Anagrams of olive-drab
Word olive-drab has
636 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of olive-drab.
- overlaid
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noun,
something laid over something else; covering.
- lovebird
-
noun,
any of various small parrots, especially of the genus Agapornis, of Africa, noted for the affection shown one another and often kept as pets.
- voidable
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adjective,
capable of being nullified or invalidated.
- variole
-
noun,
a shallow pit or depression like the mark left by a smallpox pustule; foveola.
- avodire
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noun,
the hard, light-colored wood of a West African tree, Turraeanthus africana, of the mahogany family, used for making furniture.
- overbid
-
noun,
a higher bid.
- dariole
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noun,
a small round mold.
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- ridable
-
- Deloria
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noun,
Vine, (Jr.) [vahyn] /vaɪn/ (Show IPA), 1933–2005, U.S. writer.
- bedrail
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noun,
a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.
- Bolivar
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noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Venezuela, equal to 100 centimos. Abbreviation: B.
- labored
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- Diablo
-
noun,
Spanish for “devil.”.
- redial
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noun,
automatic redial.
- labrid
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noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Labridae, including the wrasses, the tautog, and the cunner, and characterized chiefly by well-developed teeth and, often, brilliant colors.
- Balder
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noun,
a god, a son of Odin and Frigg and the twin brother of Hod, by whom he was killed.
- Baldie
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noun,
a bald person (sometimes used as a facetious term of address).
- bailor
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noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- labio-
-
- ribald
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noun,
a ribald person.
- roadie
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noun,
a member of a crew for a traveling group of musicians or other entertainers, whose work usually includes the setting up of equipment.
- doable
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adjective,
capable of being done.
- avoir.
-
- Averil
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noun,
a male given name.
- varied
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adjective,
characterized by or exhibiting variety; various; diverse; diversified:
- diable
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adjective,
highly spiced; prepared with hot or piquant seasoning; deviled.
- Elvira
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noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “elf counsel.”.
- radio-
-
- Boreal
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adjective,
of or relating to the north wind.
- Libera
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noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- loader
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noun,
a person or thing that loads.
- Brodie
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noun,
a suicidal or daredevil leap; wild dive:
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- bridle
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noun,
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- bridal
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noun,
a wedding.
- brevi-
-
- boride
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noun,
a compound consisting of two elements of which boron is the more electronegative one.
- bordel
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noun,
a brothel.
- devoir
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noun,
an act of civility or respect.
- 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.
- bolide
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noun,
a large, brilliant meteor, especially one that explodes; fireball.
- boiler
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noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- boiled
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noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Oliver
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noun,
one of the 12 paladins of Charlemagne.
Compare Roland.
- ordeal
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noun,
any extremely severe or trying test, experience, or trial.
- derail
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noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- deriv.
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- Laredo
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noun,
a city in S Texas, on the Rio Grande.
- vario-
-
- laevo-
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- drivel
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noun,
saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
- viable
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adjective,
capable of living.
- ad-lib
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noun,
something improvised in speech, music, etc.:
- vibro-
-
- albedo
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noun,
Astronomy. the ratio of the light reflected by a planet or satellite to that received by it.
- voider
-
noun,
a person or thing that voids.
- verbid
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noun,
a nonfinite verb form; a verbal; an infinitive, participle, or gerund.
- verbal
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noun,
Grammar. a word, particularly a noun or adjective, derived from a verb.
- adverb
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noun,
any member of a class of words that function as modifiers of verbs or clauses, and in some languages, as Latin and English, as modifiers of adjectives, other adverbs, or adverbial phrases, as very in very nice, much in much more impressive, and tomorrow in She'll write to you tomorrow. They relate to what they modify by indicating place (I promise to be there), time (Do your homework now!), manner (She sings beautifully), circumstance (He accidentally dropped the glass when the bell rang), degree (I'm very happy to see you), or cause (I draw, although badly).
See also sentence adverb.
- viral
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Idioms,
go viral, to spread rapidly via the Internet, email, or other media:
- Viola
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noun,
a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin.
- 2,4-d
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noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- boral
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noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- bolar
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adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- oiled
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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.
- oiler
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Erbil
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noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- abide
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Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- vireo
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noun,
any of several small, insectivorous American birds of the family Vireonidae, having the plumage usually olive-green or gray above and white or yellow below.
- Obeid
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noun,
El Obeid.
- Older
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- oidea
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- alive
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Idioms,
alive to, alert or sensitive to; aware of:
- oldie
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noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- drail
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noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- ideal
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noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- biol.
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- orial
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- birle
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verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- oread
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noun,
Classical Mythology. any of a group of nymphs who were the companions of Artemis.
- Vidor
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noun,
King (Wallis) 1895–1982, U.S. motion-picture director and producer.
- blade
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noun,
the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc.
- Blair
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noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- Olive
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noun,
an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, of Mediterranean and other warm regions, cultivated chiefly for its fruit.
Compare olive family.
- blare
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noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- orale
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noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Delia
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noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- blear
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noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- Blida
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noun,
a city in N Algeria.
- Laver
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noun,
Old Testament. a large basin upon a foot or pedestal in the court of the Hebrew tabernacle and subsequently in the temple, containing water for the ablutions of the priests and for the washing of the sacrifices in the temple service.
- Drave
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noun,
the act of driving.
- board
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noun,
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
- Borel
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noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- abode
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noun,
a place in which a person resides; residence; dwelling; habitation; home.
- 30-30
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- Broad
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noun,
the broad part of anything.
- volar
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adjective,
of or relating to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot.
- broil
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noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- lobed
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adjective,
having a lobe or lobes; lobate.
- levo-
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- lobar
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adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- livre
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noun,
a former money of account and group of coins of France, issued in coin form first in gold, then in silver, finally in copper, and discontinued in 1794.
- Loire
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noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- liver
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noun,
Anatomy. a large, reddish-brown, glandular organ located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity, divided by fissures into five lobes and functioning in the secretion of bile and various metabolic processes.
- lived
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Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- Liard
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noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- Davie
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noun,
a town in SE Florida.
- Liber
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noun,
phloem.
- LIDAR
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noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- Libra
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noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- voile
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noun,
a lightweight, semisheer fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton constructed in plain weave.
- voila
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interjection,
(used to express success or satisfaction). Voilà, my new winter outfit!
- drove
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noun,
a number of oxen, sheep, or swine driven in a group; herd; flock.
- Brale
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- bovid
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noun,
any bovid animal.
- Obad.
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- oared
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noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Lover
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noun,
a person who is in love with another.
- braid
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noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- brail
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noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- brave
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noun,
a brave person.
- Bride
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noun,
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
- bravo
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noun,
a shout of “bravo!”.
- loved
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noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- bread
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noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- Debra
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noun,
a female given name, form of Deborah.
- Breda
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noun,
a city in the S Netherlands.
- Debir
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noun,
a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.
- debar
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verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- video
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noun,
a program, movie, or other visual media product featuring moving images, with or without audio, that is recorded and saved digitally or on videocassette:
- Oriel
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- bield
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noun,
a shelter; refuge.
- velar
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noun,
Phonetics. a velar sound.
- labor
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noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- Reval
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noun,
former German name of Tallinn.
- aeri-
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- aero-
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- Dirae
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plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- over-
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- rival
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noun,
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- irade
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noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- rivel
-
noun,
a very small dumpling made of a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning, cooked in broth.
- Diver
-
noun,
a person or thing that dives.
- roble
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noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- ileo-
-
- dorab
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noun,
wolf herring.
- avoid
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verb (used with object),
to keep away from; keep clear of; shun:
- Adore
-
verb (used with object),
to regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor.
- Dobie
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noun,
Chiefly Southwestern U.S. adobe.
- dobla
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noun,
a former gold coin of Spain.
- dobra
-
noun,
any of various former Portuguese coins, especially a gold coin of John V equal to two johannes.
- idler
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noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- valid
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adjective,
sound; just; well-founded:
- aroid
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noun,
any plant of the arum family.
- valor
-
noun,
boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle; heroic courage; bravery:
- Ariel
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- ideo-
-
- areo-
-
- vari-
-
- ardeb
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noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- Verdi
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1813–1901, Italian composer.
- Dario
-
noun,
Rubén [roo-ven] /ruˈvɛn/ (Show IPA), (Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) 1867–1916, Nicaraguan poet and diplomat.
- Vidal
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noun,
(Eugene Luther) Gore, 1925–2012, U.S. novelist, essayist, and playwright.
- baro-
-
- dial.
-
- Ravel
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noun,
a tangle or complication.
- ervil
-
noun,
a vetch, Vicia ervilia, grown in Europe for forage.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- adobe
-
noun,
sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, in common use in countries having little rainfall.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Adler
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noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- Beard
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- rabid
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adjective,
irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:
- Devil
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noun,
Theology.
(sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan.
a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- rebid
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noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- above
-
noun,
something that was said, mentioned, or written above:
- aboil
-
adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- Bardo
-
noun,
(in Lamaism) the state of the soul between death and rebirth.
- Barde
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- Evora
-
noun,
a city in central Portugal: Roman ruins; cathedral.
- Vidar
-
noun,
a son of Odin, who will survive Ragnarok after killing Fenrir.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- Dover
-
noun,
a seaport in E Kent, in SE England: point nearest the coast of France.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- lave
-
noun,
the remainder; the rest.
- Levi
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:34.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- idae
-
- Lib.
-
- IDEA
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noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- 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).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- ible
-
- Lev.
-
- IADB
-
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Lab.
-
- Ivor
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ire.
-
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- lea.
-
- iod-
-
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Elva
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “elf.”.
- ile-
-
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- 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.
- evil
-
noun,
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct:
- Ivar
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- orad
-
adverb,
toward the mouth or the oral region.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- var.
-
- Vale
-
noun,
a valley.
- val.
-
- vair
-
noun,
a fur much used for lining and trimming garments in the 13th and 14th centuries, generally assumed to have been that of a variety of squirrel with a gray back and white belly.
Compare miniver (def 1).
- Vail
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noun,
a tip; gratuity.
- rove
-
noun,
an act or instance of roving.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rodi
-
noun,
Italian name of Rhodes.
- Veda
-
noun,
Sometimes, Vedas. the entire body of Hindu sacred writings, chief among which are four books, the Rig-Veda, the Sama-Veda, the Atharva-Veda, and the Yajur-Veda.
- rode
-
noun,
a rope by which a boat is anchored.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- road
-
noun,
a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- rive
-
verb (used with object),
to tear or rend apart:
- riv.
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Veal
-
noun,
Also, vealer [vee-ler] /ˈvi lər/ (Show IPA). a calf raised for its meat, usually a milk-fed animal less than three months old.
- veil
-
noun,
a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- Rida
-
- vila
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Vanuatu.
- vole
-
noun,
any of several small mouselike or ratlike rodents of the genus Microtus and related genera, having short limbs and a short tail.
- void
-
noun,
an empty space; emptiness:
- VLBI
-
- Vlad
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Vladimir.
- virl
-
noun,
ferrule (def 1).
- viol
-
noun,
a bowed musical instrument, differing from the violin in having deeper ribs, sloping shoulders, a greater number of strings, usually six, and frets: common in the 16th and 17th centuries in various sizes from the treble viol to the bass viol.
- VILE
-
adjective,
wretchedly bad:
- vil.
-
- vel.
-
- vide
-
verb,
see (used especially to refer a reader to parts of a text).
- Vida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- vibe
-
noun,
Informal. vibration (def 4).
- Vial
-
noun,
Also, phial. a small container, as of glass, for holding liquids:
- verb
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that function as the main elements of predicates, that typically express action, state, or a relation between two things, and that may be inflected for tense, aspect, voice, mood, and to show agreement with their subject or object.
- Vera
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”.
- Vela
-
noun,
plural of velum.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- 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:
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- ole-
-
- Oder
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the NE Czech Republic, N through SW Poland and along the border between Germany and Poland into the Baltic. 562 miles (905 km) long.
- 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.
- Love
-
noun,
a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lord
-
noun,
a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- ord.
-
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- live
-
Idioms,
live high off / on the hog. hog (def 16).
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Rev.
-
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- rel.
-
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- redo
-
noun,
the act or an instance of redoing.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Ravi
-
noun,
a river in NW India and NE Pakistan, flowing from the Himlayas SW to the Chenab River: a headwater of the Indus River and one of the “five rivers” of the Punjab. 475 miles (764 km) long.
- rave
-
noun,
an act of raving.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rad.
-
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- RIBA
-
- Ovid
-
noun,
(Publius Ovidius Naso) 43 b.c.–a.d. 17? Roman poet.
- ovi-
-
- Oval
-
noun,
an object of oval shape.
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- 1080
-
- blad
-
noun,
a flier or other promotional material distributed by a company to sell a product.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- bar.
-
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- 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:
- Bald
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- bal.
-
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dave
-
noun,
a male given name, form of David.
- dbl.
-
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- avid
-
adjective,
showing great enthusiasm for or interest in:
Synonyms: enthusiastic, ardent, keen; devoted, dedicated; zealous, fanatic.
Antonyms: indifferent, apathetic; reluctant.
- dia-
-
- Devi
-
noun,
a mother goddess of which Durga, Kali, etc., are particular forms.
- Deva
-
noun,
Hinduism, Buddhism. a god or divinity.
- der.
-
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- deb.
-
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- BAEd
-
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- brev
-
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- bold
-
Idioms,
be / make (so) bold, to presume or venture; dare:
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- bldr
-
- bio-
-
- Blvd
-
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- Bode
-
verb,
a simple past tense of bide.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- Bol.
-
- 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.
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- bdl.
-
plural,
bundle.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- bdle
-
plural,
bundle.
- bead
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- beld
-
adjective,
bald; hairless.
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bor.
-
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Del.
-
- Dior
-
noun,
Christian [kris-chuh n;; French krees-tyahn] /ˈkrɪs tʃən;; French krisˈtyɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1905–57, French fashion designer.
- Aire
-
- diva
-
noun,
a distinguished female singer; prima donna.
- dive
-
noun,
an act or instance of diving.
- DORE
-
noun,
the walleye or pike perch of North America.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- dlr.
-
- abl.
-
- Ald.
-
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- Alb.
-
- dobe
-
noun,
Informal. adobe.
- doer
-
noun,
a person or thing that does something, especially a person who gets things done with vigor and efficiency.
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- dol.
-
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- Dove
-
noun,
any bird of the family Columbidae, especially the smaller species with pointed tails.
Compare pigeon1 (def 1).
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- aer-
-
- dir.
-
- abr.
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Dora
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “gift.”.
- adv.
-
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- div.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- Ave.
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- Arvo
-
noun,
afternoon.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ad-
-
- Rd.
-
- vo.
-
- abv
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- ADB
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ab-
-
- vol
-
- VOA
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- Orv
-
- ov-
-
- VIR
-
noun,
husband (used chiefly in the legal phrase et vir).
- abd
-
- bi-
-
- vie
-
verb (used with object),
Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
- Ova
-
noun,
plural of ovum.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- av.
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- VLA
-
- BeV
-
- BIE
-
- Ar.
-
- al.
-
- Re.
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- Rod
-
noun,
a stick, wand, staff, or the like, of wood, metal, or other material.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- BOD
-
noun,
body:
- RLD
-
- ROA
-
- bl.
-
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- be-
-
- ARV
-
noun,
a variant of the AIDS virus. Abbreviation: ARV.
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROI
-
- a-v
-
- Avo
-
noun,
a money of account of Macao, the 100th part of a pataca.
- Va.
-
- V-1
-
noun,
a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
- V-2
-
noun,
a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
- Avi
-
- Br.
-
- ard
-
- Via
-
noun,
Architecture. a space between two mutules.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ae.
-
- Bde
-
- RBI
-
- RDA
-
- REA
-
- BDA
-
- Bav
-
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ver
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- vb.
-
- aor
-
- ea.
-
- 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.
- BLA
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- DOB
-
- ILO
-
- DLO
-
- ior
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- Iva
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- La.
-
- DIL
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- 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.
- ier
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- DIB
-
verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- di.
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Dev
-
noun,
a software developer:
- lav
-
noun,
lavatory.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- LBO
-
- Ld.
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- il-
-
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- EVA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eve.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EdB
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- eir
-
- eo-
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- DRE
-
- ERV
-
- Dr.
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- id.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ib.
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- 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).
- Dor
-
noun,
Also, dorbeetle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/ (Show IPA). a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
- IDB
-
- ide
-
- Doi
-
- 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.
- VOR
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- OBE
-
- BVE
-
- BVD
-
- BVA
-
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- BRE
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- ob.
-
- OED
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- do.
-
- obl
-
- obv
-
adverb,
obviously:
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- oid
-
- ead
-
- OIr
-
- Ola
-
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ble
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- DBE
-
- lv.
-
- DAR
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- DAB
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- DAE
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- DBA
-
- DOA
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- DAV
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- ol
-
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DB
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- AO
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- BO
-
- le
-
- RO
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- 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.
- Eb
-
- EV
-
- 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.
- BV
-
noun,
Elihu, 1853–1937, U.S. inventor, born in England.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- VL
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- LR
-
- L.
-
- L2
-
- 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.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- DV
-
- VR
-
- VI
-
- VD
-
- dl
-
- i.
-
- O.
-
- V.
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- RV
-
- OA
-
- B-
-
- RI
-
- IV
-
noun,
an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- L1
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.