Anagrams of momentarily
Word momentarily has
1221 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of momentarily.
- matrimony
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noun,
the state of being married; marriage:
- momentary
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adjective,
lasting but a moment; very brief; fleeting:
- Ammonite
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noun,
the coiled, chambered fossil shell of an ammonoid.
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- mylonite
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noun,
Geology. a rock that has been crushed and sheared to such an extent that its original texture has been destroyed.
- minatory
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adjective,
menacing; threatening.
- mineral.
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- molarity
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noun,
the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.
- momently
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adverb,
with every moment; from moment to moment.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- monetary
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adjective,
of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- Montreal
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noun,
a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- immortal
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noun,
an immortal being.
- morality
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noun,
conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- enormity
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noun,
outrageous or heinous character; atrociousness:
- mortmain
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noun,
the condition of lands or tenements held without right of alienation, as by an ecclesiastical corporation; inalienable ownership.
- tyramine
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noun,
an amine, C 8 H 11 NO, abundant in ripe cheese as a breakdown product of tyrosine by removal of the carboxyl group (COOH).
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- rolamite
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- terminal
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noun,
a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- immolate
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verb (used with object),
to sacrifice.
- Tyrolean
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- tramline
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- interlay
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verb (used with object),
to lay between; interpose.
- memorial
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noun,
something designed to preserve the memory of a person, event, etc., as a monument or a holiday.
- trilemma
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noun,
a situation, analogous to a dilemma, in which there are three almost equally undesirable alternatives:
- ton-mile
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noun,
a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
- matronly
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- Reymont
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noun,
Władysław Stanisław [vwah-dee-swahf stah-nee-swahf] /vwɑˈdi swɑf stɑˈni swɑf/ (Show IPA), ("Ladislas Regmont") 1868–1925, Polish novelist: Nobel prize 1924.
- Maytime
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noun,
the month of May.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- 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.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- mailmen
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noun,
a person employed by the post office to deliver mail; mail carrier.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- myeloma
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noun,
a tumor of plasma cells, arising in bone marrow, and often occurring at multiple sites, as in the vertebrae and flat skull bones.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- antero-
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- 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.
- anomite
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noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- anolyte
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noun,
(in electrolysis) the portion of the electrolyte in the immediate vicinity of the anode.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- Rommany
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noun,
Romany.
- anytime
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adverb,
at any time; regardless of hour, date, etc.; whenever.
- anymore
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adverb,
any longer.
- Amorite
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noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- amniote
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- reality
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- nemato-
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- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- Marmite
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noun,
a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
- metonym
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noun,
a word used in metonymy.
- 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.
- Mineola
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noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- 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.
- Molniya
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noun,
one of a series of Soviet communications satellites.
- momenta
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noun,
force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events:
- melano-
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- Telamon
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noun,
atlas (def 5).
- Montale
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noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1975.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- Marilyn
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noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- 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.
- immoral
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adjective,
violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics.
- elytron
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noun,
one of the pair of hardened forewings of certain insects, as beetles, forming a protective covering for the posterior or flight wings.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- orality
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noun,
the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- Morelia
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- Amyntor
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noun,
a king of Ormenium who refused to give his daughter Astydamia to Hercules and who was slain by Hercules.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Trammel
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noun,
Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- almoner
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noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- ailment
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noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- trommel
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noun,
a rotary, cylindrical or conical screen for sorting ore, coal, gravel, etc., according to size.
- alimony
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noun,
Law. an allowance paid to a person by that person's spouse or former spouse for maintenance, granted by a court upon a legal separation or a divorce or while action is pending.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- almonry
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noun,
the place where an almoner resides or where alms are distributed.
- to-name
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noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- amenity
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noun,
an agreeable way or manner; courtesy; civility:
- metro-
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- Tolima
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noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- intra-
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- mitral
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adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- Merton
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noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- Myrtle
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noun,
any plant of the genus Myrtus, especially M. communis, a shrub of southern Europe having evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers, and aromatic berries: anciently held sacred to Venus and used as an emblem of love.
Compare myrtle family.
- Yentai
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Yantai.
- myria-
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- yeoman
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noun,
a petty officer in a navy, having chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy.
- metal.
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- inmate
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noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- Milton
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noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- myelo-
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- Milner
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noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- myelin
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noun,
a soft, white, fatty material in the membrane of Schwann cells and certain neuroglial cells: the substance of the myelin sheath.
- imaret
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- inter.
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- immane
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adjective,
vast in size; enormous.
- iatro-
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- milter
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noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- yammer
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noun,
the act or noise of yammering.
- 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.
- morale
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noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- enamor
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- Motley
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noun,
a combination of different colors.
- motile
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adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- enmity
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noun,
a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
- mortal
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noun,
a human being.
- 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.
- Mornay
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noun,
Also called Duplessis-Mornay. Philippe de [fee-leep duh] /fiˈlip də/ (Show IPA), Seigneur du Plessis-Marly [se-nyœr dy ple-see-mar-lee] /sɛˈnyœr dü plɛ si marˈli/ (Show IPA), ("Pope of the Huguenots") 1549–1623, French statesman and Protestant leader.
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- Morley
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noun,
Christopher Darlington, 1890–1957, U.S. writer.
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Tyrian
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adjective,
of or relating to ancient Tyre or its people.
- Eolian
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noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- etalon
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- moiety
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noun,
a half.
- etymon
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noun,
the linguistic form from which another form is historically derived, as the Latin cor “heart,” which is the etymon of English cordial, or the Indo-European *ḱ (e) rd-, which is the etymon of Latin cor, Greek kardía, Russian serdtse, and English heart.
- monial
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noun,
a mullion.
- Moneta
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noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- Monera
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noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Tyrone
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noun,
a former administrative county in W Northern Ireland: replaced by several new districts 1973.
- airmen
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noun,
an aviator.
- moment
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noun,
an indefinitely short period of time; instant:
- molten
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noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Moline
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noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- Molina
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noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- merman
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noun,
(in folklore) a male marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a man and the tail of a fish.
- intro.
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- Merino
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- merlot
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noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- Mainer
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- trinal
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adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- Mamore
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noun,
a river in Bolivia, flowing N to the Beni River on the border of Brazil to form the Madeira River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Leyton
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noun,
a former borough in SE England, near London: now part of Waltham Forest.
- maloti
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noun,
plural of loti.
- Malory
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noun,
Sir Thomas, c1400–71, English author.
- Malone
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noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- maline
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- lenity
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noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- mayten
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noun,
a tree, Maytenus boaria, native to Chile, having narrow leaves and drooping branches, planted as a street tree in Florida and southern California.
- mainly
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adverb,
chiefly; principally; for the most part; in the main; to the greatest extent:
- Mailer
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- Lomita
-
noun,
a town in SW California.
- loment
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noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- limmer
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noun,
a woman of loose morals; hussy.
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- litany
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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.
- lyrate
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adjective,
Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- 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.
- Latino
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- merlon
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noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- 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.
- Merlin
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noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- namely
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adverb,
that is to say; explicitly; specifically; to wit:
- Mentor
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noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mental
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noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- Memory
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noun,
the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences.
- memoir
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noun,
a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.
- Melton
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noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- melan-
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- meanly
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adverb,
in a poor, lowly, or humble manner.
- aeron.
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- matron
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noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matri-
-
- 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.
- Mariel
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noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- laymen
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noun,
a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- marmot
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noun,
any bushy-tailed, stocky rodent of the genus Marmota, as the woodchuck.
- Layton
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noun,
a town in N Utah.
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lament
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Lamont
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noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- Marley
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noun,
Robert Nesta ("Bob") 1945–81, Jamaican reggae singer, guitarist, and songwriter: popularizer of Rastafarianism.
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Marion
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noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- Rommel
-
noun,
Erwin [ur-win;; German er-veen] /ˈɜr wɪn;; German ˈɛr vin/ (Show IPA), ("the Desert Fox") 1891–1944, German field marshal: commander of the German forces in North Africa in World War II.
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- re-lay
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verb (used with object),
to lay again.
- Elinor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- 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.
- altern
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adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- realty
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- notary
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noun,
notary public.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- oilman
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- anemo-
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- nitro-
-
- oilmen
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ramtil
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noun,
Niger seed.
- omenta
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noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- Taylor
-
noun,
A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Romney
-
noun,
one of an English breed of hardy sheep, having coarse, long wool.
- royale
-
noun,
custard cut into shapes and used as a garnish in soups.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- Romany
-
noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- timely
-
adverb,
seasonably; opportunely.
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- Elyria
-
noun,
a city in N Ohio.
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- nearly
-
adverb,
all but; almost:
- nemat-
-
- ammine
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noun,
a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
- ammino
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adjective,
Chemistry. containing or pertaining to an ammine.
- amino-
-
- Niamey
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noun,
a port in and the capital of Niger, in the SW part, on the Niger River.
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- tenaim
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noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- nitery
-
noun,
a nightclub.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Elmont
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noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- nytril
-
noun,
a synthetic, long-chain polymer fiber that produces a soft, elastic fabric.
- amylo-
-
- elytra
-
noun,
plural of elytron.
- almery
-
noun,
ambry.
- tilery
-
noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- matr-
-
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- 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.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Tyler
-
noun,
tiler (def 2).
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Meany
-
noun,
a small-minded, petty, or malicious person:
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- roily
-
adjective,
turbid; muddy.
- mealy
-
adjective,
having the qualities of meal; powdery; soft, dry, and crumbly:
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Royal
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Riley
-
noun,
James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- 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.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- riyal
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Qatar, equal to 100 dirhams.
- matey
-
noun,
comrade; chum; buddy.
- reni-
-
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- term.
-
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- lt-yr
-
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Tammy
-
noun,
a fabric of mixed fibers, constructed in plain weave and often heavily glazed, used in the manufacture of linings and undergarments.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Taney
-
noun,
Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- 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.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- linty
-
adjective,
full of or covered with lint:
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Mayer
-
noun,
Julius Robert von [jool-yuh s rob-ert von;; German yoo-lee-oo s roh-bert fuh n] /ˈdʒul yəs ˈrɒb ərt vɒn;; German ˈyu li ʊs ˈroʊ bɛrt fən/ (Show IPA), 1814–78, German physicist.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- tryma
-
noun,
a nut having an outer shell that becomes tough and dry and eventually splits open, as in the walnut and hickory.
- mamey
-
noun,
mammee.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Manly
-
adverb,
Archaic. in a manly manner.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- tera-
-
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Mamie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- teno-
-
- malty
-
adjective,
of, like, or containing malt.
- 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.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Malmo
-
noun,
a seaport in S Sweden, on the Sound opposite Copenhagen, Denmark.
- male-
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Mayor
-
noun,
the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- Mayon
-
noun,
an active volcano in the Philippines, on SE Luzon Island. 7926 feet (2415 meters).
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- meaty
-
adjective,
of or like meat.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- moity
-
adjective,
full of moits.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- telo-
-
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Myron
-
noun,
chrism.
- Myrna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- omni-
-
- onlay
-
noun,
an overlay, especially one in relief.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- myoma
-
noun,
a tumor composed of muscular tissue.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- minty
-
adjective,
having the flavor or aroma of mint.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- nitr-
-
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- Moray
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly tropical eels of the family Muraenidae, having porelike gill openings and no pectoral fins.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- Tyrol
-
noun,
an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- Mont.
-
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- money
-
noun,
any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- meiny
-
noun,
Archaic. a group or suite of attendants, followers, dependents, etc.
- Meryl
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Merle.
- meta-
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- mero-
-
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Relay
-
noun,
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- natl.
-
- Metol
-
- meno-
-
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Menam
-
noun,
a former name of Chao Phraya.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- tonia
-
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- Melia
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- 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.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Oriya
-
noun,
an Indic language spoken in Odisha, in eastern India.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- mimeo
-
noun,
mimeograph.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- orial
-
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- metr-
-
- Tommy
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Tommy Atkins.
- Mylar
-
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- rainy
-
adjective,
characterized by rain:
- rayon
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- myel-
-
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- metry
-
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- liney
-
adjective,
liny.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- anim.
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- layer
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- ante-
-
- anti-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- areo-
-
- laity
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- ento-
-
- Italy
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870–1946. 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Capital: Rome.
- Ital.
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- irony
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- lairy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a lair.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Amity
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- Ammon
-
noun,
the classical name of the Egyptian divinity Amen, whom the Greeks identified with Zeus, the Romans with Jupiter.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- lemma
-
noun,
a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- LeMay
-
noun,
Curtis (Emerson) 1906–90, U.S. Air Force officer: chief of the Strategic Air Command 1948–61; Chief of Staff of the Air Force 1961–65.
- Leary
-
adjective,
leery1 .
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Amory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- latry
-
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- 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.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Armen
-
- Iran.
-
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- iatry
-
- 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.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elyot
-
noun,
Sir Thomas, c1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Elroy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- yamen
-
noun,
(in the Chinese Empire) the residence or office of a public official.
- yenta
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- Emily
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “industrious.”.
- Emlyn
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Emily.
- Emory
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- yearn
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- atmo-
-
- Arnel
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- intr.
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- ation
-
- inlay
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- atomy
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atony
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- atory
-
- ileo-
-
- Early
-
noun,
a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.
- amin-
-
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- amyl-
-
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alti-
-
- alto-
-
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- aeri-
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- 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.
- 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.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- LeRoy
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old French, meaning “the king.”.
- aero-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Amer.
-
- limey
-
noun,
a British sailor.
- 30-30
-
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Lyman
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ailey
-
noun,
Alvin, Jr. 1931–1989, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aet.
-
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ole-
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- oily
-
adverb,
in an oily manner.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- NTIA
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ont.
-
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- ayin
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ator
-
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- Tony
-
noun,
one of a group of awards made annually by the American Theatre Wing, a professional school for the performing arts, for achievements in theatrical production and performance.
- 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).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Orly
-
noun,
a suburb SE of Paris, France: international airport.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- not-
-
- only
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- onym
-
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- tri-
-
- Emma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Emmy
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) any of several statuettes awarded annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for excellence in television programming, production, or performance.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- 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.
- 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.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- mRNA
-
- mrem
-
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tRNA
-
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- tron
-
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- nomy
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nom.
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- aer-
-
- NIRA
-
- liny
-
adjective,
full of or marked with lines.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- 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.
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ano-
-
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- RONA
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- ant.
-
- Tiny
-
adjective,
very small; minute; wee.
- tion
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Rom.
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- ter.
-
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Amoy
-
noun,
Xiamen.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- alt.
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- 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.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 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.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- 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.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Ayme
-
noun,
Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1902–67, French novelist and short-story writer.
- rel.
-
- 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.
- army
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- 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)
- atm.
-
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- tomy
-
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 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.
- AIME
-
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rit.
-
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rimy
-
adjective,
covered with rime.
- 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).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male 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.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Airy
-
adjective,
open to a free current of fresh air; breezy:
- Arm.
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Aire
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- emia
-
- mem.
-
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Ire.
-
- men-
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- memo
-
noun,
memorandum.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- 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.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- itol
-
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Lam.
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lat.
-
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- Mary
-
noun,
Also called Virgin Mary. the mother of Jesus.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- yeti
-
noun,
Abominable Snowman.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- Iyar
-
noun,
the eighth month of the Jewish calendar.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Myna
-
noun,
any of several Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae, especially those of the genera Acridotheres and Gracula, certain species of which have the ability to mimic speech and are kept as pets.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- min.
-
- ile-
-
- MIME
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- ylem
-
noun,
the initial substance of the universe from which all matter is said to be derived.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- MILR
-
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- yoni
-
noun,
(in Shaktism) the external female genitals regarded as the symbol of Shakti.
Compare lingam (def 2).
- Ymir
-
noun,
the earliest being and the progenitor of the giants, killed by Odin and his brothers. From his flesh the earth was made, from his blood the waters, and from his skull the heavens.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- mil.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- inae
-
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- inly
-
adverb,
inwardly.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- int.
-
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- met.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- 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.
- 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.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- 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.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- 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.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- limy
-
adjective,
consisting of, containing, or like lime.
- lyte
-
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- lit.
-
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lin.
-
- Lyon
-
noun,
Mary, 1797–1849, U.S. pioneer in advocating and providing advanced education for women: founder of Mount Holyoke College.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lory
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- mal-
-
- Mar.
-
- lea.
-
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Man.
-
- Mame
-
noun,
a female given name.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- malm
-
noun,
an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- 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.
- 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.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- 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.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Mayo
-
noun,
mayonnaise.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- myo-
-
- ment
-
- yean
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Mon.
-
- 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.
- Yami
-
noun,
a member of an Indonesian people of Hungtow Island, off the southeastern coast of Taiwan.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- mony
-
adjective, noun,
many.
- moly
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- mome
-
noun,
a fool; blockhead.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- Yale
-
noun,
Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- mol.
-
- miry
-
adjective,
of the nature of mire; swampy:
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Myra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Lycia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- etym
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ne-
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- mom
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- NEA
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Ia.
-
- May
-
noun,
a maiden.
- io-
-
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Amy
-
noun,
a vial of amyl nitrate.
- AME
-
- TIA
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- NIA
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TAL
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- 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.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Mao
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Yam
-
noun,
the starchy, tuberous root of any of various climbing vines of the genus Dioscorea, cultivated for food in warm regions.
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- ial
-
- NYA
-
- 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.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- ETR
-
- 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.
- tr.
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- MTO
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Loy
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- mtn
-
- MTI
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- LMT
-
- Mt.
-
- ety
-
- MRI
-
- tra
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- an.
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ery
-
- Tro
-
- Am.
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- al.
-
- Ar.
-
- MRE
-
- MOR
-
- ae.
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ERT
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MRA
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- LON
-
- Mo.
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- MM.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Me.
-
- 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.
- ltr
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- LTA
-
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- ALM
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ETO
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- EMR
-
- EMT
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- LIM
-
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- en-
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TMO
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- NRA
-
- REA
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- my-
-
- mi.
-
- NMI
-
- EAM
-
- ory
-
- Yeo
-
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- at.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- MIE
-
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- nr.
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- ean
-
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- ior
-
- 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.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- IOT
-
- Ola
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- Ir.
-
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- ine
-
- MLA
-
- eir
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- RMA
-
- eo-
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- EOM
-
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- MIT
-
- ILO
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- OEM
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- ea.
-
- il-
-
- ml.
-
- 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.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ity
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- 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.
- aor
-
- La.
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- Lt.
-
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- yer
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- 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.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Om.
-
- NMR
-
- ier
-
- MOI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ITA
-
- IRL
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- MLR
-
- IRO
-
- Yin
-
noun,
See under yin and yang.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- MME
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- MMT
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- ONR
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- MOA
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noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- ote
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- Mel
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noun,
honey.
- Rye
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noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- ONI
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- RIM
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noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- MNA
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- ite
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- ary
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adjective,
any; anyone.
- MNE
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- LM
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- N.
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- yl
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- AO
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- ln
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ey
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- ol
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- LO
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- Yi
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noun,
(in Chinese ethical philosophy) faithful performance of one's specified duties to society.
- NM
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- ye
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pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- Y.
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- yr
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- YT
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- ry
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- YA
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noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- MN
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- 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.
- le
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- ty
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- RO
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- L.
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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.
- L1
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- L2
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- i.
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- NI
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- TM
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- NY
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- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
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- RN
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- EI
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TN
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- TL
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- yo
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interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- oy
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noun,
a grandchild.
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ly
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- LR
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- OA
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- M.
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- OE
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noun,
oy2 .
- O.
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- t.
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