Anagrams of Orientalism
Word Orientalism has
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- molarities
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noun,
the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.
- eliminator
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noun,
a person or thing that eliminates.
- moralities
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noun,
conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- St-Emilion
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noun,
a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
- oralities
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noun,
the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- on-limits
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adjective,
open or not prohibited to certain persons, as military personnel:
- limonites
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noun,
an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- Trasimeno
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noun,
a lake in central Italy, in Umbria near Perugia: Romans defeated by Hannibal 217 b.c. About 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
- on-stream
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adverb,
in or into regular operation, especially as part of a system, assembly line, or the like:
- relations
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- trinomial
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adjective,
Algebra. consisting of or pertaining to three terms.
- rolamites
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- serotinal
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adjective,
pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- trailsmen
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noun,
a person who follows a trail.
- almonries
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noun,
the place where an almoner resides or where alms are distributed.
- tramlines
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- mirlitons
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noun,
kazoo.
- alimonies
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noun,
Law. an allowance paid to a person by that person's spouse or former spouse for maintenance, granted by a court upon a legal separation or a divorce or while action is pending.
- misorient
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verb (used with object),
to orient wrongly or improperly.
- Orleanist
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noun,
a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- orientals
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- solitaire
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noun,
Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- mestranol
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noun,
an estrogen, C 21 H 26 O 2 , used in oral contraceptives in combination with a progestin.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- Latinism
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noun,
a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- martinis
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noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- ton-mile
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noun,
a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- minister
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noun,
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; member of the clergy; pastor.
- almoners
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noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- terminal
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noun,
a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
- mineral.
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- tramline
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noun,
a streetcar system.
- Masonite
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- mistrial
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noun,
a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- limiters
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- Minorite
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noun,
Friar Minor.
- Maronite
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noun,
a member of a body of Uniates living chiefly in Lebanon, who maintain a Syriac liturgy and a married clergy, and who are governed by the patriarch of Antioch.
- Montreal
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noun,
a seaport in S Quebec, in E Canada, on an island (Montreal Island) in the St. Lawrence.
- mirliton
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noun,
kazoo.
- rimstone
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noun,
a calcareous deposit forming a dam at the edge or outlet of an overflowing pool of water, as in a cavern.
- minstrel
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noun,
a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
- limonite
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noun,
an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- semolina
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noun,
a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- retinals
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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.
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- minarets
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noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- maitrise
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noun,
mastery; skill.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- marlines
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- rolamite
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an almost frictionless mechanical device consisting of a flexible metal band formed in an S-shaped loop around moving rollers.
- linarite
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noun,
a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- Romanist
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noun,
Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Romanite
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noun,
a fossil resin similar to amber, used for jewelry.
- Monstera
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noun,
any of various tropical American climbing plants belonging to the genus Monstera, of the arum family, especially M. deliciosa, having split or perforated leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- airlines
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- raiments
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- moralist
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noun,
a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- ailerons
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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.
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- Islamite
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noun,
a Muslim.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- interims
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- Monteria
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noun,
a city in N Colombia.
- Solimena
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noun,
Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- Milesian
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noun,
any of the people from Spain who invaded Ireland and defeated the Tuatha Dé Danann, and who were the ancestors of the present Irish people.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- alienism
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noun,
alienage.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- triolein
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noun,
olein (def 1).
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- Milstein
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noun,
Cesar, 1927–2002, Argentinian immunologist: Nobel prize 1984.
- aliments
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- laminose
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adjective,
laminate; laminar.
- Miltonia
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noun,
any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- loments
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noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Salerno
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- mortise
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noun,
a notch, hole, groove, or slot made in a piece of wood or the like to receive a tenon of the same dimensions.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- ARTEMIS
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noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- limiter
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- limites
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noun,
plural of limes.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- transl.
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- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- Morelia
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- iolites
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noun,
cordierite.
- stamin-
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- Romains
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- nemato-
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- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Rosalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- mortals
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noun,
a human being.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- morales
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noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- limners
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noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- astrol.
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- atomies
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noun,
an atom; mote.
- transom
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noun,
a crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- elision
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noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- oarsmen
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- 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.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- tailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- to-name
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noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- lamster
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noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- laments
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noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- ramtils
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noun,
Niger seed.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- imarets
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noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- Israeli
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- raiment
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noun,
clothing; apparel; attire.
- isoline
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noun,
isogram.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- isolate
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- inliers
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- oralism
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noun,
the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
- oralist
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noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- sterno-
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- isation
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- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- ironist
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noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- ironies
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noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Interim
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noun,
an intervening time; interval; meantime:
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Orleans
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- Osmanli
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noun,
an Ottoman.
- etalons
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- nostril
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noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- elitism
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- nitrile
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- Liatris
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- rialtos
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- liaison
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noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- 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.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- 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.
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- stearo-
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- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- 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.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- norites
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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.
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- normals
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adjective,
conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- realism
-
noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- arseno-
-
- loaners
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Salieri
-
noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- Marston
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noun,
John, c1575–1634, English dramatist and satirical poet.
- milreis
-
noun,
a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
- maltose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 12 H 22 O 11 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- malison
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noun,
a curse.
- Malines
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- airtime
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- seminar
-
noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- seminal
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adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- milters
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Telamon
-
noun,
atlas (def 5).
- airline
-
noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- mailers
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- melano-
-
- antero-
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- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- maestro
-
noun,
an eminent composer, teacher, or conductor of music:
- 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.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- Mistral
-
noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- termini
-
noun,
the end or extremity of anything.
- almoner
-
noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- marlins
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- simitar
-
noun,
scimitar.
- Martens
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- Martini
-
noun,
a cocktail made with gin or vodka and dry vermouth, usually served with a green olive or a twist of lemon peel.
- similar
-
adjective,
having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way:
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- martins
-
noun,
Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
- sirloin
-
noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- Marisol
-
noun,
(Marisol Escobar) born 1930, Venezuelan artist, in U.S. since 1950.
- Minster
-
noun,
a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
- Amorite
-
noun,
a member of one of the principal tribes, or nations, of Canaan before its conquest by the Israelites. II Sam. 12:26–31.
- Mineola
-
noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- minaret
-
noun,
a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- marines
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- aliment
-
noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- matrons
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- amorist
-
noun,
a person who is devoted to love and lovemaking.
- moisten
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- smarten
-
Verb phrases,
smarten up,
to groom oneself:
to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
- miniate
-
verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- menials
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- Monilia
-
noun,
a fungus of the genus Monilia, of the class Fungi Imperfecti, having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains.
- trisome
-
noun,
a trisomic individual.
- monster
-
noun,
a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
- aristo-
-
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- merinos
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- merlins
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- armlets
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- merlons
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- merlots
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- Montale
-
noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1975.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- ailment
-
noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- aileron
-
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.
- meltons
-
noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Marten
-
noun,
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- matron
-
noun,
a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.
- matri-
-
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- masto-
-
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- merlon
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- Milton
-
noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- merlot
-
noun,
a dark-blue grape used in winemaking, especially in the Bordeaux region of France and in areas of Italy, Switzerland, and California.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- metros
-
noun,
the underground electric railway of Paris, France, Montreal, Canada, Washington, D.C., and other cities.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- metal.
-
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- melan-
-
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- metro-
-
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- Melton
-
noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- milit.
-
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- irones
-
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.
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- oleins
-
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.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oilman
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- oilmen
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Mentor
-
noun,
a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- stroma
-
noun,
Cell Biology. the supporting framework or matrix of a cell.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Lamont
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lemnos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- molars
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Moline
-
noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- Molina
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- molies
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- motile
-
adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- tarso-
-
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- molten
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- loment
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- morale
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- mortal
-
noun,
a human being.
- morals
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- morels
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- Morini
-
noun,
Erika, 1906–1995, U.S. violinist, born in Austria.
- monial
-
noun,
a mullion.
- liters
-
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.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- morsel
-
noun,
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- marine
-
noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Marini
-
noun,
Giambattista [jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), Also, Marino [muh-ree-noh;; Italian mah-ree-naw] /məˈri noʊ;; Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), ("il Cavalier Marino") 1569–1625, Italian poet.
- nitro-
-
- Marino
-
noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- Lomita
-
noun,
a town in SW California.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- Marion
-
noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- norite
-
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.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- maloti
-
noun,
plural of loti.
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- nemat-
-
- Malone
-
noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- Merton
-
noun,
Robert King, 1910–2003, U.S. sociologist.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
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.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- Siloam
-
noun,
a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- amino-
-
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- amnios
-
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- amoles
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- rimose
-
adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- anemo-
-
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- almost
-
adverb,
very nearly; all but:
- remain
-
noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- remans
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- simile
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- arsen-
-
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Salmon
-
noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Salome
-
noun,
Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Antrim
-
noun,
a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- Romans
-
noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- aniso-
-
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Ransom
-
noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- ramson
-
noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- smalto
-
noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- Iletin
-
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- Tolima
-
noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- somat-
-
- steno-
-
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- instr.
-
- moires
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- ramose
-
adjective,
having many branches.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- Somali
-
noun,
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- aeron.
-
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- iatro-
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- solemn
-
adjective,
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- intro.
-
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- inter.
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- intra-
-
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- somni-
-
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- tears
-
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- meso-
-
- meta-
-
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- telo-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- Sino-
-
- mini-
-
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Metol
-
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- metr-
-
- semi-
-
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- sito-
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- miso-
-
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- sero-
-
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- seti-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- reni-
-
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reins
-
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.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- ster.
-
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stome
-
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- orial
-
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- omni-
-
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- Storm
-
noun,
a disturbance of the normal condition of the atmosphere, manifesting itself by winds of unusual force or direction, often accompanied by rain, snow, hail, thunder, and lightning, or flying sand or dust.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Rains
-
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).
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- morts
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- MSEnt
-
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- sanit
-
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Mont.
-
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Srta.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- nears
-
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- riots
-
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.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- natl.
-
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- naso-
-
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- oste-
-
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- treas
-
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Timor
-
noun,
an island in the S part of Indonesia: largest and easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands; E half formerly belonged to Portugal. 13,095 sq. mi. (33,913 sq. km).
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- trial
-
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.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Arnel
-
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Armen
-
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- atmo-
-
- ation
-
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- astr.
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- anim.
-
- ante-
-
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- liter
-
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.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- anti-
-
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- areo-
-
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- init.
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insol
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- inst.
-
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- intr.
-
- ento-
-
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- ileo-
-
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- IATSE
-
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- ilio-
-
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- tonia
-
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- imit.
-
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Iran.
-
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- ition
-
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- irone
-
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.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Ital.
-
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- mast-
-
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- matr-
-
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alti-
-
- tera-
-
- alto-
-
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- term.
-
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- aero-
-
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- aeri-
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- male-
-
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- amort
-
adjective,
spiritless; lifeless.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 30-30
-
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- mero-
-
- tiers
-
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.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- teno-
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Amer.
-
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- amin-
-
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- meno-
-
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Melia
-
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- AISI
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- est.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- 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.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- RIIA
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ELAS
-
- soln
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- eso-
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Sol.
-
- AIME
-
- 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.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Ens.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- emia
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- tron
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- 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.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Aire
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- tRNA
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- 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.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Saml
-
- ARIS
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- Sam.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Arm.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Sat.
-
- Soni
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- ano-
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- AMLS
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sem.
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- RONA
-
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- ator
-
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- 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:
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- Alis
-
- Rom.
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- 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.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- RNAS
-
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- rit.
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- tri-
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- alt.
-
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- ASME
-
- Sra.
-
- SRAM
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- atm.
-
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Mort
-
noun,
Hunting. the note played on a hunting horn signifying that the animal hunted has been killed.
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Tasm
-
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- mRNA
-
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Mon.
-
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tier
-
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.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- 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.
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- 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.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- 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.
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- MSAE
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- MSIE
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 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.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- min.
-
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- MILR
-
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- met.
-
- ment
-
- men-
-
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- meas
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- ten.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- mil.
-
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- MNAS
-
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- mol.
-
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- 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.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- Mar.
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- ter.
-
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- mis-
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- Man.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- MALS
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- mal-
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- str.
-
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- 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.
- Ont.
-
- iso-
-
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- 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.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ole-
-
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- itis
-
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- itol
-
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- 1080
-
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- rain
-
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).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- inae
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- INRI
-
- ile-
-
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- mes-
-
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- 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:
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ins.
-
- 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.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- intl
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- nom.
-
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Nor.
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lea.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- nos-
-
- NIRA
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Lat.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- int.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Lani
-
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- NTIA
-
- not-
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lam.
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Sr.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TIA
-
- TSI
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- TSE
-
- 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.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- 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.
- tr.
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TMO
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- 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.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAL
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tra
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- STL
-
- Sta
-
- STI
-
- Tro
-
- St.
-
- STM
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Isl
-
- 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.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lt.
-
- La.
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- ise
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- ior
-
- ILO
-
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- 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 = .
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ISA
-
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Les
-
- il-
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- MSL
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- SMA
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- Mo.
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- mi.
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MIE
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LIM
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LMT
-
- LON
-
- Me.
-
- 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.
- LSI
-
- LSM
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ier
-
- ml.
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- ASM
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- 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
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- AMS
-
- AME
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Am.
-
- al.
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ae.
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALM
-
- at.
-
- eo-
-
- IAS
-
- ETO
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- ETR
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ETS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- en-
-
- EOM
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAM
-
- ean
-
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eir
-
- EMT
-
- EIS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EMR
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- MIT
-
- Mao
-
- MLA
-
- RMA
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Re.
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- 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.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- REA
-
- ose
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Om.
-
- OEM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- 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.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- MLR
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- 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.
- OAS
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAR
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SAE
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SLA
-
- SLE
-
- SLR
-
- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- SRO
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ROI
-
- RIM
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noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- RNA
-
- ROA
-
- ROE
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noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROT
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noun,
the process of rotting.
- So.
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- OAT
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noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Ola
-
- 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.
- NEA
-
- mtn
-
- NIM
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noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- MRI
-
- MSA
-
- MSE
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIA
-
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NES
-
- ne-
-
- MRA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NAM
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noun,
Vietnam.
- nae
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MSI
-
- MSN
-
- MST
-
- MTS
-
- Mt.
-
- MTO
-
- MTI
-
- MRE
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- nr.
-
- OSA
-
- MLS
-
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- NMI
-
- NRA
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- NSA
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NMR
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOI
-
- MOR
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- 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.
- MN
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- SL
-
- S.
-
- AO
-
- SA
-
- SM
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LR
-
- LM
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- t.
-
- L1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- L.
-
- 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.
- TL
-
- T1
-
- L2
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ol
-
- TM
-
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TN
-
- i.
-
- NM
-
- EI
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- RO
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- N.
-
- OA
-
- NI
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RN
-
- RI
-
- le
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- NL
-
- SN
-