Anagrams of orientates
Word orientates has
952 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of orientates.
- sea-otter
-
noun,
a marine otter, Enhydra lutris, of the shores of the northern Pacific, with a very valuable fur: now greatly reduced in number and rare in many areas.
- stationer
-
noun,
a person who sells the materials used in writing, as paper, pens, pencils, and ink.
- orientate
-
verb (used with or without object),
orient (defs 4–12).
- tenorites
-
noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- tres-tine
-
noun,
royal antler.
- reinstate
-
verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- strontia
-
noun,
Also called strontium oxide. a white or grayish-white, amorphous powder, SrO, resembling lime in its general character: used chiefly in the manufacture of strontium salts.
- tentoria
-
noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- teosinte
-
noun,
a tall grass, Zea mexicana, of Mexico and Central America, closely related to corn, and sometimes cultivated as a fodder plant.
- iterates
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- tetanies
-
noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- intreats
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- tertians
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- noisette
-
noun,
a loin, fillet, or other lean section of meat:
- tritones
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- ratteens
-
noun,
ratiné.
- tenorite
-
noun,
a mineral, cupric oxide, CuO, occurring in veins of copper in black, minute scales.
- Teresian
-
noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- tenorist
-
noun,
a person who sings tenor.
- entreats
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- straiten
-
verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- sternite
-
noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- treatise
-
noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- treaties
-
noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- nitrates
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Teresina
-
noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- resonate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- serotine
-
noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- interest
-
noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- arsenite
-
noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- Oresteia
-
noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- tea-rose
-
noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- resinate
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- senorita
-
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.
- anisette
-
noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- Rosetta
-
noun,
a town in N Egypt, at a mouth of the Nile.
- Rosette
-
noun,
any arrangement, part, object, or formation more or less resembling a rose.
- Torenia
-
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.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- Ternate
-
noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- iterate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- station
-
noun,
a place or position in which a person or thing is normally located.
- stearin
-
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.
- stearo-
-
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Estonia
-
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.
- estreat
-
noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- entreat
-
verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- rotates
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- entero-
-
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- steato-
-
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- attorns
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- antero-
-
- sterno-
-
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- tritons
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- strato-
-
- rattons
-
noun,
a rat.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- norites
-
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.
- notates
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- strati-
-
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- Stentor
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
- stereo-
-
- aristo-
-
- arseno-
-
- toaster
-
noun,
an instrument or appliance for toasting bread, muffins, etc.
- tritone
-
noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tetra-
-
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- teston
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, equal at various times to between 10 and 14½ sols, bearing on the obverse a bust of the reigning king.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- 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.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- ottars
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- trans.
-
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- iatro-
-
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- tortes
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- rotate
-
adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- rottes
-
noun,
rote2 .
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- terat-
-
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- 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.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- 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.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- inter.
-
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- instr.
-
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- intra-
-
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- intro.
-
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- steno-
-
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- aniso-
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- 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.
- stator
-
noun,
Electricity, Machinery. a portion of a machine that remains fixed with respect to rotating parts, especially the collection of stationary parts in the magnetic circuits of a machine.
Compare rotor (def 1).
- arsen-
-
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- 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.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- astro-
-
- astron
-
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- aeron.
-
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- set-to
-
noun,
a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- tarots
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- tarso-
-
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- enter-
-
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- 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.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Stoat
-
noun,
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- 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.
- ster.
-
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- 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.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- 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).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- reni-
-
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- 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.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- oste-
-
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- teno-
-
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sanit
-
- 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.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sito-
-
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- sero-
-
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- seti-
-
- 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.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- 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.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Sino-
-
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- 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.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- stat.
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- 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.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- 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.
- 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.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- 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.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- 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.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- 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.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Srta.
-
- 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.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 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.
- tears
-
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astr.
-
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tonia
-
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- ation
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- 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.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- nears
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- naso-
-
- 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.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- atto-
-
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- toast
-
noun,
sliced bread that has been browned by dry heat.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- ento-
-
- 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.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- treas
-
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- 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.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- 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.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- intr.
-
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- torts
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- IATSE
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- totes
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- toti-
-
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- areo-
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- Titos
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- aeri-
-
- trots
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- aero-
-
- 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.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- ante-
-
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- 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.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- 30-30
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- 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.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitr-
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- aet.
-
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- 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.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- 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.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Ens.
-
- aer-
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- ant.
-
- att.
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- ano-
-
- tRNA
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- trit
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- ANSI
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Ste.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- str.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- stot
-
noun,
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
- ARIS
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- ten.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Soni
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- tri-
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Aire
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- 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.
- attn
-
- ates
-
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tron
-
- ator
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Sra.
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- NIRA
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 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.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- 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.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- 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.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- tion
-
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- 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.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ont.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- nos-
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- 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.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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).
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- NTIA
-
- Tit.
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- ette
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tots
-
noun,
a small child.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- tost
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- inae
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- ins.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- int.
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- eso-
-
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ter.
-
- iso-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RONA
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- 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.
- RNAS
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- Ire.
-
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- 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.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- 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 = .
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- tr.
-
- Tro
-
- 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.
- 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.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- TIA
-
- 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.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tra
-
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- TNT
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- ier
-
- IOT
-
- 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.
- ior
-
- 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 = .
- ine
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- IAS
-
- IRO
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- ETO
-
- ESR
-
- Ir.
-
- IRS
-
- ESA
-
- ne-
-
- nr.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIA
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NES
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- ese
-
- ERT
-
- NSA
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ASN
-
- 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.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ASR
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ast
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- eir
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOE
-
- ene
-
- en-
-
- EIS
-
- EEO
-
- at.
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- NRA
-
- TTS
-
- ROI
-
- ROA
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- St.
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Sta
-
- rte
-
- STI
-
- RNA
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- REA
-
- rt.
-
- RTS
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SER
-
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).
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- se-
-
- SAR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- Sr.
-
- 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.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- OSA
-
- 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.
- OAS
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- 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
-
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ons
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Re.
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- OTS
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ot-
-
- ose
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- t.
-
- 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.
- AO
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- T1
-
- SN
-
- TT
-
- O.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OA
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NI
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- R.
-
- RI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RN
-
- i.
-
- RO
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- S.
-
- SA
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- ee
-
- TN
-