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- northeaster
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noun,
New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northeast.
- three-star
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adjective,
of or being a lieutenant general, as indicated by three stars on an insignia.
- Thyratron
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noun,
a gas-filled, hot-cathode tube in which one or more control electrodes initiate, but do not limit and cannot interrupt, the flow of electrons.
- ethylates
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noun,
Also called ethoxide. a metallic derivative of ethyl alcohol, as potassium ethylate, KOC 2 H 5 .
- telethons
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noun,
a television broadcast lasting several hours, especially one soliciting support for a charity.
- nearshore
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adjective,
extending from or occurring along a shore.
- tolerates
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verb (used with object),
to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- northerly
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noun,
a wind that blows from the north.
- Northeast
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noun,
a point on the compass midway between north and east. Abbreviation: NE.
- threatens
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verb (used with object),
to utter a threat against; menace:
- Rosenthal
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noun,
Jean, 1912–69, U.S. theatrical lighting designer.
- Ethelstan
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noun,
Athelstan.
- stathenry
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noun,
the electrostatic unit of inductance, equivalent to 8.9876 × 10 11 henries and equal to the inductance of a circuit in which an electromotive force of one statvolt is produced by a current in the circuit which varies at the rate of one statampere per second.
- anetholes
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noun,
a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 12 O, having a sweet taste, obtained from anise or fennel oils or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, dentifrices, flavoring, synthesis of anisaldehyde, and in medicine as an antiseptic and carminative.
- theolatry
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noun,
worship of a deity.
- heartsore
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adjective,
heartsick.
- sea-otter
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noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- areostyle
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adjective,
araeostyle.
- trehalose
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noun,
a white, crystalline disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , occurring in yeast, certain fungi, etc., and used to identify certain bacteria.
- stealthy
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adjective,
done, characterized, or acting by stealth; furtive:
- Sharleen
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noun,
a female given name.
- rheostat
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noun,
an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- leathern
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adjective,
made of leather.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- telethon
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noun,
a television broadcast lasting several hours, especially one soliciting support for a charity.
- Easterly
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noun,
a wind that blows from the east.
- tolerant
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adjective,
inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing:
- tolerate
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verb (used with object),
to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit.
- Rothesay
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noun,
a town in the Strathclyde region, on Bute island, in SW Scotland: resort; ruins of 11th-century castle.
- northers
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noun,
Chiefly Texas and Oklahoma. a cold gale from the north, formed during the winter by a vigorous outbreak of continental polar air behind a cold front.
- Tyrolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolean.
- leathery
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adjective,
like leather in appearance or texture; tough and flexible.
- attorney
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noun,
a lawyer; attorney-at-law.
- Traherne
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noun,
Thomas, 1637?–74, English writer.
- neostyle
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noun,
a manifolding device similar to the cyclostyle.
- rostrate
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adjective,
furnished with a rostrum.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- learners
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noun,
a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
- layettes
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noun,
an outfit of clothing, bedding, etc., for a newborn baby.
- Atherton
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noun,
Gertrude (Franklin) (Gertrude Franklin Horn) 1857–1948, U.S. novelist.
- antrorse
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adjective,
bent or directed forward or upward.
- restoral
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noun,
restoration.
- Tyrolean
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants.
- relators
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noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- heartens
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verb (used with object),
to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- harlotry
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noun,
prostitution.
- ratholes
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noun,
a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.:
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- rattlers
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noun,
a rattlesnake.
- theatres
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noun,
theater.
- realtors
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- slattern
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- ethylate
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noun,
Also called ethoxide. a metallic derivative of ethyl alcohol, as potassium ethylate, KOC 2 H 5 .
- ethanols
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noun,
alcohol (def 1).
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- hystero-
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- terranes
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noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- threaten
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verb (used with object),
to utter a threat against; menace:
- re-treat
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verb (used with or without object),
to treat again.
- erythro-
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- honestly
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adverb,
in an honest manner.
- entresol
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- entreats
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- entreaty
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noun,
earnest request or petition; supplication.
- enthrals
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verb (used with object),
enthrall.
- oleaster
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noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- Hortense
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noun,
a female given name.
- throstle
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noun,
British (chiefly Literary) . the song thrush.
- enhaloes
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verb (used with object),
to surround with or as with a halo.
- hosteler
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noun,
a person who operates a hostel.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- hostelry
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noun,
an inn or hotel.
- Sheraton
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noun,
Thomas, 1751–1806, English cabinetmaker and furniture designer.
- leathers
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noun,
the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- 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.
- anolytes
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noun,
(in electrolysis) the portion of the electrolyte in the immediate vicinity of the anode.
- althorns
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noun,
a valved brass musical instrument, varying in shape, that is the alto member of the cornet family.
- anethole
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noun,
a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 12 O, having a sweet taste, obtained from anise or fennel oils or synthesized: used chiefly in perfumes, dentifrices, flavoring, synthesis of anisaldehyde, and in medicine as an antiseptic and carminative.
- Streator
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noun,
a city in N Illinois.
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- Strother
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noun,
a male given name.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- lottery
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noun,
a gambling game or method of raising money, as for some public charitable purpose, in which a large number of tickets are sold and a drawing is held for certain prizes.
- enthral
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verb (used with object),
enthrall.
- entero-
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- trestle
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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.
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- oleates
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noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- horrent
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adjective,
bristling; standing erect like bristles.
- enolate
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noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- trental
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noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- entreat
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- throats
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noun,
the passage from the mouth to the stomach or to the lungs, including the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, and trachea.
- Lynette
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noun,
a female given name.
- letters
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noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- throaty
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adjective,
produced or modified in the throat, as certain sounds; guttural, husky, or hoarse.
- snorter
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noun,
a person or thing that snorts.
- honesty
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noun,
the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- threats
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noun,
a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace:
- holster
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noun,
a sheathlike carrying case for a firearm, attached to a belt, shoulder sling, or saddle.
- ternary
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noun,
a group of three.
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Ternate
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noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- relator
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noun,
a person who relates or tells; narrator.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- slotter
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noun,
a person or thing that slots.
- seleno-
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- sterlet
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noun,
a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
- re-sort
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verb (used with object),
to sort or arrange (cards, papers, etc.) again.
- Shelton
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noun,
a city in SW Connecticut.
- yester-
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- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- notates
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verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- teleost
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noun,
Also called teleostome [tel-ee-uh-stohm, tee-lee-] /ˈtɛl i əˌstoʊm, ˈti li-/ (Show IPA). a teleost fish.
- Teleran
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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.
- rhetors
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noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- talents
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- toaster
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noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- yatters
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noun,
chatter; idle talk.
- eyelash
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noun,
one of the short, thick, curved hairs growing as a fringe on the edge of an eyelid.
- shelter
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noun,
something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- eyeshot
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noun,
range of vision; view:
- Telstar
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- aethers
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noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- 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.
- retreat
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noun,
the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- retorts
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noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- styrene
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 8 H 8 , having a penetrating aromatic odor, usually prepared from ethylene and benzene or ethylbenzene, that polymerizes to a clear transparent material and copolymerizes with other materials to form synthetic rubbers.
- Eleanor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- tenters
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noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- restore
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verb (used with object),
to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish:
- Taylors
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noun,
A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- tenthly
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adverb,
in the tenth place; tenth.
- elytron
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noun,
one of the pair of hardened forewings of certain insects, as beetles, forming a protective covering for the posterior or flight wings.
- restate
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verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- terrane
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noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- Reynosa
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noun,
a city in N Tamaulipas, in E Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
- hoarsen
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become hoarse.
- synthol
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noun,
a synthetic motor fuel produced by heating, under pressure, hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst.
- sealery
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noun,
a place where seals are caught.
- theatre
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noun,
theater.
- theater
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noun,
a building, part of a building, or outdoor area for housing dramatic presentations, stage entertainments, or motion-picture shows.
- rattler
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noun,
a rattlesnake.
- slather
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noun,
Often, slathers. a generous amount:
- ratters
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- ratteen
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noun,
ratiné.
- halters
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noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- Shorter
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noun,
Frank, born 1947, U.S. marathon runner.
- rathole
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noun,
a hole made by a rat, as into a room, barn, etc.:
- tethers
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noun,
a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
- Slayton
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noun,
Donald Kent ("Deke") 1924–1993, U.S. astronaut.
- trotyls
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noun,
TNT.
- rattles
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- Harnett
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noun,
William Michael, 1848–92, U.S. painter.
- helotry
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noun,
serfdom; slavery.
- harslet
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noun,
Chiefly Southern U.S. haslet.
- Hartley
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noun,
David, 1705–57, English physician and philosopher.
- shortly
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adverb,
in a short time; soon.
- tetryls
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noun,
a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 7 H 5 N 5 O 8 , used as a chemical indicator and as a detonator and bursting charge in small-caliber shells.
- Heaters
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noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- Seattle
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noun,
(Seatlh) c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
- hearten
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verb (used with object),
to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
- hatters
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noun,
a maker or seller of hats.
- thalers
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- healers
-
noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- Loretta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- heronry
-
noun,
a place where a colony of herons breeds.
- esotery
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noun,
esotericism.
- thereat
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adverb,
at that place or time; there:
- Teheran
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Iran, in the N part: wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin 1943.
- Orleans
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- thereto
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adverb,
to that place, thing, etc.
- terrets
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noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- estreat
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noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- Theresa
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noun,
Saint. Also, Teresa. Also called Theresa of Avila [ah-vee-lah] /ˈɑ viˌlɑ/ (Show IPA), 1515–82, Spanish Carmelite nun, mystic, and writer.
- hyster-
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- etalons
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- thereon
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adverb,
on or upon that or it.
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- strato-
-
- reentry
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noun,
an act of reentering.
- rattons
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noun,
a rat.
- ethanes
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noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.
- ethanol
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noun,
alcohol (def 1).
- loaners
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- ethynes
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noun,
acetylene.
- ethnol.
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- heteros
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noun,
Informal. a heterosexual person.
- hetero-
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- loathes
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verb (used with object),
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
- Realtor
-
- Ettarre
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noun,
the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.
- shorten
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verb (used with object),
to make short or shorter.
- thenars
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noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- yestern
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adjective,
yester.
- hostler
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noun,
a person who takes care of horses, especially at an inn.
- Stanley
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noun,
Arthur Penrhyn [pen-rin] /ˈpɛn rɪn/ (Show IPA), (Dean Stanley) 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- lathers
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noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- lathery
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adjective,
consisting of, covered with, or capable of producing lather.
- sterno-
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- rostral
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adjective,
of or relating to a rostrum.
- steato-
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- Rosette
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noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- stearo-
-
- Lenotre
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noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- Rosetta
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noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- torrent
-
noun,
a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence.
- stealth
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noun,
secret, clandestine, or surreptitious procedure.
- nettles
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noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- roseate
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adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- Statler
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noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- astrol.
-
- Torrens
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noun,
Lake, a salt lake in Australia, in E South Australia. 130 miles (210 km) long; 2400 sq. mi. (6220 sq. km); 25 feet (8 meters) below sea level.
- stately
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adverb,
in a stately manner.
- settler
-
noun,
a person or thing that settles.
- settlor
-
noun,
a person who makes a settlement of property.
- startle
-
noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- athlete
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noun,
a person trained or gifted in exercises or contests involving physical agility, stamina, or strength; a participant in a sport, exercise, or game requiring physical skill.
- royster
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verb (used without object),
roister.
- arthro-
-
- rotates
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adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- roaster
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noun,
a contrivance for roasting something, as an oven, a pan for roasting meat, or a machine for roasting coffee beans.
- tranter
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noun,
a peddler, hawker, or carrier using a horse and cart.
- antero-
-
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- stereo-
-
- anthers
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noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- Tarlton
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noun,
Richard, died 1588, English actor.
- Stentor
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- Another
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pronoun,
one more; an additional one:
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- anolyte
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noun,
(in electrolysis) the portion of the electrolyte in the immediate vicinity of the anode.
- natters
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- leather
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noun,
the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry.
- transl.
-
- arseno-
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- arenose
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adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- areoles
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noun,
an areola.
- rotters
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noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- learner
-
noun,
a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
- senhora
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- Serrano
-
noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- serrate
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adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- lattens
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- starter
-
noun,
a person or thing that starts.
- shotten
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adjective,
(of fish, especially herring) having recently ejected the spawn.
- stertor
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noun,
a heavy snoring sound accompanying respiration in certain diseases.
- earthen
-
adjective,
composed of earth.
- norther
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noun,
Chiefly Texas and Oklahoma. a cold gale from the north, formed during the winter by a vigorous outbreak of continental polar air behind a cold front.
- Shearer
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noun,
Moira (Moira Shearer King) 1926–2006, British ballerina.
- shatter
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noun,
Usually, shatters. fragments made by shattering.
- althorn
-
noun,
a valved brass musical instrument, varying in shape, that is the alto member of the cornet family.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- starlet
-
noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- stetho-
-
- shantey
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noun,
chantey.
- attorns
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verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- earthly
-
adjective,
of or relating to the earth, especially as opposed to heaven; worldly.
- earshot
-
noun,
the range or distance within which a sound, voice, etc., can be heard.
- stylate
-
adjective,
having a style.
- layette
-
noun,
an outfit of clothing, bedding, etc., for a newborn baby.
- tonlets
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- heroes
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- nerols
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- sorrel
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noun,
light reddish-brown.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- others
-
noun,
the other one:
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- letter
-
noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- tetany
-
noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- norths
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- sleety
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or like sleet.
- yatter
-
noun,
chatter; idle talk.
- loathe
-
verb (used with object),
to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor:
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- steely
-
adjective,
consisting or made of steel.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- Hester
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Esther.
- Herter
-
noun,
Christian Archibald, 1895–1966, U.S. politician: secretary of state 1959–61.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Hersey
-
noun,
John Richard, 1914–93, U.S. journalist, novelist, and educator.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- heresy
-
noun,
opinion or doctrine at variance with the orthodox or accepted doctrine, especially of a church or religious system.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- hereto
-
adverb,
to this matter, document, subject, etc.; regarding this point:
- hereat
-
adverb,
at this time; when this happened.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- hearts
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- tetryl
-
noun,
a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 7 H 5 N 5 O 8 , used as a chemical indicator and as a detonator and bursting charge in small-caliber shells.
- teensy
-
adjective,
teeny; tiny.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- shtetl
-
noun,
(formerly) a Jewish village or small-town community in eastern Europe.
- Heater
-
noun,
any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- styler
-
noun,
a person or thing that styles.
- hearty
-
noun,
a brave or good fellow, especially with reference to a shipmate.
- yentas
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- nosher
-
noun,
Informal. a person who snacks, especially one who does so often or continuously.
- Leyton
-
noun,
a former borough in SE England, near London: now part of Waltham Forest.
- nearly
-
adverb,
all but; almost:
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Hearst
-
noun,
William Randolph, 1863–1951, U.S. editor and publisher.
- hearse
-
noun,
a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
- tetra-
-
- rayons
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- tether
-
noun,
a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
- Herero
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of Namibia, Botswana, and Angola.
- hereon
-
adverb,
hereupon.
- Ortler
-
noun,
a range of the Alps in N Italy.
- rarely
-
adverb,
on rare occasions; infrequently; seldom:
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Storey
-
noun,
story2 .
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Tethys
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife of Oceanus and mother of the Oceanids and river gods.
- Helena
-
noun,
Saint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- henrys
-
noun,
the standard unit of inductance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the inductance of a closed circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current in the circuit varies uniformly at a rate of one ampere per second. Abbreviation: H.
- yearns
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- Henley
-
noun,
a short- or long-sleeved pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton, with a round neckband and an often covered neckline placket.
- helots
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- steno-
-
- teleo-
-
- nother
-
adjective,
Informal. a whole nother, an entirely different; a whole other.
- hyalo-
-
- hyetal
-
adjective,
of or relating to rain or rainfall.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- lysate
-
noun,
the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- lyrate
-
adjective,
Botany. (of a pinnate leaf) divided transversely into several lobes, the smallest at the base.
- snotty
-
adjective,
Vulgar. of or relating to snot.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- horary
-
adjective,
pertaining to an hour; indicating the hours:
- hotter
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- hornet
-
noun,
any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- terat-
-
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- stoney
-
adjective,
stony.
- lyttas
-
noun,
a long, worm-shaped cartilage in the tongue of the dog and other carnivorous animals.
- honest
-
adjective,
honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair:
- honeys
-
noun,
a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- Horney
-
noun,
Karen, 1885–1952, U.S. psychiatrist and author, born in Germany.
- Lahore
-
noun,
a city in NE Pakistan: the capital of Punjab province.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- starry
-
adjective,
abounding with stars:
- Taylor
-
noun,
A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercivale) 1906–90, English historian.
- hostel
-
noun,
Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- oyelet
-
noun,
eyelet (def 5).
- tenths
-
noun,
one of ten equal parts, especially of one (1/10).
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- oyster
-
noun,
any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
- stythe
-
noun,
chokedamp.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- Layton
-
noun,
a town in N Utah.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- Olathe
-
noun,
a city in E Kansas.
- Horsey
-
adjective,
horsy.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- layers
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- hostly
-
adjective,
of or proper to a host:
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- stylar
-
adjective,
having the shape of an ancient style; resembling a pen, pin, or peg.
- lethes
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- lather
-
noun,
foam or froth made by a detergent, especially soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.
- stylo-
-
- stylet
-
noun,
a stiletto or dagger.
- Lerner
-
noun,
Alan Jay, 1918–86, U.S. lyricist and librettist.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- lathes
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- ornery
-
adjective,
ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper:
- Nettle
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- hyeto-
-
- nether
-
adjective,
lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal:
- sorely
-
adverb,
in a painful manner.
- strath
-
noun,
a wide valley.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Hyeres
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the French Riviera.
- hyenas
-
noun,
a doglike carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, of Africa, southwestern Asia, and south central Asia, having a coarse coat, a sloping back, and large teeth and feeding chiefly on carrion, often in packs.
- tarso-
-
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- hoyles
-
noun,
Edmond, 1672–1769, English authority and writer on card games.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Lytton
-
noun,
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-, 1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth [neb-wert] /ˈnɛb wərt/ (Show IPA), 1803–73, English novelist, dramatist, and politician.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- snarly
-
adjective,
apt to snarl; easily irritated.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- notary
-
noun,
notary public.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- hoarse
-
adjective,
having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky:
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- terret
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Harley
-
noun,
Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford, 1661–1724, British statesman.
- Thayer
-
noun,
Sylvanus, 1785–1872, U.S. army officer and educator.
- Settle
-
noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- Sharon
-
noun,
Ariel, 1928–2014, Israeli military and political leader; prime minister 2001–06.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- shanty
-
noun,
a crudely built hut, cabin, or house.
- tonlet
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- torahs
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- Attlee
-
noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- royale
-
noun,
custard cut into shapes and used as a garnish in soups.
- royals
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- Athens
-
noun,
Greek Athenai. a city in and the capital of Greece, in the SE part.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- Torrey
-
noun,
John, 1796–1873, U.S. botanist and chemist.
- earths
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- Rosary
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church.
a series of prayers, usually consisting of 15 decades of aves, each decade being preceded by a paternoster and followed by a Gloria Patri, one of the mysteries or events in the life of Christ or the Virgin Mary being recalled at each decade.
a string of beads used for counting these prayers during their recitation.
a similar string of beads consisting of five decades.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- Ashton
-
noun,
Sir Frederick (William) 1906–1988, English dancer and choreographer, born in Ecuador.
- ashore
-
adverb,
to the shore; onto the shore:
- Ashley
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- roster
-
noun,
a list of persons or groups, as of military personnel or units with their turns or periods of duty.
- rostra
-
noun,
a plural of rostrum.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- Rotary
-
noun,
a rotary device or machine.
- earthy
-
adjective,
of the nature of or consisting of earth or soil.
- Sheena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- artery
-
noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- 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.
- enhalo
-
verb (used with object),
to surround with or as with a halo.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- resort
-
noun,
a place to which people frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one providing rest and recreation facilities for vacationers:
- Sherry
-
noun,
a fortified, amber-colored wine of southern Spain or any of various similar wines made elsewhere.
- tyrant
-
noun,
a sovereign or other ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly.
- elytra
-
noun,
plural of elytron.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Sheryl
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Shirley.
- retort
-
noun,
a severe, incisive, or witty reply, especially one that counters a first speaker's statement, argument, etc.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- retral
-
adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- Easley
-
noun,
a town in NW South Carolina.
- retro-
-
- Tyrone
-
noun,
a former administrative county in W Northern Ireland: replaced by several new districts 1973.
- shelty
-
noun,
Shetland pony.
- tythes
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- eyalet
-
noun,
vilayet.
- toasty
-
adjective,
comfortably or cozily warm.
- rhetor
-
noun,
a master or teacher of rhetoric.
- Shelta
-
noun,
a private language, based in part on Irish, used among Travelers in the British Isles.
- rhyton
-
noun,
an ancient Greek drinking horn, made of pottery or metal, having a base in the form of the head of a woman or animal.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- eatery
-
noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- 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.
- sheeny
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a Jew.
- arthr-
-
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- throne
-
noun,
the chair or seat occupied by a sovereign, bishop, or other exalted personage on ceremonial occasions, usually raised on a dais and covered with a canopy.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Alyson
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- 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.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- senary
-
adjective,
of or relating to the number six.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- Sarthe
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2411 sq. mi. (6245 sq. km). Capital: Le Mans.
- ahorse
-
adjective, adverb,
on horseback:
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Troyes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Aube, in NE France, on the Seine: truce treaty in Hundred Year's War.
- selen-
-
- aethon
-
noun,
triethyl orthoformate.
- aether
-
noun,
ether (defs 3–5).
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- aeron.
-
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Seyhan
-
noun,
Adana.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- 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.
- troths
-
noun,
faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty:
- trotyl
-
noun,
TNT.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- 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.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- rrhoea
-
- arsen-
-
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rotter
-
noun,
a thoroughly bad, worthless, or objectionable person.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- trans.
-
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- anthol
-
- antho-
-
- anther
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing part of a stamen.
- Sereth
-
noun,
German name of Siret.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sentry
-
noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- trashy
-
adjective,
of the nature of trash; inferior in quality; rubbishy; useless or worthless.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- treasr
-
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- senhor
-
noun,
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- treaty
-
noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- thenar
-
noun,
the fleshy mass of the outer side of the palm of the hand.
- thyrse
-
noun,
a compact branching inflorescence, as of the lilac, in which the main axis is indeterminate and the lateral axes are determinate.
- Rather
-
Idioms,
had / would rather, to prefer that or to:
Compare soon (def 8).
- Hansel
-
noun,
a gift or token for good luck or as an expression of good wishes, as at the beginning of the new year or when entering upon a new situation or enterprise.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- thetas
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet (Θ, θ).
- Thyone
-
noun,
Semele, as named by her son Dionysus when he took her from the underworld to Olympus.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- thyro-
-
- haoles
-
noun,
(among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- re-lay
-
verb (used with object),
to lay again.
- Esther
-
noun,
the wife of Ahasuerus.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- harlot
-
noun,
a prostitute; whore.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Thanet
-
noun,
Octave [ok-tiv,, -teyv] /ˈɒk tɪv,, -teɪv/ (Show IPA) pen name of Alice French.
- Thorny
-
adjective,
abounding in or characterized by thorns; spiny; prickly.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Thrale
-
noun,
Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
- halter
-
noun,
a rope or strap with a noose or headstall for leading or restraining horses or cattle.
- estray
-
noun,
a person or animal that has strayed.
- thanes
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- ethnos
-
noun,
an ethnic group.
- theol.
-
- haeres
-
noun,
heres.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- theory
-
noun,
a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena:
Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
- rattly
-
adjective,
tending to rattle; making or having a rattling sound.
- realty
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- Haynes
-
noun,
Elwood [el-woo d] /ˈɛlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1925, U.S. inventor.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- ethno-
-
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- ethyne
-
noun,
acetylene.
- ethyls
-
noun,
a type of antiknock fluid, containing tetraethyl lead and other ingredients for a more even combustion.
- halers
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- ratter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- ethane
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, flammable gas, C 2 H 6 , of the methane series, present in natural gas, illuminating gas, and crude petroleum: used chiefly in organic synthesis and as a fuel gas.
- haloes
-
noun,
Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- shoran
-
noun,
a system for aircraft navigation in which two signals sent from an aircraft are received and answered by two fixed transponders, the round-trip times of the signals enabling the navigator to determine the aircraft's position.
- Halsey
-
noun,
William Frederick ("Bull") 1882–1959, U.S. admiral.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- shorty
-
noun,
a person of less than average stature (sometimes used as a disparaging and offensive term of address).
- tholes
-
noun,
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
- Thales
-
noun,
c640–546? b.c, Greek philosopher, born in Miletus.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- haters
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- shoaly
-
adjective,
full of shoals or shallows.
- rasher
-
noun,
a thin slice of bacon or ham for frying or broiling.
- hatter
-
noun,
a maker or seller of hats.
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- throat
-
noun,
the passage from the mouth to the stomach or to the lungs, including the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, and trachea.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- hasten
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to hasten; accelerate:
- threat
-
noun,
a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace:
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- 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:
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Haslet
-
noun,
the heart, liver, etc., of a hog or other animal used for food.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- healer
-
noun,
a person or thing that heals.
- thaler
-
noun,
any of various former large coins of various German states; dollar.
- enter-
-
- shote
-
noun,
shoat (def 1).
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Seely
-
adjective,
insignificant or feeble; poor.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- satyr
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- shott
-
noun,
chott.
- nears
-
- Other
-
noun,
the other one:
- Lorry
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a motor truck, especially a large one.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- neath
-
preposition,
beneath.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- rrhea
-
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- ster.
-
- 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.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- stony
-
adjective,
full of or abounding in stones or rock:
- ratty
-
adjective,
full of rats.
- sero-
-
- Natty
-
adjective,
neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; spruce:
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Rasht
-
noun,
a city in NW Iran, about 10 miles (16 km) S of the Caspian Sea.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- salty
-
adjective,
tasting of or containing salt; saline.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- synth
-
noun,
Informal. synthesizer (def 2).
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- rayon
-
noun,
a regenerated, semisynthetic textile filament made from cellulose, cotton linters, or wood chips by treating these with caustic soda and carbon disulfide and passing the resultant solution, viscose, through spinnerets.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- style
-
noun,
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character:
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- Lotte
-
noun,
angler (def 3).
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Syene
-
noun,
ancient name of Aswan.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- lt-yr
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- oste-
-
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Selah
-
noun,
an expression occurring frequently in the Psalms, thought to be a liturgical or musical direction, probably a direction by the leader to raise the voice or perhaps an indication of a pause.
- nasty
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- rathe
-
adjective,
Archaic. growing, blooming, or ripening early in the year or season.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- naso-
-
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- styl-
-
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- shoal
-
noun,
a place where a sea, river, or other body of water is shallow.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Stahl
-
noun,
Georg Ernst [gey-ork ernst] /geɪˈɒrk ɛrnst/ (Show IPA), 1660–1734, German chemist and physician.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- rhet.
-
- sorry
-
adjective,
feeling regret, compunction, sympathy, pity, etc.:
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Srta.
-
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- sheet
-
noun,
a large rectangular piece of cotton, linen, or other material used as an article of bedding, commonly spread in pairs so that one is immediately above and the other immediately below the sleeper.
- shoer
-
noun,
a person who shoes horses or other animals.
- snath
-
noun,
the shaft or handle of a scythe.
- rhoea
-
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- sheer
-
noun,
a thin, diaphanous material, as chiffon or voile.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Sheen
-
noun,
luster; brightness; radiance.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- rheas
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- 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.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- oyers
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Resht
-
noun,
Rasht.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- onlay
-
noun,
an overlay, especially one in relief.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- restr
-
- Sheol
-
noun,
the abode of the dead or of departed spirits.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- oaths
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- Sonya
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- shoat
-
noun,
Also, shote. a young, weaned pig.
- Shear
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- nosey
-
adjective,
nosy.
- Short
-
noun,
something that is short.
- slaty
-
adjective,
consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to slate.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Orth.
-
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Shore
-
noun,
the land along the edge of a sea, lake, broad river, etc.
- shorn
-
noun,
Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb)
scissors of large size (usually used with pair of).
any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- 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.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- rears
-
- Neth.
-
- serry
-
verb (used with or without object),
to crowd closely together.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- ryots
-
noun,
a peasant.
- share
-
noun,
the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Shane
-
noun,
a male given name.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- North
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N.
- Relay
-
noun,
a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- shalt
-
verb,
2nd person singular of shall.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- shale
-
noun,
a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Royal
-
noun,
Nautical. a sail set on a royal mast.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- Shona
-
noun,
Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
- Noyes
-
noun,
Alfred, 1880–1958, English poet.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- sloth
-
noun,
habitual disinclination to exertion; indolence; laziness.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- shone
-
noun,
radiance or brightness caused by emitted or reflected light.
- stat.
-
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Healy
-
noun,
Timothy Michael, 1855–1931, Irish nationalist politician.
- haste
-
noun,
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity:
- Hasty
-
adjective,
moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- hater
-
noun,
a person who has an intense dislike for another person or thing (often used in combination):
- hates
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- Hatty
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Harriet.
- heals
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- Harts
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Hearn
-
noun,
Lafcadio [laf-kad-ee-oh] /læfˈkæd iˌoʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Koizumi Yakumo") 1850–1904, U.S. journalist, novelist, and essayist, born in Greece; Japanese citizen after 1894.
- hears
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- heart
-
noun,
Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- heats
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- heels
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- Heyse
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- Thane
-
noun,
Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
- Harte
-
noun,
(Francis) Bret [bret] /brɛt/ (Show IPA), 1839–1902, U.S. author, especially of short stories.
- Helen
-
noun,
Also called Helen of Troy. Classical Mythology. the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda and wife of Menelaus whose abduction by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War.
- hales
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- thens
-
noun,
that time:
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- haets
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- Hayes
-
noun,
Carlton J(oseph) H(untley) 1882–1964, U.S. historian, educator, and diplomat.
- theat
-
- Haley
-
noun,
Alex, 1921–92, U.S. writer.
- haler
-
noun,
heller2 (def 1).
- halo-
-
- Harry
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Harold or Henry.
- halos
-
noun,
Also called nimbus. a geometric shape, usually in the form of a disk, circle, ring, or rayed structure, traditionally representing a radiant light around or above the head of a divine or sacred personage, an ancient or medieval monarch, etc.
- halts
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- artsy
-
adjective,
arty.
- Thare
-
noun,
Terah.
- Hanse
-
noun,
Hansa.
- Hants
-
noun,
Hampshire (def 1).
- haole
-
noun,
(among Polynesian Hawaiians) a term used to refer to a non-Polynesian, especially a white person.
- Thant
-
noun,
U, U Thant.
- helas
-
interjection,
alas!
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- theor
-
- Terry
-
noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Hylas
-
noun,
a tree frog of the genus Hyla.
- hylo-
-
- areo-
-
- hyson
-
noun,
a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop (young hyson)
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- Hoare
-
noun,
Sir Samuel John Gurney [gur-nee] /ˈgɜr ni/ (Show IPA), 1st Viscount Templewood [tem-puh l-woo d] /ˈtɛm pəlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA), 1880–1959, British statesman.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- hoary
-
adjective,
gray or white with age:
- hoars
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Hoyle
-
noun,
Edmond, 1672–1769, English authority and writer on card games.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- terr.
-
- 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.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- hyena
-
noun,
a doglike carnivore of the family Hyaenidae, of Africa, southwestern Asia, and south central Asia, having a coarse coat, a sloping back, and large teeth and feeding chiefly on carrion, often in packs.
- hyal-
-
- Helot
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class in ancient Laconia, constituting a body of serfs who were bound to the land and were owned by the state.
Compare Perioeci, Spartiate.
- herls
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Henry
-
noun,
the standard unit of inductance in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined to be the inductance of a closed circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current in the circuit varies uniformly at a rate of one ampere per second. Abbreviation: H.
- teths
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- Henty
-
noun,
George Alfred, 1832–1902, English journalist and novelist.
- hents
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- Herat
-
noun,
a city in NW Afghanistan.
- Arnel
-
- Herne
-
noun,
James A(hern) [uh-hurn] /əˈhɜrn/ (Show IPA), 1839–1901, U.S. actor and playwright.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- herns
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Heron
-
noun,
any of numerous long-legged, long-necked, usually long-billed birds of the family Ardeidae, including the true herons, egrets, night herons, and bitterns.
- Heros
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- herry
-
verb (used with or without object),
harry.
- testy
-
adjective,
irritably impatient; touchy.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Hetty
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Hester or Esther.
- theo-
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Holst
-
noun,
Gustav Theodore [goo s-tahv] /ˈgʊs tɑv/ (Show IPA), 1874–1934, English composer.
- eyres
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- tythe
-
noun,
Sometimes, tithes. the tenth part of agricultural produce or personal income set apart as an offering to God or for works of mercy, or the same amount regarded as an obligation or tax for the support of the church, priesthood, or the like.
- Tyson
-
noun,
Michael Gerald ("Mike"; "Iron Mike") born 1966, U.S. boxer.
- tyros
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- eyras
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- Tyrol
-
noun,
an alpine region in W Austria and N Italy: a former Austrian crown land.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Elath
-
noun,
Eilat.
- tyres
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Tyree
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, near Ronne Ice Shelf. About 16,290 feet (4965 meters).
- Elyot
-
noun,
Sir Thomas, c1490–1546, English scholar and diplomat.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Elyse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- atty.
-
- atto-
-
- atony
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Torah
-
noun,
the Pentateuch, being the first of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament.
Compare Tanach.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Early
-
noun,
a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Athos
-
noun,
Mount, the easternmost of three prongs of the peninsula of Chalcidice, in NE Greece: site of an autonomous theocracy constituted of 20 monasteries. 131 sq. mi. (340 sq. km); about 35 miles (56 km) long.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earth
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- Athol
-
noun,
a city in central Massachusetts.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Athel
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Elroy
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Theos
-
- 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 .
- erron
-
- Thorn
-
noun,
a sharp excrescence on a plant, especially a sharp-pointed aborted branch; spine; prickle.
- ashen
-
adjective,
ash-colored; gray.
- thole
-
noun,
a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Theta
-
noun,
the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet (Θ, θ).
- these
-
Idioms,
with this, following this; hereupon:
- Esth.
-
- those
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- ethal
-
noun,
cetyl alcohol.
- Ethan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “strength.”.
- Ethel
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- ether
-
noun,
Also called diethyl ether, diethyl oxide, ethyl ether, ethyl oxide, sulfuric ether. Chemistry, Pharmacology. a colorless, highly volatile, flammable liquid, C 4 H 10 O, having an aromatic odor and sweet, burning taste, derived from ethyl alcohol by the action of sulfuric acid: used as a solvent and, formerly, as an inhalant anesthetic.
- Ethyl
-
noun,
a type of antiknock fluid, containing tetraethyl lead and other ingredients for a more even combustion.
- ethos
-
noun,
Sociology. the fundamental character or spirit of a culture; the underlying sentiment that informs the beliefs, customs, or practices of a group or society; dominant assumptions of a people or period:
- there
-
noun,
that state or condition:
- Thera
-
noun,
a Greek island in the S Aegean, in the Cyclades group. 30 sq. mi. (78 sq. km).
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- tynes
-
noun,
tine.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Tyner
-
noun,
McCoy (Sulaimon Saud) born 1938, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Tyler
-
noun,
tiler (def 2).
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- tyees
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- throe
-
noun,
a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm.
- 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.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- ento-
-
- entry
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- THREE
-
noun,
a cardinal number, 2 plus 1.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Asher
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Zilpah. Gen. 30:12–13.
- holes
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- hoyas
-
noun,
any shrubby climbing plant of the genus Hoya, of the milkweed family, especially the wax plant, H. carnosa, a pot plant with waxy white flowers.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- aholt
-
noun,
ahold.
- Leary
-
adjective,
leery1 .
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- 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.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- leash
-
noun,
a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- leery
-
adjective,
wary; suspicious (usually followed by of):
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Lehar
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1870–1948, Hungarian composer of operettas.
- Leahy
-
noun,
William Daniel, 1875–1959, U.S. admiral and diplomat.
- tarry
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- lehrs
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Larry
-
noun,
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
- holts
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- tasty
-
adjective,
good-tasting; savory:
- 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.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- latry
-
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tarty
-
adjective,
tart; somewhat sour.
- tryst
-
noun,
an appointment to meet at a certain time and place, especially one made somewhat secretly by lovers.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lathe
-
noun,
a machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
- lathy
-
adjective,
lathlike; long and thin.
- laths
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- troys
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- stroy
-
verb (used with object),
to destroy.
- tahrs
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- Troth
-
noun,
faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty:
- Tahoe
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in E California and W Nevada, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains: resort. About 200 sq. mi. (520 sq. km); 6225 feet (1897 meters) above sea level.
- Lyons
-
noun,
Joseph Aloysius, 1879–1939, Australian statesman: prime minister 1932–39.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- lyres
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- lyso-
-
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- lytta
-
noun,
a long, worm-shaped cartilage in the tongue of the dog and other carnivorous animals.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loath
-
adjective,
unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse:
- stray
-
noun,
a domestic animal found wandering at large or without an owner.
- 30-30
-
- Story
-
noun,
a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- lyase
-
noun,
any of various enzymes, as decarboxylase, that catalyze reactions involving the formation of or addition to a double bond.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- Leyte
-
noun,
an island in the E central Philippines: focal point of the U.S. invasion of the Philippines 1944. 3085 sq. mi. (7990 sq. km).
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tansy
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- aero-
-
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Taney
-
noun,
Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Lethe
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a river in Hades whose water caused forgetfulness of the past in those who drank of it.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Talys
-
noun,
Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- LeRoy
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old French, meaning “the king.”.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Lesya
-
noun,
any of six possible colors given to the monad, or individual soul, by its karma and being lighter or darker according to the proportion of good or evil included in the karma.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Letha
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ayres
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- atory
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tenth
-
noun,
one of ten equal parts, especially of one (1/10).
- 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.
- tenty
-
adjective,
watchful; attentive.
- Hosea
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- hosel
-
noun,
the socket in the club head of an iron that receives the shaft.
- Hosta
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hosta, of the lily family, which includes the plantain lily.
- hotel
-
noun,
a commercial establishment offering lodging to travelers and sometimes to permanent residents, and often having restaurants, meeting rooms, stores, etc., that are available to the general public.
- trash
-
noun,
anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- hort.
-
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- treas
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- teary
-
adjective,
of or like tears.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Horta
-
noun,
Baron Victor, 1861?–1947, Belgian architect.
- Horst
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has risen in relation to adjacent portions.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- horal
-
adjective,
of or relating to an hour or hours; hourly.
- antsy
-
adjective,
unable to sit or stand still; fidgety:
- Honey
-
noun,
a sweet, viscid fluid produced by bees from the nectar collected from flowers, and stored in nests or hives as food.
- hones
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Terah
-
noun,
the father of Abraham. Gen. 11:25–32.
- tera-
-
- Horae
-
plural noun,
goddesses of the seasons, of cyclical death and rebirth, and sometimes of social order, usually given as three in number, with the names Dike (Justice), Eunomia (Order), and Irene (Peace).
- anth-
-
- horsy
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse.
- horas
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Horne
-
noun,
Lena, 1917–2010, U.S. singer and actress.
- ante-
-
- horny
-
adjective,
consisting of a horn or a hornlike substance; corneous.
- horns
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- Horsa
-
noun,
died a.d. 455, Jutish chief (brother of Hengist).
- horse
-
noun,
a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Yasht
-
noun,
a hymn to a deity.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- teeth
-
noun,
plural of tooth.
- telo-
-
- yetts
-
noun,
gate.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- teeny
-
adjective,
tiny.
- yores
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- tele-
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- treys
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- tears
-
- layer
-
noun,
a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface:
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Yetta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- yenta
-
noun,
a person, especially a woman, who is a busybody or gossip.
- Yeats
-
noun,
William Butler, 1865–1939, Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist: Nobel prize 1923.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- altho
-
conjunction,
although.
- yeans
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- alto-
-
- yearn
-
verb (used without object),
to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
- yeast
-
noun,
any of various small, single-celled fungi of the phylum Ascomycota that reproduce by fission or budding, the daughter cells often remaining attached, and that are capable of fermenting carbohydrates into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Tory
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- tron
-
- Trey
-
noun,
a playing card or a die having three pips.
- Seth
-
noun,
the third son of Adam. Gen. 4:25.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Troy
-
noun,
Latin Ilium. Greek Ilion. an ancient ruined city in NW Asia Minor: the seventh of nine settlements on the site is commonly identified as the Troy of the Iliad.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- tosh
-
noun,
nonsense; bosh.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Shay
-
noun,
a chaise.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Torr
-
noun,
a unit of pressure, being the pressure necessary to support a column of mercury one millimeter high at 0°C and standard gravity, equal to 1333.2 microbars.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tRNA
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Tray
-
noun,
a flat, shallow container or receptacle made of wood, metal, etc., usually with slightly raised edges, used for carrying, holding, or displaying articles of food, glass, china, etc.
- 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.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- shr.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- stay
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 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.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Sra.
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- soln
-
- 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.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- 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.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- str.
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tahr
-
noun,
any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Styr
-
noun,
a river in NW Ukraine, flowing N to the Pripet River. 300 miles (480 km) long.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tanh
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Ste.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sol.
-
- Shan
-
noun,
a group of Mongoloid tribes in the hills of Burma.
- Tyro
-
noun,
a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- they
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- then
-
noun,
that time:
- THOR
-
noun,
Scandinavian Mythology. the god of thunder, rain, and farming, represented as riding a chariot drawn by goats and wielding the hammer Mjolnir: the defender of the Aesir, destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent.
- shoe
-
noun,
an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- tyee
-
noun,
chinook salmon.
- Shoa
-
noun,
the Holocaust.
- Tyne
-
noun,
tine.
- Tyre
-
noun,
an ancient seaport of Phoenicia: one of the great cities of antiquity, famous for its navigators and traders; site of modern Sur.
- Tyrr
-
noun,
Tyr.
- Thea
-
noun,
a female given name.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- toey
-
adjective,
touchy or restive; apprehensive; fractious.
- toys
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- shee
-
noun,
sídh.
- Shea
-
noun,
shea tree.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Tony
-
noun,
one of a group of awards made annually by the American Theatre Wing, a professional school for the performing arts, for achievements in theatrical production and performance.
- thee
-
pronoun,
the objective case of thou1 :
- the-
-
- ter.
-
- teth
-
noun,
the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snye
-
noun,
a backwater.
- 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.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- sley
-
noun,
the reed of a loom.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- 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.
- that
-
Idioms,
at that,
in spite of something; nevertheless:
in addition; besides:
- slay
-
noun,
sley.
- Syr.
-
- syne
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
since.
- syn-
-
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- thae
-
pronoun, adjective,
those.
- shot
-
noun,
a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- than
-
conjunction,
(used, as after comparative adjectives and adverbs, to introduce the second member of an unequal comparison):
- Thar
-
noun,
tahr.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- 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.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lys-
-
- lyse
-
verb (used with object),
to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- lyte
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lory
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- loth
-
adjective,
loath.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ens.
-
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- lyre
-
noun,
a musical instrument of ancient Greece consisting of a soundbox made typically from a turtle shell, with two curved arms connected by a yoke from which strings are stretched to the body, used especially to accompany singing and recitation.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- leys
-
noun,
leu.
- est.
-
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- eso-
-
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Lyra
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lyre, a northern constellation between Cygnus and Hercules, containing the bright star Vega.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- lyes
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- Lyon
-
noun,
Mary, 1797–1849, U.S. pioneer in advocating and providing advanced education for women: founder of Mount Holyoke College.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enl.
-
- Eth.
-
- Noah
-
noun,
the patriarch who built a ship (Noah's Ark) in which he, his family, and animals of every species survived the Flood. Gen. 5–9.
- eyra
-
noun,
a jaguarundi.
- eyot
-
noun,
ait.
- eyne
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- hets
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- nyet
-
adverb, noun,
no1 .
- Nysa
-
noun,
the mountain where Zeus sent the infant Dionysus to protect him from the vindictive wrath of Hera.
- NYSE
-
- eyen
-
noun,
plural of eye.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nosh
-
noun,
a snack.
- nosy
-
adjective,
unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
- not-
-
- Eyre
-
noun,
a circuit made by an itinerant judge (justice in eyre) in medieval England.
- ELAS
-
- Enyo
-
noun,
an ancient Greek war goddess.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Nah.
-
- nays
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Nary
-
adjective,
not any; no; never a:
- Nash
-
noun,
John, 1752–1835, English architect and city planner.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Elys
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Neh.
-
- neo-
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Lehr
-
noun,
an oven used to anneal glass.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- heel
-
noun,
the back part of the human foot, below and behind the ankle.
- Hos.
-
- Hose
-
noun,
a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point:
- Host
-
noun,
a person who receives or entertains guests at home or elsewhere:
- HERA
-
noun,
the ancient Greek queen of heaven, a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the wife and sister of Zeus.
- hots
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- her.
-
- hent
-
verb (used with object),
to seize.
- Heer
-
noun,
an old unit of measure for linen and woolen yarn, equivalent to about 600 yards (550 meters).
- heat
-
noun,
the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- hora
-
noun,
a traditional Romanian and Israeli round dance.
- Yale
-
noun,
Elihu, 1648–1721, English colonial official, born in America: governor of Madras 1687–92; principal benefactor of the Collegiate School at Saybrook, Connecticut (now Yale University).
- hear
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the ear:
- yare
-
adjective,
quick; agile; lively.
- yarn
-
noun,
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- HEAO
-
- heal
-
verb (used with object),
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
- hate
-
noun,
intense dislike; extreme aversion or hostility.
- yeah
-
adverb,
yes.
- Horn
-
noun,
one of the bony, permanent, hollow paired growths, often curved and pointed, that project from the upper part of the head of certain ungulate mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, or antelopes.
- hor.
-
- year
-
noun,
a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year)
Compare common year, leap year.
- hoys
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- Hyla
-
noun,
a tree frog of the genus Hyla.
- hers
-
noun,
Slang. a female:
- hyte
-
adjective,
insane; mad.
- Herr
-
noun,
the conventional German title of respect and term of address for a man, corresponding to Mr. or in direct address to sir.
- hoar
-
noun,
hoarfrost; rime.
- HERO
-
noun,
a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character:
- herl
-
noun,
a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- Hoya
-
noun,
any shrubby climbing plant of the genus Hoya, of the milkweed family, especially the wax plant, H. carnosa, a pot plant with waxy white flowers.
- Hoyt
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “glee.”.
- Hons
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- hol-
-
- Hola
-
interjection,
hi; hello:
- Hole
-
noun,
an opening through something; gap; aperture:
- holy
-
noun,
a place of worship; sacred place; sanctuary.
- hols
-
plural noun,
Sometimes, hol. British Informal. holiday (def 5).
- Holt
-
noun,
a wood or grove.
- Here
-
noun,
this place:
- hone
-
noun,
a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- yean
-
verb (used without object),
(of a sheep or goat) to bring forth young.
- yeas
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lath
-
noun,
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lash
-
noun,
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- lea.
-
- Leah
-
noun,
the first wife of Jacob. Gen. 29:23–26.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- eths
-
noun,
a letter in the form of a crossed d, written đ or ð, used in Old English writing to represent both voiced and unvoiced th and in modern Icelandic and in phonetic alphabets to represent voiced th.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- yens
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Hale
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a simple thatched-roof dwelling.
- hast
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- Hart
-
noun,
a male deer, commonly of the red deer, Cervus elaphus, especially after its fifth year.
- Hare
-
noun,
any rodentlike mammal of the genus Lepus, of the family Leporidae, having long ears, a divided upper lip, and long hind limbs adapted for leaping.
- yett
-
noun,
gate.
- Hans
-
noun,
a male given name, Germanic form of John.
- halt
-
noun,
a temporary or permanent stop.
- Hals
-
noun,
Frans [frahns] /frɑ̃s/ (Show IPA), 1581?–1666, Dutch portrait and genre painter.
- yore
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. time past:
- yrs.
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Yser
-
noun,
a river flowing from N France through NW Belgium into the North Sea: battles 1914–18. 55 miles (89 km) long.
- hal-
-
- Hays
-
noun,
Will (Harrison) 1879–1954, U.S. lawyer, politician, and official of the motion-picture industry.
- haet
-
noun,
a little bit; a whit.
- haes
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- ette
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- lays
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- eyes
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- 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.
- 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.
- ant.
-
- resh
-
noun,
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- ano-
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Rhea
-
noun,
the ramie plant or fiber.
- Rhee
-
noun,
Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- Rhys
-
noun,
Jean (Ellen Gwendolen Rees Williams) 1890–1979, English novelist, born in Dominica.
- rhos
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- ryal
-
noun,
rose noble.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rely
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- ryas
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- arr.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- aryl
-
adjective,
containing an aryl group.
- rel.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rash
-
noun,
an eruption or efflorescence on the skin.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Ryan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Arty
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ayes
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- Ayer
-
noun,
Sir A(lfred) J(ules) 1910–1989, English philosopher, teacher, and author.
- ahoy
-
interjection,
(used as a call to hail another ship, attract attention, etc.)
- aet.
-
- aery
-
noun,
aerie.
- aer-
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Roth
-
noun,
Phillip, born 1933, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- 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.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ryes
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Ryle
-
noun,
Sir Martin, 1918–84, British astronomer: Nobel Prize in physics 1974.
- ryot
-
noun,
a peasant.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- RNAS
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- ayre
-
noun,
air1 (def 8d).
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- RONA
-
- Rory
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rort
-
noun,
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosy
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- art.
-
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- ator
-
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- atry
-
adjective,
lying to under a trysail in heavy weather; trying.
- Ont.
-
- attn
-
- only
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ole-
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oary
-
adjective,
oarlike.
- eyas
-
noun,
a nestling, usually a hawk.
- eery
-
adjective,
eerie.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eath
-
adjective, adverb,
easy.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- easy
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- 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.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- oath
-
noun,
a solemn appeal to a deity, or to some revered person or thing, to witness one's determination to speak the truth, to keep a promise, etc.:
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- oyer
-
noun,
oyer and terminer.
- Orly
-
noun,
a suburb SE of Paris, France: international airport.
- hest
-
noun,
behest.
- OSHA
-
noun,
the division of the Department of Labor that sets and enforces occupational health and safety rules.
- att.
-
- Ashe
-
noun,
Arthur (Robert, Jr) 1943–93, U.S. tennis player.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ashy
-
adjective,
ash-colored; pale; wan:
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Hey
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)
- Tro
-
- aye
-
noun,
an affirmative vote or voter, especially in British Parliament, corresponding to yea in U.S. Congress.
- TRH
-
- ARS
-
- Hen
-
noun,
the female of the domestic fowl.
- Hel
-
noun,
the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
- aor
-
- ERT
-
- eye
-
noun,
the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- th-
-
- ese
-
- tha
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ASN
-
- AYH
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- tr.
-
- ESL
-
- ESA
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- AHL
-
- TOY
-
noun,
an object, often a small representation of something familiar, as an animal or person, for children or others to play with; plaything.
- TTY
-
- ase
-
- Ehr
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- 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.
- TSH
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TSE
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- al.
-
- AHE
-
- EEO
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- tlr
-
- ae.
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- Ash
-
noun,
the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.
- tlo
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Ayn
-
noun,
ʿain.
- tra
-
- ast
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ASR
-
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ETO
-
- en-
-
- ary
-
adjective,
any; anyone.
- ene
-
- TNT
-
- ESR
-
- Any
-
Idioms,
any which way, in any manner whatever; indifferently or carelessly:
- at.
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- ety
-
- EOE
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- hr.
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Han
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 206 b.c.–a.d. 220, with an interregnum, a.d. 9–25: characterized by consolidation of the centralized imperial state and territorial expansion.
Compare Earlier Han, Later Han.
- HAT
-
noun,
a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- Ayr
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Scotland.
- ean
-
- has
-
noun,
Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- ays
-
- Ely
-
noun,
Isle of, a former administrative county in E England: now part of Cambridgeshire.
- HAO
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Vietnam, the tenth part of a dong.
- thy
-
pronoun,
the possessive case of thou (used as an attributive adjective before a noun beginning with a consonant sound):
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ea.
-
- hae
-
verb (used with object), auxiliary verb,
have.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Tyr
-
noun,
the god of strife.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Hay
-
noun,
grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ery
-
- eo-
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- het
-
noun,
a heterosexual person.
- SLR
-
- soy
-
noun,
soy sauce.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ory
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- Ola
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Sly
-
Idioms,
on the sly, secretly; furtively:
- ose
-
- SLE
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- Re.
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Oys
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- NRA
-
- 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:
- NHA
-
- NHL
-
- NHS
-
- NYA
-
- Nye
-
noun,
Edgar Wilson ("Bill Nye") 1850–96, U.S. humorist.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Noh
-
noun,
Nō.
- Sta
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- St.
-
- NSA
-
- Nth
-
Idioms,
the nth degree / power,
a high degree or power.
the utmost degree or extent:
- Sr.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- OSA
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OAS
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- SLA
-
- rah
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of encouragement to a player or team.)
- Ney
-
noun,
Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), Duke of Elchingen [el-khing-uh n] /ˈɛl xɪŋ ən/ (Show IPA), 1769–1815, French revolutionary and Napoleonic military leader: marshal of France 1805–15.
- So.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- 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).
- SRO
-
- Roy
-
noun,
Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- SAE
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SAR
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SHA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Ray
-
noun,
a narrow beam of light.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Syl
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- sht
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- REA
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Rey
-
noun,
a city in N Iran, near Teheran.
- sho
-
- ROA
-
- shy
-
noun,
a sudden start aside, as in fear.
- 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.
- rhe
-
noun,
a centimeter-gram-second unit of fluidity, equal to the reciprocal of poise.
- rho
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet (P, ρ).
- rya
-
noun,
a handwoven Scandinavian rug with a thick pile and usually a strong, colorful design.
- Rye
-
noun,
a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
- she
-
noun,
a female person or animal.
- RNA
-
- RNR
-
- NES
-
- nr.
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEA
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- La.
-
- Lt.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lay
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- 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.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- YHA
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ley
-
noun,
leu.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- yon
-
pronoun,
that or those yonder.
- Teh
-
noun,
Te.
- TAL
-
- ht.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Hoe
-
noun,
a long-handled implement having a thin, flat blade usually set transversely, used to break up the surface of the ground, destroy weeds, etc.
- Hoy
-
noun,
a heavy barge used in harbors.
- Hon
-
noun,
honey (def 6).
- hot
-
noun,
the hots, Slang. intense sexual desire or attraction.
- HRE
-
- hrs
-
- HST
-
- Hts
-
- yet
-
Idioms,
as yet. as1 (def 31).
- yah
-
interjection,
an exclamation of impatience or derision.
- Yao
-
noun,
Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a legendary emperor of China who, with his successor (Shun) was a paragon of good government.
- yar
-
adjective,
yare (defs 1, 2).
- yas
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- yea
-
noun,
an affirmation; an affirmative reply or vote.
- Yen
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Japan, equal to 100 sen or 1000 rin. Symbol: ¥; Abbreviation: Y.
- Yeo
-
- yer
-
- yes
-
noun,
an affirmative reply.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- TTS
-
- LTA
-
- sty
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- ltr
-
- LST
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LON
-
- Loy
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LTh
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nay
-
noun,
a denial or refusal.
- STL
-
- Tay
-
noun,
a river flowing through central Scotland into the Firth of Tay. 118 miles (190 km) long.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- lye
-
noun,
a highly concentrated, aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide.
- NH
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- RO
-
- Hy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Hiram.
- TN
-
- HE
-
noun,
any male person or animal; a man:
- ye
-
pronoun,
Archaic, except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose Literary, or British Dialect.
(used nominatively as the plural of thou especially in rhetorical, didactic, or poetic contexts, in addressing a group of persons or things):
(used nominatively for the second person singular, especially in polite address):
(used objectively in the second person singular or plural):
- sh
-
interjection,
(used to urge silence.)
- N.
-
- ty
-
- TL
-
- YT
-
- YA
-
noun,
the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Y.
-
- NL
-
- TT
-
- S.
-
- HL
-
- SL
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- HO
-
noun,
a sexually promiscuous woman.
- NY
-
- 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.
- AO
-
- AH
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation of pain, surprise, pity, complaint, dislike, joy, etc., according to the manner of utterance.)
- SA
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ey
-
- t.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- le
-
- OH
-
noun,
the exclamation “oh.”.
- oy
-
noun,
a grandchild.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RH
-
- ol
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SN
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ee
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- RN
-
- eh
-
interjection,
(an interrogative utterance, usually expressing surprise or doubt or seeking confirmation).
- L.
-
- ry
-
- ly
-
- yl
-
- yo
-
interjection,
(used as an exclamation to get someone's attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
- yr
-
- LR
-
- O.
-
- OA
-
- LH
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- h.
-
- sy
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Seymour, Simon, or Silas.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- R.
-