Anagrams of notabilities
Word notabilities has
1 exact anagrams and 1153 other words
that can be made by using the letters of notabilities.
- bitonalities
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noun,
the simultaneous occurrence of two tonalities in a composition.
- latinities
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noun,
knowledge or use of the Latin language:
- tonalities
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noun,
Music.
the sum of relations, melodic and harmonic, existing between the tones of a scale or musical system.
a particular scale or system of tones; a key.
- nobilities
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noun,
the noble class or the body of nobles in a country.
- abilities
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noun,
power or capacity to do or act physically, mentally, legally, morally, financially, etc.
- obstinate
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adjective,
firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- initiates
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noun,
a person who has been initiated.
- libations
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noun,
a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity.
- entoblast
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noun,
endoderm.
- tailbones
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noun,
the coccyx.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- intitles
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verb (used with object),
entitle.
- Nobelist
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noun,
a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- notables
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noun,
a prominent, distinguished, or important person.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- tibetans
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noun,
a member of the people native to or inhabiting Tibet.
- stibnite
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noun,
a soft mineral, antimony sulfide, Sb 2 S 3 , lead-gray in color with a metallic luster, occurring in crystals, often acicular, or in bladed masses: the most important ore of antimony.
- INTELSAT
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noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- sibilate
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce with a hissing sound.
- botanist
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noun,
a specialist in botany.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- botanies
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noun,
the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- instable
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adjective,
not stable; unstable.
- stilbite
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noun,
a white-to-brown or red zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum, occurring in sheaflike aggregates of crystals and in radiated masses.
- test-ban
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noun,
an agreement by nations producing nuclear weapons to refrain from testing them in the atmosphere.
- biotites
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noun,
a very common mineral of the mica group, occurring in black, dark-brown, or dark-green sheets and flakes: an important constituent of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
- sibilant
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noun,
Phonetics. a sibilant consonant.
- initials
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- lienitis
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noun,
inflammation of the spleen; splenitis.
- initiate
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noun,
a person who has been initiated.
- libation
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noun,
a pouring out of wine or other liquid in honor of a deity.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- tailbone
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noun,
the coccyx.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- Latinist
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noun,
a specialist in Latin.
- tonalist
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noun,
a person who works with or uses tonality, especially one who uses traditional tonality rather than atonality in composing music.
- liaison
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noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- talents
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- Lesbian
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noun,
an inhabitant of Lesbos.
- Letitia
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “gladness.”.
- obelias
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noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- titians
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noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- Antibes
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noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- bitonal
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adjective,
marked by or using bitonality.
- obtains
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verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- Astilbe
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noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- obstet.
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- oblates
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noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- blasto-
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- bistate
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving two states, especially of the U.S.:
- instate
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- 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.
- isation
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- battles
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noun,
a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces:
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- battens
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noun,
a small board or strip of wood used for various building purposes, as to cover joints between boards, reinforce certain doors, or supply a foundation for lathing.
- battels
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noun,
an account with or terminal bill from a college of Oxford University for board, kitchen, and buttery expenses.
- batiste
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noun,
a fine, often sheer fabric, constructed in either a plain or figured weave and made of any of various natural or synthetic fibers.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- isoline
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noun,
isogram.
- bastion
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noun,
Fortification. a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work.
- isolate
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- Tbilisi
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noun,
a city in and the capital of the Georgian Republic, in the SE part, on the Kura.
- basinet
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noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- bestial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- biotite
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noun,
a very common mineral of the mica group, occurring in black, dark-brown, or dark-green sheets and flakes: an important constituent of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
- Bettina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- iolites
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noun,
cordierite.
- lattens
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- Iobates
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noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- bainite
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noun,
an aggregate of iron carbide and ferrite, formed from austenite below the temperature at which pearlite forms and above that at which martensite forms.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- intitle
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verb (used with object),
entitle.
- Tibetan
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noun,
a member of the people native to or inhabiting Tibet.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- biotins
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noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble vitamin, C 10 H 16 O 3 N 2 S, of the vitamin B complex, that is present in all living cells and functions as a growth factor and as a catalyst in carboxylation reactions.
- initial
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- anisole
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- Stilton
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- albinos
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noun,
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
- steato-
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- tabinet
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noun,
a fabric resembling poplin, made of silk and wool and usually given a watered finish.
- Alebion
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noun,
a son of Poseidon who, with his brother Dercynus, was killed by Hercules while attempting to steal the cattle that Hercules had taken from Geryon.
- bonitas
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noun,
a female given name.
- albites
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noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- niobate
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noun,
any salt of niobic acid; columbate.
- 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.
- litotes
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noun,
understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- stibial
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adjective,
of or resembling antimony.
- stibine
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noun,
a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous gas, SbH 3 , usually produced by the reaction of dilute hydrochloric acid with an alloy of antimony and either zinc or magnesium.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- bottles
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noun,
a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- station
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noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- notable
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noun,
a prominent, distinguished, or important person.
- elitist
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noun,
a person having, thought to have, or professing superior intellect or talent, power, wealth, or membership in the upper echelons of society:
- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- stabile
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noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- altoist
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noun,
a performer on the alto saxophone.
- tonlets
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noun,
a skirt of plates.
- Ileitis
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noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- ebonist
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noun,
a worker in ebony.
- notates
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verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- elision
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noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- boatels
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noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- binate
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adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- tanist
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noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- Benita
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noun,
a female given name.
- set-to
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noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- Benoit
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noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- Easton
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noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- iolite
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noun,
cordierite.
- beanos
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noun,
bingo.
- stable
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noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- Beaton
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noun,
Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) 1904–80, English photographer, writer, and theatrical designer.
- solate
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verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- steno-
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- Besant
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noun,
bezant.
- Beloit
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noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- Belton
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noun,
a town in W Missouri.
- elints
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Solent
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noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- bettas
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noun,
fighting fish.
- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- seniti
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noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Isabel
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noun,
a female given name.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- isatin
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- blinis
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plural noun,
pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.
- botels
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noun,
boatel.
- talons
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noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Blaise
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noun,
a male given name.
- bitten
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noun,
an act of biting.
- boites
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noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- Talbot
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noun,
a hound with long pendent ears.
- sit-in
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noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Blaine
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noun,
James Gillespie [gi-les-pee] /gɪˈlɛs pi/ (Show IPA), 1830–93, U.S. statesman.
- boatel
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noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- blains
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noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- Iletin
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- sitten
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verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- taints
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noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Salten
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- bloats
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noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- bleats
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noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- silane
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- blites
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noun,
sea blite.
- tablet
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noun,
a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
- talent
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- etalon
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Eolian
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noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- bottle
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noun,
a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
- sobeit
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conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- instil
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verb (used with object),
instill.
- tainos
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- stolen
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noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- talion
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noun,
lex talionis.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- biotas
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noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- tables
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noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- biotin
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noun,
a crystalline, water-soluble vitamin, C 10 H 16 O 3 N 2 S, of the vitamin B complex, that is present in all living cells and functions as a growth factor and as a catalyst in carboxylation reactions.
- Bosnia
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noun,
a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary (1879–1918) now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- bonsai
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noun,
a tree or shrub that has been dwarfed, as by pruning the roots and pinching, and is grown in a pot or other container and trained to produce a desired shape or effect.
- Bonita
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noun,
a female given name.
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Sloane
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noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- bolita
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noun,
a form of numbers pool.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- labio-
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- Obelia
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noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- Tilsit
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noun,
former name of Sovetsk.
- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- Li-sao
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noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- Lisbon
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Portugal, in the SW part, on the Tagus estuary.
- litten
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adjective,
lighted1 .
- Aeolis
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noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- atones
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verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Lottie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- albino
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noun,
a person with pale skin, light hair, pinkish eyes, and visual abnormalities resulting from a hereditary inability to produce the pigment melanin.
- tie-in
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noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Albion
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noun,
Alebion.
- tibias
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noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- absent
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adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- abseil
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noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- Bailie
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noun,
(in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman.
- Alston
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noun,
a male given name.
- tolans
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noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- tineas
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- titles
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noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- oblate
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noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- nobles
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noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- aniso-
-
- toiles
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- anoles
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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.
- Titian
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noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- aiolis
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noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- oblast
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noun,
(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- liaise
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- obtest
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verb (used with object),
to invoke as witness.
- toilet
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noun,
a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination.
- titans
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noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- Nobile
-
noun,
Umberto [oo m-ber-taw] /ʊmˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and arctic explorer.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- tisane
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- obtain
-
verb (used with object),
to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request:
- tinsel
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- teston
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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.
- telson
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noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- lobate
-
adjective,
having a lobe lobes; lobed.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- totals
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- basion
-
noun,
the midpoint of the anterior margin of the foramen magnum.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- battel
-
noun,
an account with or terminal bill from a college of Oxford University for board, kitchen, and buttery expenses.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- batten
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noun,
a small board or strip of wood used for various building purposes, as to cover joints between boards, reinforce certain doors, or supply a foundation for lathing.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- battle
-
noun,
a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces:
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- Sabine
-
noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- Alboin
-
noun,
died a.d. 573? king of the Langobards 561?–573?
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- tonlet
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- otitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ear.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Lotte
-
noun,
angler (def 3).
- estab
-
- Nabis
-
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- naso-
-
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Noble
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- Nobel
-
noun,
Alfred Bernhard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd] /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- IATSE
-
- 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.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- oste-
-
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- seti-
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- sebi-
-
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Ital.
-
- ition
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- sanit
-
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- sito-
-
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Iblis
-
noun,
an evil spirit or devil, the chief of the wicked jinn.
- Sino-
-
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- ileo-
-
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- ilio-
-
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- init.
-
- obiit
-
- Libia
-
noun,
Libya.
- in-lb
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insol
-
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- inst.
-
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- 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.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- tibia
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- Betti
-
noun,
Ugo [oo-gaw] /ˈu gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1953, Italian poet and dramatist.
- Tobit
-
noun,
a book of the Apocrypha.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- Betta
-
noun,
fighting fish.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- BLitt
-
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- alibi
-
noun,
Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- biol.
-
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- Blain
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- bitts
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- biont
-
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- binal
-
adjective,
double; twofold.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- balon
-
noun,
ballon.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- bason
-
noun,
a basin.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- teno-
-
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- 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.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Baton
-
noun,
Music. a wand used by a conductor.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- alto-
-
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Tibet
-
noun,
Also, Thibet. Also called Sitsang, Xizang. Official name Tibet Autonomous Region. an administrative division of China, N of the Himalayas: prior to 1950 a theocracy under the Dalai Lama; the highest country in the world, average elevation about 16,000 feet (4877 meters). 471,660 sq. mi. (1,221,599 sq. km). Capital: Lhasa.
- anis-
-
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- alti-
-
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- batts
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- beano
-
noun,
bingo.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- telo-
-
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Balt.
-
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- 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).
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- botts
-
noun,
bot2 .
- 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.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- tonia
-
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stat.
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- 30-30
-
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- toti-
-
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- ation
-
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- atto-
-
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- aboil
-
adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- 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.
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- bloat
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- blini
-
plural noun,
pancakes made with yeast and either white or buckwheat flour and traditionally served during Shrovetide with caviar and sour cream.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- bones
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- ante-
-
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- bolas
-
noun,
bola (def 1).
- 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.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- 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.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- obs.
-
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- 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.
- 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.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- neo-
-
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- NTSB
-
- NTIA
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Tob.
-
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- not-
-
- 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.
- nos-
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Tit.
-
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- tion
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- 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.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Soni
-
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- soln
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- 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.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- 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.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- tab.
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Sab.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- Ont.
-
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ole-
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- SBLI
-
- 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.
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- ten.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tel-
-
- 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.
- SATB
-
- Sat.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- 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.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- BSAE
-
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- Lab.
-
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bal.
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- itol
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- itis
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- enl.
-
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- iso-
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Lani
-
- Ens.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- lea.
-
- ELAS
-
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- 1080
-
- att.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- BLit
-
- 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.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- attn
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- ible
-
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- bet.
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ile-
-
- est.
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ibis
-
noun,
any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill.
Compare sacred ibis.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- bin-
-
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- bio-
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- eso-
-
- bitt
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- batt
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- ISBN
-
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- intl
-
- int.
-
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- ins.
-
- inae
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- 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.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- aet.
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Bona
-
noun,
Bône, the former name of Annaba.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- lobs
-
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- AISI
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- btl.
-
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- BSOT
-
- bott
-
noun,
bot2 .
- BSIE
-
- BSIT
-
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- BSNA
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- abs-
-
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abl.
-
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- ABLS
-
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bot.
-
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- LitB
-
- lit.
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ano-
-
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- ANSI
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ant.
-
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Lib.
-
- alt.
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Alb.
-
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- Bol.
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lin.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAL
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ble
-
- BLS
-
- BLA
-
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- BNS
-
- ne-
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- tlo
-
- TNB
-
- TNT
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ase
-
- ae.
-
- abt
-
- 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.
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- abn
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- an.
-
- al.
-
- ab-
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- asb
-
- ASI
-
- BIE
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- bi-
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- TBA
-
- Tbi
-
- TBO
-
- 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.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- ASN
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- TIA
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- bl.
-
- be-
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- ATB
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- BSL
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- BSA
-
- ose
-
- OTB
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- LBO
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- ons
-
- OTS
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Ola
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ote
-
- So.
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- La.
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Lt.
-
- BSE
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- SAE
-
- OIt
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- Isl
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- LST
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- LTA
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIA
-
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- 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:
- NES
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NBA
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- NbE
-
- NBS
-
- LSI
-
- 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.
- Les
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- obl
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- OBE
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OAS
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- OSB
-
- OSA
-
- ob.
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- NSA
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LON
-
- SBE
-
- TTS
-
- se-
-
- ESA
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- en-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- NEA
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- St.
-
- ESL
-
- ETO
-
- ETS
-
- io-
-
- SLE
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Sta
-
- IAS
-
- eo-
-
- STL
-
- BSN
-
- BSO
-
- BST
-
- Bt.
-
- BTE
-
- STI
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EIS
-
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- STB
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EbN
-
- EBS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- SLA
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- IOT
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Bn.
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- ILS
-
- ILO
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ib.
-
- IBN
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ise
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ISA
-
- T1
-
- 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.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- L.
-
- AO
-
- EI
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NB
-
- NI
-
- t.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TB
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NL
-
- TT
-
- ln
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- i.
-
- ol
-
- SN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- S.
-
- SA
-
- TL
-
- SL
-
- TN
-
- B-
-
- BO
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- OA
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- O.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L2
-
- le
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- Eb
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- L1
-