-
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- 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.
- 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.
- meas
-
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- 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.
- MSIE
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- 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.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Mar.
-
- mes-
-
- met.
-
- 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.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- 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.
- mis-
-
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- MNAS
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- min.
-
- MSAE
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- MILR
-
- 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.
-
- mRNA
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Man.
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- mal-
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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.
- 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.
- MALS
-
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- 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.
- 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.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- EIS
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- MRA
-
- eir
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- MRI
-
- MRE
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ae.
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NES
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- MSA
-
- 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:
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- 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.
- MNS
-
- EMR
-
- STI
-
- TSI
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- TSE
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- STL
-
- Am.
-
- STM
-
- en-
-
- al.
-
- EMT
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- ml.
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- MLA
-
- MLR
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- MLS
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- MNA
-
- an.
-
- ean
-
- TAL
-
- Ar.
-
- MNE
-
- 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.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- EAM
-
- MSN
-
- tlr
-
- NMI
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- TIA
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- MSI
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ALM
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AMS
-
- nr.
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- 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.
- MTS
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- AME
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- NMR
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- NIA
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- at.
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ASN
-
- tr.
-
- ASM
-
- Re.
-
- ASI
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- MSE
-
- NSA
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- NRA
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- tra
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- MIT
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- 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.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Lt.
-
- La.
-
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- SAR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- RSA
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSM
-
- LSI
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RNA
-
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- SAE
-
- LMT
-
- 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.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- LIM
-
- ite
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- ITA
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- SLA
-
- IRS
-
- IRL
-
- SLE
-
- Ir.
-
- REA
-
- SLR
-
- SMA
-
- ine
-
- in.
-
- MIE
-
- ILS
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- Sta
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ier
-
- Sr.
-
- IAS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- St.
-
- 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.
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ESA
-
- ist
-
- ESL
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESR
-
- ERT
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- MSL
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ISR
-
- SM
-
- SL
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- t.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- LR
-
- M.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- T1
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SN
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- ln
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- L.
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- RI
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- L1
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- L2
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- EI
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- NM
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- LM
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- le
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- NL
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- N.
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- RN
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- NI
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- TL
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- TM
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- MN
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- TN
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- i.
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