Anagrams of neutralities
Word neutralities has
1513 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of neutralities.
- titularies
-
adjective, noun,
titular.
- neutralist
-
noun,
a person who advocates or adheres to a policy of strict neutrality in foreign affairs.
- uniseriate
-
adjective,
arranged in a single row or line.
- tutelaries
-
noun,
a person who has tutelary powers, as a saint, deity, or guardian.
- nutrilite
-
- uintaites
-
noun,
an extremely pure asphalt particularly valuable for the manufacture of paints and varnishes.
- realities
-
noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- turnstile
-
noun,
a structure of four horizontally revolving arms pivoted atop a post and set in a gateway or opening in a fence to allow the controlled passage of people.
- reinstate
-
verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- resilient
-
adjective,
springing back; rebounding.
- resultant
-
adjective,
that results; following as a result or consequence.
- estuarine
-
adjective,
formed in an estuary.
- Tuileries
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noun,
a former royal palace in Paris: begun by Catherine de Médicis in 1564; burned by supporters of the Commune in 1871. The gardens that formed part of the palace grounds remain as a public park (Tuileries Gardens)
- retinites
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noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- ritualist
-
noun,
a student of or authority on ritual practices or religious rites.
- enteritis
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noun,
Pathology. inflammation of the intestines, especially the small intestine.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- sterilant
-
noun,
a sterilizing agent.
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- austenite
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noun,
a solid solution of carbon or of carbon and other elements in gamma iron, having a face-centered cubic lattice at all temperatures.
- tenuities
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noun,
the state of being tenuous.
- antlerite
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noun,
an emerald to blackish-green mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 3 (OH) 4 SO 4 , a major copper ore in Chile.
- intitules
-
verb (used with object),
to give a title to (a legislative act, etc.); entitle.
- elutriate
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verb (used with object),
to purify by washing and straining or decanting.
- literatus
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noun,
singular of literati.
- Israelite
-
noun,
a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- literates
-
noun,
a person who can read and write.
- itinerate
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verb (used without object),
to go from place to place, especially in a regular circuit, as a preacher or judge.
- laterites
-
noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- sauterne
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noun,
a semisweet white wine of California, commonly sold as a jug wine.
- slattern
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- linarite
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noun,
a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- Silurian
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noun,
Geology. the Silurian Period or System of rocks.
- Neustria
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noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- entities
-
noun,
something that has a real existence; thing:
- entitles
-
verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entreats
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- rutilant
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adjective,
glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.
- lenities
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noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- Leinster
-
noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- straiten
-
verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- tertials
-
noun,
a tertial feather.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- tileries
-
noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- Latinist
-
noun,
a specialist in Latin.
- tetanies
-
noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- tertians
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- Teresian
-
noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- ateliers
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- telerans
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- taurines
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- laterite
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noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- retinues
-
noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- reunites
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- lustrate
-
verb (used with object),
to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- neutrals
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noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- niteries
-
noun,
a nightclub.
- naturist
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noun,
a person who appreciates the beauty and benefits of nature.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- intitles
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verb (used with object),
entitle.
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- Lutenist
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noun,
a person who plays the lute.
- INTELSAT
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noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- nitrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- insulate
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verb (used with object),
to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound:
- lutanist
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noun,
lutenist.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- retinula
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noun,
a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- Luristan
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noun,
a mountainous region in W Iran.
- lunettes
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noun,
any of various objects or spaces of crescentlike or semicircular outline or section.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- titulars
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noun,
a person who bears a title.
- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- esurient
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adjective,
hungry; greedy.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- literati
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plural noun,
persons of scholarly or literary attainments; intellectuals.
- retinite
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noun,
any of various fossil resins, especially one derived from brown coal.
- literate
-
noun,
a person who can read and write.
- neuritis
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noun,
inflammation of a nerve.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- intitule
-
verb (used with object),
to give a title to (a legislative act, etc.); entitle.
- antirust
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noun,
something that prevents or resists rust.
- airlines
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- uranites
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- anisette
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- altruist
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noun,
a person unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoist).
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- urinates
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- ultranet
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noun,
a net in a topological space that is residually in every set or its complement in the space.
- uralites
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- unsettle
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verb (used with object),
to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb:
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- alunites
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noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- uintaite
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noun,
an extremely pure asphalt particularly valuable for the manufacture of paints and varnishes.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- treaties
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noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- treatise
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noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- airline
-
noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- inulase
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noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- alunite
-
noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- entreat
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- entitle
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verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- intuits
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verb (used with or without object),
to know or receive by intuition.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- intrust
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verb (used with object),
entrust.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- Trieste
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noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- lattens
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- neutral
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noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- ailette
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noun,
either of two standing pieces of metal or cuir-bouilli, attached to the shoulders as an ornament or as a means of displaying the wearer's arms: used c1275–c1350.
- unsteel
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verb (used with object),
to bring out of a steeled condition; soften.
- situate
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adjective,
Archaic. located; placed; situated.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- Israeli
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- unstate
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verb (used with object),
Archaic. to deprive (a person) of office or rank.
- sinuate
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- 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.
- trestle
-
noun,
a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse.
- settler
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noun,
a person or thing that settles.
- inutile
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adjective,
of no use or service.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- elitist
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noun,
a person having, thought to have, or professing superior intellect or talent, power, wealth, or membership in the upper echelons of society:
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- eluants
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noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- eluates
-
noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- nettles
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- Laureen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Seattle
-
noun,
(Seatlh) c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
- neuters
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- entrust
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verb (used with object),
to charge or invest with a trust or responsibility; charge with a specified office or duty involving trust:
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- Renault
-
noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1843–1918, French jurist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- nutlets
-
noun,
a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- Tunisia
-
noun,
a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
- nutrias
-
noun,
the coypu.
- nutters
-
noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- inliers
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- 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.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- tureens
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- turista
-
noun,
tourista.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- rattles
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- nutates
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verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- insular
-
noun,
an inhabitant of an island; islander.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- starlet
-
noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- unreels
-
verb (used with object),
to unwind from or as if from a reel:
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Salieri
-
noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- rutiles
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- unities
-
noun,
the state of being one; oneness.
- intitle
-
verb (used with object),
entitle.
- ruinate
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adjective,
ruined.
- 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.
- rituals
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noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- Tristan
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noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- nitrile
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- reunite
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unite again, as after separation.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- nitrite
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- retinue
-
noun,
a body of retainers in attendance upon an important personage; suite.
- triunes
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- trustee
-
noun,
a person, usually one of a body of persons, appointed to administer the affairs of a company, institution, etc.
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- luteins
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- starlit
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adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- tenures
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Telstar
-
- tautens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- Liatris
-
noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- taurine
-
noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- attunes
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- Tartini
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- liernes
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- transl.
-
- talents
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- utensil
-
noun,
any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- titular
-
noun,
a person who bears a title.
- Laurens
-
noun,
Henry, 1724–92, South Carolina and U.S. Revolutionary political leader: president of the Continental Congress 1777–78.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- titians
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- Latinus
-
noun,
the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- uterine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the uterus or womb.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- leisure
-
noun,
freedom from the demands of work or duty:
- tetanus
-
noun,
Pathology. an infectious, often fatal disease caused by a specific bacterium that enters the body through wounds and characterized by respiratory paralysis and tonic spasms and rigidity of the voluntary muscles, especially those of the neck and lower jaw.
Compare lockjaw.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Letitia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “gladness.”.
- letters
-
noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- tertial
-
noun,
a tertial feather.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- urinals
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- Teleran
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- strati-
-
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- sterlet
-
noun,
a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
- uralite
-
noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- startle
-
noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- litters
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- stature
-
noun,
the height of a human or animal body.
- Lunette
-
noun,
any of various objects or spaces of crescentlike or semicircular outline or section.
- Statler
-
noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- austere
-
adjective,
severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding:
- Suttner
-
noun,
Bertha von [bur-thuh von;; German ber-tuh fuh n] /ˈbɜr θə vɒn;; German ˈbɛr tə fən/ (Show IPA), 1843–1914, Austrian writer: Nobel Peace Prize 1905.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- ultra-
-
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- letter
-
noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- nutlet
-
noun,
a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
- lutist
-
noun,
a lute player; lutenist.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- lutein
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- Lauren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lunies
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- usenet
-
noun,
Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Nutter
-
noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- nutate
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Lettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laetitia.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- neural
-
adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- neuter
-
noun,
Grammar.
the neuter gender.
a noun of that gender.
another element marking that gender.
an intransitive verb.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- liters
-
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.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- Nettle
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- urease
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- lunars
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Lieut.
-
- unreel
-
verb (used with object),
to unwind from or as if from a reel:
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- Nereus
-
noun,
a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- lunate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- tutees
-
noun,
a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- taunts
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- Tatius
-
noun,
a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- suttle
-
adjective,
a frequent misspelling of subtle.
- Sutter
-
noun,
John Augustus, 1803–80, U.S. frontiersman: owner of Sutter's Mill.
- suttee
-
noun,
sati.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- sunlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- Stuart
-
noun,
a member of the royal family that ruled in Scotland from 1371 to 1714 and in England from 1603 to 1714.
- tauten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- strunt
-
noun,
the fleshy part or stump of a tail, especially of a horse's tail.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- statue
-
noun,
a three-dimensional work of art, as a representational or abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tetuan
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the Mediterranean: former capital of the Spanish zone of Morocco.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Tilsit
-
noun,
former name of Sovetsk.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- tenure
-
noun,
the holding or possessing of anything:
- terat-
-
- tetra-
-
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Tereus
-
noun,
a Thracian prince, the husband of Procne, who raped his sister-in-law Philomela and was changed into a hoopoe as a punishment.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- trans.
-
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Tustin
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- retuse
-
adjective,
having an obtuse or rounded apex with a shallow notch, as leaves.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- truant
-
noun,
a student who stays away from school without permission.
- Tuinal
-
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- tureen
-
noun,
a large, deep, covered dish for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- reseau
-
noun,
a network.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Turtle
-
noun,
any reptile of the order Testudines, comprising aquatic and terrestrial species having the trunk enclosed in a shell consisting of a dorsal carapace and a ventral plastron.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- selen-
-
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- Settle
-
noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- utters
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- Alette
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- austr-
-
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- elutes
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- intuit
-
verb (used with or without object),
to know or receive by intuition.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- eluate
-
noun,
a liquid solution resulting from eluting.
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- inter.
-
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- astute
-
adjective,
of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious:
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- attune
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- Attlee
-
noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- Attius
-
noun,
Lucius, Accius, Lucius.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- ensure
-
verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- enures
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- enter-
-
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- intra-
-
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- instr.
-
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- arsen-
-
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Iletin
-
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- latins
-
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.
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tele-
-
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- init.
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- reni-
-
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tears
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- IATSE
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- tera-
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- astr.
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Teut.
-
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Arnel
-
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- ster.
-
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- 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.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- seti-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- Srta.
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stat.
-
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- sanit
-
- Aust.
-
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Tartu
-
noun,
a city in SE Estonia.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- strut
-
noun,
the act of strutting.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- stunt
-
noun,
a stop or hindrance in growth or development.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- elute
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.
- Sturt
-
noun,
violent quarreling.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- 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.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- uran-
-
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- alti-
-
- naut.
-
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- anis-
-
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- nears
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- 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.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- tutee
-
noun,
a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.
- ulent
-
- 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.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- Trust
-
noun,
reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- Unit.
-
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Ital.
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- ante-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- aeri-
-
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- treas
-
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- Utter
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 30-30
-
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- 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.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- neut.
-
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- USLTA
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Iran.
-
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- anti-
-
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- neur-
-
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- intr.
-
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Titus
-
noun,
a disciple and companion of the apostle Paul, to whom Paul is supposed to have addressed an Epistle.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- uria
-
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- USNA
-
- USIA
-
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- uret
-
- aer-
-
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- str.
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- aet.
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- USAR
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- uni-
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Aire
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sur-
-
- ant.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- att.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- ANSI
-
- ter.
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- 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.
- ANTU
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- ARIS
-
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Tit.
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- art.
-
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- 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.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Aus.
-
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Alis
-
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- aur-
-
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- 1080
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- aut-
-
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- tuts
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- taur
-
- tri-
-
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- attn
-
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Tues
-
- trit
-
- tRNA
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- alt.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- 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.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- Ire.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- RIIA
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- lit.
-
- est.
-
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ette
-
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- itis
-
- Eur.
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rus.
-
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Lani
-
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- RNAS
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- 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.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- int.
-
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NTIA
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- intl
-
- 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).
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- NIRA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- ile-
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- ins.
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- inae
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- INRI
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lat.
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Sra.
-
- lea.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- ELAS
-
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- 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.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- saur
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Ens.
-
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- lin.
-
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- enl.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- 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.
- ALU
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Une
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ise
-
- ult
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- NES
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- uti
-
- uns
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- IRL
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- IRS
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEA
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- USR
-
- ne-
-
- ISA
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- USN
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- TSE
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- IUS
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Les
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- La.
-
- ure
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Lt.
-
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- UAR
-
- USA
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Isl
-
- Tu.
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ISR
-
- al.
-
- ist
-
- UAE
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- TSI
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- TTS
-
- tue
-
- UIT
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ur-
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- an.
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Ar.
-
- ITA
-
- ae.
-
- ite
-
- Sta
-
- ine
-
- 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:
- SAE
-
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- ERT
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- RTS
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- TAL
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ESU
-
- at.
-
- ESR
-
- ESL
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Ir.
-
- ese
-
- rte
-
- ESA
-
- RNA
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- 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.
- SAR
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ETR
-
- SLA
-
- STI
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- SLE
-
- STL
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- SLR
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- SNU
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ear
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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.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- se-
-
- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ene
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SUN
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- en-
-
- ean
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ASU
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- il-
-
- ARE
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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.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tlr
-
- ier
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ARS
-
- TIA
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- NSU
-
- REA
-
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- St.
-
- NSA
-
- nr.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- IAS
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- NRA
-
- ial
-
- ETS
-
- 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.
- NIA
-
- Re.
-
- ast
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- eu-
-
- ASR
-
- ASN
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- ASI
-
- NUL
-
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ase
-
- ITU
-
- TNT
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ARU
-
- Ia.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- R.
-
- L1
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- NL
-
- TL
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TN
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- SN
-
- le
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
-
- U.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L.
-
- UI
-
- UL
-
- i.
-
- ln
-
- LR
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RU
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- SA
-
- EI
-
- SL
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TT
-
- L2
-
- t.
-
- N.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- ee
-
- NI
-
- RN
-
- RI
-
- SU
-
- T1
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