Anagrams of Oriental
Word Oriental has
2 exact anagrams and 534 other words
that can be made by using the letters of Oriental.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- antero-
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- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- 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.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ration
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Latino
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ornate
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adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- aroint
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verb (imperative),
begone:
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- talion
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noun,
lex talionis.
- rental
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noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- entail
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- etalon
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- iatro-
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- Tailor
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Eolian
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noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- inter.
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- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- intra-
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- intro.
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- Rialto
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Elinor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- retina
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noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- retain
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- antler
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- altern
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adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- trinal
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adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Lorain
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noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- aeron.
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- Lorena
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noun,
a female given name.
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- loaner
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- A-line
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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.
- nitro-
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- nailer
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Loren
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- irate
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adjective,
angry; enraged:
- irone
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- LORAN
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noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- riant
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adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- orant
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noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- intr.
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- Iran.
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- Lorin
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- nitr-
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- Lorna
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noun,
a female given name.
- Lorne
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noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- intel
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noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- inert
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adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- ileo-
-
- Taine
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noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- nerol
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Taino
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noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- taler
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noun,
thaler.
- neral
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noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Ital.
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- renal
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adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- loner
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- liner
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Lerna
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noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- orate
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verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Leoni
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noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Leona
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noun,
a female given name.
- orial
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- olein
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- lento
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adverb,
slowly.
- Oriel
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- talon
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noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Olean
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noun,
a city in SW New York.
- oiler
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oater
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noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- oaten
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adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- reni-
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- learn
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- leant
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noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- noria
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noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Latin
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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.
- later
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Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- laten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- ratel
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- liter
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- ratio
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noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- litre
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noun,
liter.
- 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.
- orale
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noun,
fanon (def 2).
- trone
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- inlet
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noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- natl.
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- Arion
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noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- anole
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noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- tolan
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noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- ante-
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- anti-
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- antre
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noun,
a cavern; cave.
- A-one
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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.
- toile
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- areo-
-
- Ariel
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Arlen
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noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- anile
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adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Arnel
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- artel
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Tirol
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noun,
Tyrol.
- ation
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- atone
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verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Tiran
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noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tinea
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Tiler
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Terni
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noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Tolar
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noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tonal
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adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Terai
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- toran
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noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- 30-30
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- Trona
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noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- triol
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noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trial
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noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- train
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trail
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- alert
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- alien
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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
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- tonia
-
- Aloin
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noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alone
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Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- toner
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- alter
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alti-
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- alto-
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- Alton
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noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Enola
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noun,
a female given name.
- telo-
-
- ento-
-
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Eliot
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noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- enrol
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verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Erato
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noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- tenia
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noun,
taenia.
- teno-
-
- elint
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Tarne
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noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tera-
-
- Eilat
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noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Nora
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noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- NTIA
-
- Roti
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noun,
roast.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
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adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- rote
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noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Nor.
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- nori
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noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- role
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noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rota
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noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- ROTL
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noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Neal
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noun,
a male given name.
- RONA
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- not-
-
- nota
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noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Neil
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noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neat
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noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Toni
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noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Nile
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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.
- Tarn
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noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Taro
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noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- NIRA
-
- Nier
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noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tron
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- tri-
-
- tel-
-
- tRNA
-
- Neri
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noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- neo-
-
- tail
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noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- ole-
-
- tole
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noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- TINA
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noun,
a female given name.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tion
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- ter.
-
- rain
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noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- tile
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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.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reit
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noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- tier
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noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- rit.
-
- roan
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noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Ont.
-
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- ten.
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- 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.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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:
- Riel
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noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 1080
-
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- inae
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- int.
-
- intl
-
- 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.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itol
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Lani
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- 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.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- ile-
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- 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.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- Aire
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ano-
-
- ant.
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- 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.
- 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.
- ator
-
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Ire.
-
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- 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.
- lin.
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- 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.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- lit.
-
- 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.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- 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.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ONR
-
- LON
-
- en-
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- eir
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ETO
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Ia.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- il-
-
- ier
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- TAL
-
- ial
-
- io-
-
- ERT
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ETR
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TIA
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- ean
-
- tra
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- tr.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- Tro
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- 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.
- ea.
-
- tlo
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- eo-
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- at.
-
- tlr
-
- 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:
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- LTA
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- aor
-
- ltr
-
- NIA
-
- ILO
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ne-
-
- ote
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ite
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- 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.
- ot-
-
- La.
-
- OTA
-
- Lt.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Re.
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- REA
-
- 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.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ITA
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RNA
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- nr.
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ROA
-
- 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 = .
- ONI
-
- IRO
-
- IRL
-
- NEA
-
- Ir.
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- IOT
-
- ior
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- NRA
-
- Ola
-
- AO
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- 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.
- NI
-
- RI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RN
-
- R.
-
- 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.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ol
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- t.
-
- i.
-
- RO
-
- ln
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- O.
-
- 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.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NL
-
- le
-
- OA
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- T1
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- TL
-
- TN
-
- LR
-
- EI
-