Anagrams of Occidentalize
Word Occidentalize has
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- celadonite
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noun,
a hydrous silicate of iron and potassium; an iron-rich soft mica.
- conciliate
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verb (used with object),
to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over:
- indelicate
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adjective,
offensive to a sense of generally accepted propriety, modesty, or decency; improper, unrefined, or coarse:
- Diocletian
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noun,
(Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) a.d. 245–316, Illyrian soldier: emperor of Rome 284–305.
- Occidental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of the Occident.
- dentalize
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verb (used with object),
to change into or pronounce as a dental sound.
- dialectic
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noun,
the art or practice of logical discussion as employed in investigating the truth of a theory or opinion.
- declinate
-
adjective,
having a downward curve or slope; bending away, as from the horizontal:
- teniacide
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noun,
taeniacide.
- anecdotic
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adjective,
anecdotal.
- Icelandic
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noun,
the language of Iceland, a North Germanic language. Abbreviation: Icel.
- lidocaine
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noun,
a synthetic crystalline powder, C 14 H 22 N 2 O, used as a local anesthetic and also in the management of certain arrhythmias.
- cocainize
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verb (used with object),
to treat with or affect by cocaine.
- dianoetic
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adjective,
pertaining to dianoia.
- lactonize
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verb (used with or without object),
to change into a lactone.
- identical
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adjective,
similar or alike in every way:
- toe-dance
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noun,
a dance performed on the tips of the toes.
- niccolite
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noun,
nickeline.
- conceited
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noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- ideation
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- ctenizid
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noun,
a spider of the family Ctenizidae, comprising the trap-door spiders.
- ctenidia
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noun,
any of various comblike or featherlike structures, as the row of stiff bristles on the legs of a psocid.
- cnidocil
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noun,
a hairlike sensory process projecting from the surface of a cnidoblast, believed to trigger the discharge of the nematocyst.
- Occident
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noun,
the Occident.
the West; the countries of Europe and America.
Western Hemisphere.
- actinoid
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adjective,
raylike; radiate.
- denticle
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noun,
a small tooth or toothlike part.
- anecdote
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noun,
a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
- ice-cold
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adjective,
cold as ice:
- diatonic
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adjective,
noting those scales that contain five whole tones and two semitones, as the major, minor, and certain modal scales.
- Latinize
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verb (used with object),
to cause to conform to the customs, traditions, beliefs, etc., of the Latins or the Latin Church.
- actinide
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noun,
any element of the actinide series.
- dilation
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noun,
the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- dateline
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- D-notice
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noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- enclitic
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noun,
an enclitic word, as Latin que “and” in arma virumque, “arms and the man.”.
- tolidine
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noun,
any of several isomeric derivatives of biphenyl containing two methyl and two amino groups, especially the ortho isomer that is used as a reagent and in the preparation of dyes.
- coincide
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verb (used without object),
to occupy the same place in space, the same point or period in time, or the same relative position:
- election
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noun,
the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
- lanceted
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adjective,
having lancet-headed openings.
- idealize
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verb (used with object),
to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
- Catiline
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noun,
(Lucius Sergius Catilina) 108?–62 b.c, Roman politician and conspirator.
- calicoed
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adjective,
dressed in calico.
- indocile
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adjective,
not willing to receive teaching, training, or discipline; fractious; unruly.
- accident
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noun,
an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss; casualty; mishap:
- canticle
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noun,
one of the nonmetrical hymns or chants, chiefly from the Bible, used in church services.
- cleidoic
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adjective,
isolated from the environment, as certain eggs enclosed within a shell or membrane.
- deionize
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verb (used with object),
to remove ions from.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- iodinate
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- indicate
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verb (used with object),
to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show:
- deletion
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noun,
an act or instance of deleting.
- delicate
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noun,
Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
- idiolect
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noun,
a person's individual speech pattern.
Compare dialect (def 1).
- catenoid
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- Cecilia
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noun,
Saint, died a.d. 230? Roman martyr: patron saint of music.
- anilide
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noun,
any compound containing the univalent group C 6 H 5 NH–, derived from aniline, as acetanilide, C 8 H 9 NO.
- Decalin
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- Doenitz
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noun,
Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1891–1980, German admiral.
- lionize
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verb (used with object),
to treat (a person) as a celebrity:
- Nicolai
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noun,
(Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) [kahrl awt-oh ey-ruh n-freet] /kɑrl ˈɔt oʊ ˈeɪ rənˌfrit/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, German composer.
- Cainite
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noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- Caitlin
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noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- Docetae
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plural noun,
early Christian adherents of Docetism.
- calcine
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noun,
material resulting from calcination; calx.
- calcite
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noun,
one of the commonest minerals, calcium carbonate, CaCO 3 , found in a great variety of crystalline forms: a major constituent of limestone, marble, and chalk; calc-spar.
- Nicolet
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- conceit
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noun,
an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance, wit, etc.
- licence
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noun, verb (used with object),
license.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- ecocide
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noun,
the destruction of large areas of the natural environment by such activity as nuclear warfare, overexploitation of resources, or dumping of harmful chemicals.
- Oceanid
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noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- cotidal
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adjective,
pertaining to a coincidence of tides.
- anodize
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verb (used with object),
to coat (a metal, especially magnesium or aluminum) with a protective film by chemical or electrolytic means.
- decline
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noun,
a downward slope; declivity.
- deltaic
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adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- ctenoid
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adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- Delicia
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noun,
a female given name.
- concede
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verb (used with object),
to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit:
- deontic
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adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- nodical
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adjective,
of or relating to a node or the nodes.
- Delaine
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- dialect
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noun,
Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
- deictic
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noun,
Grammar. a deictic element.
- Cadence
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noun,
rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words:
- conidia
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noun,
(in fungi) an asexual spore formed by abstriction at the top of a hyphal branch.
- Nilotic
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noun,
a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.
- diazine
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noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 4 H 4 N 2 , containing a ring of four carbon atoms and two nitrogen atoms.
- cineole
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noun,
a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
- diazole
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noun,
any of a group of organic compounds containing three carbon atoms and two nitrogen atoms arranged in a ring.
- diction
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noun,
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:
- decanol
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
- Candiot
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noun,
a Cretan.
- Oceanic
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adjective,
of, living in, or produced by the ocean:
- Candice
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noun,
a female given name.
- Leotine
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noun,
a female given name.
- calzone
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noun,
a turnover made of pizza dough, usually containing cheese, prosciutto, and herbs or garlic and either baked or fried.
- edition
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noun,
one of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc. (distinguished from impression).
- acidize
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verb (used with or without object),
to impregnate or become impregnated with acid; acidify.
- centile
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noun,
(not in technical use) a percentile.
- laicize
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verb (used with object),
to remove the clerical character or nature of; secularize:
- Iceland
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noun,
a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- Adeline
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- lentoid
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noun,
a lentoid body.
- actino-
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- actinic
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adjective,
pertaining to actinism.
- zeolite
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noun,
any of a group of hydrated silicates of aluminum with alkali metals, commonly occurring as secondary minerals in cavities in basic volcanic rocks: used for their molecular sieve properties because they undergo dehydration with little or no change in crystal structure.
- aconite
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- idolize
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verb (used with object),
to regard with blind adoration, devotion, etc.
- Zetland
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noun,
former name of Shetland Islands.
- lactone
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noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- Laodice
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
- acetone
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noun,
a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
- acetoin
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noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- Laconic
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adjective,
using few words; expressing much in few words; concise:
- ization
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- zincate
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noun,
a salt derived from H 2 ZnO 2 , the acid form of amphoteric zinc hydroxide.
- accidie
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noun,
acedia.
- zincite
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noun,
a brittle, deep-red to orange-yellow mineral, native zinc oxide, ZnO, usually massive or granular: formerly an important ore of zinc.
- inedita
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plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- citizen
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noun,
a native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection (distinguished from alien).
- ciliate
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- citadel
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noun,
a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
- Zeeland
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noun,
a province in the SW Netherlands, consisting largely of islands. 1041 sq. mi. (2695 sq. km). Capital: Middelburg.
- identic
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adjective,
identical.
- Latinic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
- codline
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noun,
an untarred cord of hemp or cotton, used for fishing and for various purposes aboard a ship.
- conceal
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verb (used with object),
to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight:
- lenitic
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adjective,
lentic.
- eidetic
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adjective,
of, relating to, or constituting visual imagery vividly experienced and readily reproducible with great accuracy and in great detail.
- colicin
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noun,
any bacteriocin produced by certain strains of Escherichia coli and having a lethal effect on strains other than the producing strain.
- Celadon
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noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- Celaeno
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a Pleiad.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- Eleatic
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noun,
a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
- 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.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- coeliac
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adjective,
celiac.
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- lection
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- codeine
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
- cenacle
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noun,
the room where the Last Supper took place.
- enolize
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verb (used with or without object),
to convert into an enol or enolate.
- cocaine
-
noun,
a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C 17 H 21 NO 4 , obtained from coca leaves, used as a local anesthetic and also widely used as an illicit drug for its stimulant and euphorigenic properties.
- codicil
-
noun,
a supplement to a will, containing an addition, explanation, modification, etc., of something in the will.
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- clinic
-
noun,
a place, as in connection with a medical school or a hospital, for the treatment of nonresident patients, sometimes at low cost or without charge.
- client
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noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- cleoid
-
noun,
a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- cteno-
-
- Dalton
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noun,
atomic mass unit.
- clado-
-
- citole
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noun,
cittern.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- citied
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adjective,
occupied by a city or cities.
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- Daniel
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noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- clinid
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noun,
any of the blennioid fishes of the family Clinidae, of tropical and subtropical seas.
- nocti-
-
- Noetic
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adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- coedit
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verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- Cloete
-
noun,
Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
- contd.
-
- clonic
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adjective,
of or relating to clonus.
- iodize
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verb (used with object),
to treat, impregnate, or affect with iodine or an iodide.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- clitic
-
noun,
a clitic word; enclitic or proclitic.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- Colden
-
noun,
Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- coatee
-
noun,
a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- clino-
-
- colent
-
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- zonite
-
noun,
a body segment of a diplopod.
- diazo-
-
- Nicole
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noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- icicle
-
noun,
a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- lateen
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adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- entice
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verb (used with object),
to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- enlace
-
verb (used with object),
to interlace; intertwine:
- leaden
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adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- encode
-
verb (used with object),
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
- Elodea
-
noun,
any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
- iconic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of an icon.
- ideate
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noun,
ideatum.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- indole
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noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- iodate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- Ionize
-
verb (used with object),
to separate or change into ions.
- inlaid
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- lacto-
-
- indict
-
verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- indic.
-
- indecl
-
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- Iletin
-
- lactic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or obtained from milk.
- elicit
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verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- elect.
-
- Deacon
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noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- denote
-
verb (used with object),
to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- delict
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noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- decoct
-
verb (used with object),
to extract the flavor or essence of by boiling.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- decile
-
noun,
one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
- decent
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adjective,
conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- deceit
-
noun,
the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
- Deccan
-
noun,
the entire peninsula of India S of the Narmada River.
- decant
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verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- decane
-
noun,
a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
- denti-
-
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- donzel
-
noun,
a young gentleman not yet knighted; squire; page.
- elance
-
noun,
a quick darting movement.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- Lidice
-
noun,
a village in the W Czech Republic: suffered a ruthless reprisal by the Nazis in 1942 for the assassination of a high Nazi official.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Docile
-
adjective,
easily managed or handled; tractable:
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- dizain
-
noun,
a French poem or stanza of ten lines, employing eight or ten syllables to the line and having a specific rhyming pattern, as ababbccdcd.
- diotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affecting both ears; binaural.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- Ozalid
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a reproduction made by this process.
- iodine
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- accent
-
noun,
prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- Celtic
-
noun,
a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including especially Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton, which survive now in Ireland, the Scottish Highlands, Wales, and Brittany.
- zodiac
-
noun,
an imaginary belt of the heavens, extending about 8° on each side of the ecliptic, within which are the apparent paths of the sun, moon, and principal planets. It contains twelve constellations and hence twelve divisions called signs of the zodiac. Each division, however, because of the precession of the equinoxes, now contains the constellation west of the one from which it took its name.
Compare sign of the zodiac.
- adeno-
-
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- celiac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or located in the cavity of the abdomen.
- Celine
-
noun,
Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
- tenace
-
noun,
a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
- acetic
-
adjective,
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
- celto-
-
- teazle
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- cenizo
-
noun,
chamiso.
- cenote
-
noun,
a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- teazel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- 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.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- accel.
-
- accede
-
verb (used without object),
to give consent, approval, or adherence; agree; assent; to accede to a request; to accede to the terms of a contract.
- zincic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing zinc.
- teleo-
-
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- calced
-
adjective,
(chiefly of members of certain religious orders) wearing shoes; shod.
- zeatin
-
noun,
a cytokinin occurring in corn, spinach, and peas.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- cancel
-
noun,
an act of canceling.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- Cecile
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- calico
-
noun,
a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side.
- calci-
-
- centi-
-
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- actin-
-
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- azotic
-
adjective,
of or relating to azote; nitric.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- cetane
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- azonic
-
adjective,
not confined to any particular zone or region; not local.
- acidic
-
adjective,
acid (def 5).
- aceto-
-
- Zealot
-
noun,
a person who shows zeal.
- zonate
-
adjective,
marked with zones, as of color, texture, or the like.
- C-in-C
-
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Toland
-
noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- cilice
-
noun,
a garment of haircloth formerly worn by monks; a hair shirt.
- ician
-
- 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.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- zendo
-
noun,
the meditation room of a Zen monastery.
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- dial.
-
- adoze
-
adverb, adjective,
dozing; napping:
- natl.
-
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- Icel.
-
- Zenia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “hospitality.”.
- ation
-
- aden-
-
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- 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.
- Lotze
-
noun,
Rudolf Hermann [roo-dolf hur-muh n;; German roo-dawlf her-mahn] /ˈru dɒlf ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈru dɔlf ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1817–81, German philosopher.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Aoede
-
noun,
one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- ideo-
-
- dict.
-
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- Anzio
-
noun,
a town in Italy, S of Rome on the Tyrrhenian coast: site of Allied beachhead in World War II.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- idion
-
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- cine-
-
- dizen
-
verb (used with object),
to deck with clothes or finery; bedizen.
- ante-
-
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- idio-
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- anti-
-
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- donee
-
noun,
a person to whom a gift is made.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Eliz.
-
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- 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.
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- 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.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Eliza
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- endo-
-
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonia
-
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ento-
-
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- Zante
-
noun,
a Greek island, off the W coast of Greece: southernmost of the Ionian Islands. 157 sq. mi. (407 sq. km).
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lect.
-
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- encl.
-
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- Lecce
-
noun,
a city in SE Italy: ancient Greek and Roman city; noted for its baroque architecture.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- 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.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- azido
-
adjective,
containing the azido group.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- eccl.
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- licet
-
- Lidia
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- Ecole
-
noun,
school1 .
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- dozen
-
noun,
a group of 12.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- Lindi
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tanzania.
- Zelda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Griselda.
- ecol.
-
- econ.
-
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- alti-
-
- edit.
-
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Etzel
-
noun,
Attila: represented in the Nibelungenlied as the second husband of Kriemhild after the death of Siegfried.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- ecto-
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- Azide
-
noun,
any compound containing the azido group, as sodium azide, NaN 3 .
- Aztec
-
noun,
a member of a Nahuatl-speaking state in central Mexico that was conquered by Cortés in 1521.
- azine
-
noun,
any of a group of six-membered heterocyclic compounds containing one or more nitrogen atoms in the ring, the number of nitrogen atoms present being indicated by a prefix, as in diazine or triazine.
- colat
-
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- Ital.
-
- colic
-
noun,
paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- init.
-
- coele
-
- coel-
-
- OIcel
-
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Cenci
-
noun,
Beatrice [be-ah-tree-che] /ˌbɛ ɑˈtri tʃɛ/ (Show IPA), 1577–1599, Italian parricide whose life is the subject of various novels and poems.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- colza
-
noun,
rape2 .
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- cozen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to cheat, deceive, or trick.
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- azlon
-
noun,
any of the class of textile fibers derived from such proteins as casein or zein.
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- octa-
-
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- cont.
-
- Cecil
-
noun,
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
- conic
-
noun,
Geometry. conic section.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- Indo-
-
- conc.
-
- oidea
-
- cent.
-
- tele-
-
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- 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.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- cidal
-
- 30-30
-
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- iodic
-
adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- oiled
-
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.
- zonal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a zone or zones.
- coact
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do or act together.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- cloze
-
noun,
a cloze procedure or test.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- AC/DC
-
adjective,
sexually responsive to both men and women; bisexual.
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- caco-
-
- cacti
-
noun,
any of numerous succulent plants of the family Cactaceae, of warm, arid regions of the New World, having fleshy, leafless, usually spiny stems, and typically having solitary, showy flowers.
- decl.
-
- teno-
-
- deci-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- ilio-
-
- Decca
-
noun,
a British radio navigational aid by which a fix is obtained by determining phase difference between continuous-wave signals from two synchronized fixed signals.
- Cadiz
-
noun,
a city in the Philippines, on N Negros.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- acet-
-
- Tezel
-
noun,
Johann, Tetzel, Johann.
- Iliad
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- tiled
-
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.
- azoic
-
adjective,
(formerly) noting or pertaining to the Precambrian Era, especially that part formerly believed to precede the first appearance of life; Archean.
- dent.
-
- azole
-
noun,
any of a group of five-membered heterocyclic compounds containing one or more nitrogen atoms in the ring, the number of nitrogen atoms present being indicated by a prefix, as in diazole.
- azote
-
noun,
nitrogen.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- Zande
-
noun,
Azande.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- ileo-
-
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- lact-
-
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- deice
-
verb (used with object),
to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- deca-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- canc.
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Cant.
-
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- noct-
-
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- calc-
-
- ition
-
- incl.
-
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- niece
-
noun,
a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
- telo-
-
- acct.
-
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Zond
-
noun,
one of a series of Soviet space probes that photographed the moon and returned to earth.
- Zola
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1840–1902, French novelist.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- zinc
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, bluish-white metallic element: used in making galvanized iron, brass, and other alloys, and as an element in voltaic cells. Symbol: Zn; atomic weight: 65.37; atomic number: 30; specific gravity: 7.14 at 20°C.
- Zend
-
noun,
Zoroastrianism. a translation and exposition of the Avesta in Pahlavi.
- lea.
-
- Zane
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ZETA
-
noun,
the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet (Z, ζ).
- Zion
-
noun,
a hill in Jerusalem, on which the Temple was built (used to symbolize the city itself, especially as a religious or spiritual center).
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- zein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a soft, yellow powder of simple proteins obtained from corn, used chiefly in the manufacture of textile fibers, plastics, and paper coatings.
- zone
-
noun,
any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established:
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- zoea
-
noun,
any of the free-swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace.
- Zeno
-
noun,
Zeno of Citium.
- 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.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Lat.
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- itol
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- laze
-
noun,
a period of ease or indolence:
- ziti
-
noun,
a tubular pasta in short pieces, similar to rigatoni, often baked in a tomato sauce.
- Zoan
-
noun,
Biblical name of Tanis.
- zeal
-
noun,
fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- 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.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- ten.
-
- neo-
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- NDAC
-
- NCTE
-
- 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.
- Nazi
-
noun,
a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War II and the Holocaust.
- Naze
-
noun,
The, Lindesnes.
- 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.
- not-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- 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.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Ont.
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- ole-
-
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- NTIA
-
- OEEC
-
- OECD
-
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Oct.
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ltd.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- 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.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- 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.
- 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.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- 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.
- 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.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Lozi
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Barotseland, in western Zambia.
- 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.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- lond
-
- 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.
- Lodz
-
noun,
a city in central Poland, SW of Warsaw.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- tion
-
- Liza
-
noun,
a mullet, Mugil liza, found chiefly in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitD
-
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- lit.
-
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- 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.
- Linz
-
noun,
a port in N Austria, on the Danube River.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 1080
-
- iod-
-
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- dioc
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Dino
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Diaz
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), Dias, Bartholomeu.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cen.
-
- cene
-
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Cete
-
noun,
a number of badgers together.
- Ceto
-
- dia-
-
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- cede
-
verb (used with object),
to yield or formally surrender to another:
- Den.
-
- doze
-
noun,
a light or fitful sleep; nap.
- eco-
-
- cac-
-
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cal.
-
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- cat.
-
- doz.
-
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- dol.
-
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- azo-
-
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coca
-
noun,
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Col.
-
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- coze
-
noun,
a friendly talk; a chat.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Cond
-
- Con.
-
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Del.
-
- cide
-
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cit.
-
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- Dec.
-
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- DCNL
-
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- daze
-
noun,
a dazed condition; state of bemusement:
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dat.
-
- Danl
-
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- ect-
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- Ald.
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Alco
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alt.
-
- ance
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- idae
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- ical
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- 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.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- adze
-
noun,
an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle.
- ICAO
-
- aet.
-
- AInd
-
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- ile-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- Ind.
-
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- acc.
-
- enl.
-
- end-
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- IndE
-
- EDTA
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- atic
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- EEOC
-
- ant.
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ano-
-
- 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.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- 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.
- ence
-
- 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.
- intl
-
- Inez
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Agnes.
- inae
-
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- enc.
-
- int.
-
- Inc.
-
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- ae.
-
- ODT
-
- ot-
-
- ac-
-
- Zoe
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “life.”.
- zod
-
- ADC
-
- ONI
-
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ad-
-
- Zen
-
noun,
Chinese Ch'an. Buddhism. a Mahayana movement, introduced into China in the 6th century a.d. and into Japan in the 12th century, that emphasizes enlightenment for the student by the most direct possible means, accepting formal studies and observances only when they form part of such means.
Compare koan, mondo1 .
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- adz
-
noun,
an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- cle
-
- Clo
-
- al.
-
- Ola
-
- CNC
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- zit
-
noun,
a pimple; skin blemish.
- an.
-
- zo-
-
- 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.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- oid
-
- zoa
-
noun,
plural of zoon.
- CLI
-
- oic
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- OIt
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- OTA
-
- 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.
- ote
-
- ATC
-
- CEC
-
- CEA
-
- CDT
-
- CDC
-
- CCD
-
verb (used with object),
to send a duplicate of a document, email, or the like to:
- CCA
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tlo
-
- TLC
-
- at.
-
- CAI
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- TIA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- cl.
-
- ct.
-
- TID
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- Co.
-
- az-
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- cc.
-
- ca.
-
- CED
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- zee
-
noun,
the letter Z or z.
- CIA
-
- Zed
-
noun,
the letter Z or z.
- AEC
-
- oz.
-
- CIE
-
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Zea
-
noun,
Keos.
- AIC
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ALC
-
- TAL
-
- CEO
-
- 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.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TCA
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- 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.
- cee
-
noun,
the letter C.
- ANC
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- CIC
-
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- EEO
-
- EDC
-
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EDT
-
- EEC
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ed.
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- en-
-
- ene
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- LDC
-
- ETD
-
- Doi
-
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- dz.
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- eo-
-
- OCD
-
- ea.
-
- lez
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- ead
-
- ean
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- EOE
-
- Ld.
-
- Liz
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ize
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- in.
-
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lt.
-
- La.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ine
-
- ITA
-
- IOT
-
- IOC
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- ide
-
- LCT
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LCI
-
- LCD
-
- LCA
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ETO
-
- Ez.
-
- id.
-
- io-
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- ICC
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- DNA
-
- NIA
-
- NOC
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- de-
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- 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:
- 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 = .
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- NEC
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- NEA
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- DAE
-
- NDE
-
- OED
-
- coz
-
noun,
cousin.
- OCC
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- CTA
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OTC
-
- Oc.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- CTC
-
- cte
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- DCL
-
- do.
-
- DOA
-
- ne-
-
- DEA
-
- NCC
-
- NCO
-
- LOC
-
- DLO
-
- DLC
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LON
-
- 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.
- DET
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- LTA
-
- DIL
-
- CNO
-
- NAD
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- di.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- O.
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- ZI
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- AO
-
- L.
-
- Zl
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- EI
-
- Zn
-
- TL
-
- OA
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- 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.
- 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.
- DN
-
- ln
-
- 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.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- ee
-
- NZ
-
- CE
-
- ic
-
- le
-
- NI
-
- ND
-
- t.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- LZ
-
- NL
-
- i.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- ol
-
- TD
-
- z.
-
- ZA
-
noun,
pizza.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TC
-
- T1
-
- dl
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TN
-
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- D.
-
- CZ
-