Anagrams of ostensible
Word ostensible has
641 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of ostensible.
- bilestone
-
noun,
gallstone.
- stilbenes
-
noun,
a colorless to slightly yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 14 H 12 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes (stilbene dyes)
- nobelists
-
noun,
a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- seilenos
-
noun,
Silenus.
- tensible
-
adjective,
capable of being stretched; tensile.
- ebonites
-
noun,
vulcanite.
- bonesets
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Eupatorium, especially E. perfoliatum, of North America, having white flowers in a flat-topped cluster.
- essonite
-
noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of grossularite garnet.
- noteless
-
adjective,
not noted; undistinguished; unnoticed.
- Nobelist
-
noun,
a person who is awarded a Nobel prize.
- betonies
-
noun,
a plant, Stachys (formerly Betonica) officinalis, of the mint family, having hairy leaves and dense spikes of purple flowers, formerly used in medicine and dyeing.
- sensible
-
adjective,
having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment:
- stilbene
-
noun,
a colorless to slightly yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 14 H 12 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes (stilbene dyes)
- ebonite
-
noun,
vulcanite.
- ebonist
-
noun,
a worker in ebony.
- betises
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- seniles
-
noun,
a senile person.
- telsons
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- tinsels
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- listens
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- etoiles
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- lesions
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- osselet
-
noun,
a hard nodule on the leg of a horse, especially one on the inner side of the knee or the outer side of the fetlock.
- seleno-
-
- telesis
-
noun,
deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- boneset
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Eupatorium, especially E. perfoliatum, of North America, having white flowers in a flat-topped cluster.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- ebonies
-
noun,
a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc.
- insoles
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- ensiles
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- enlists
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- enisles
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- silents
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- tonsils
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- lioness
-
noun,
a female lion.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- nestles
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- teleo-
-
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- sleets
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- eosins
-
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.
- botels
-
noun,
boatel.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- 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.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- Lisbon
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Portugal, in the SW part, on the Tagus estuary.
- ossein
-
noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- 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.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- 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.
- steels
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- steles
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Belton
-
noun,
a town in W Missouri.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- besots
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- setons
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- selen-
-
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Benoit
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (or Peter) Léonard Léopold [ley-aw-nar ley-aw-pawld] /leɪ ɔˈnar leɪ ɔˈpɔld/ (Show IPA), 1834–1901, Belgian composer.
- Belsen
-
noun,
locality in NW Germany: site of Nazi concentration camp during World War II.
- steno-
-
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- betels
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- Nobile
-
noun,
Umberto [oo m-ber-taw] /ʊmˈbɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1978, Italian aeronautical engineer and arctic explorer.
- besets
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- nobles
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- Bessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Bessel
-
noun,
Friedrich Wilhelm [free-drik wil-helm;; German free-drikh vil-helm] /ˈfri drɪk ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1784–1846, German astronomer.
- setose
-
adjective,
covered with setae or bristles; bristly.
- lessen
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Lesbos
-
noun,
Mytilene (def 1).
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Beloit
-
noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- stenos
-
noun,
a stenographer.
- lesson
-
noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- Stones
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- teno-
-
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Noble
-
noun,
a person of noble birth or rank; nobleman or noblewoman. Synonyms: peer; aristocrat, blue blood, patrician.
Antonyms: commoner, serf, peasant.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- snots
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- Nobel
-
noun,
Alfred Bernhard [ahl-fred ber-nahrd] /ˈɑl frɛd ˈbɛr nɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1833–96, Swedish engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- 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.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Niobe
-
noun,
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
- lebes
-
noun,
a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- in-lb
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- insol
-
- noses
-
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.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- inst.
-
- ileo-
-
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- 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).
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- 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.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- stobs
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- telo-
-
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- obese
-
adjective,
very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- tele-
-
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- snobs
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- snibs
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- 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.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- biol.
-
- biont
-
- bison
-
noun,
Also called American bison, American buffalo. a North American, oxlike ruminant, Bison bison, having a large head and high, humped shoulders: formerly common in North America, its small remaining population in isolated western areas of the U.S. and Canada is now protected.
- bisso
-
noun,
bis2 .
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- bless
-
verb (used with object),
to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- Bliss
-
noun,
supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment:
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- betel
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- 30-30
-
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- 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.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- belie
-
verb (used with object),
to show to be false; contradict:
- sines
-
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.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Benes
-
noun,
Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
- bests
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Benet
-
noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- seti-
-
- Sino-
-
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- 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.
- Tobin
-
noun,
James, 1918–2002, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1981.
- BSElE
-
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- slobs
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- oste-
-
- Osset
-
noun,
a member of an Aryan people of Ossetia whose religion combines features of Islam and Christianity.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- 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.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- nests
-
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.
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- ento-
-
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- bones
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- sebi-
-
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- sones
-
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.
- sito-
-
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- 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.
- 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.
- NEbE
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- 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.
- Nebo
-
noun,
Mt. See under Pisgah.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Soni
-
- 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.
- neo-
-
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- soln
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- osis
-
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SBLI
-
- SEbS
-
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- sibs
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Ont.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- nobs
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Sol.
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- 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.
- nos-
-
- 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-
-
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- NTSB
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- sobs
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- obs.
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- 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.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- snob
-
noun,
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- sots
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- BSLS
-
- tion
-
- btl.
-
- Tob.
-
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- BSSE
-
- BSOT
-
- BSIT
-
- ebon
-
adjective,
ebony (def 6).
- BSIE
-
- BSES
-
- BSEE
-
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- bot.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- est.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- eso-
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- ESIS
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- Ens.
-
- 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.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enl.
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elbe
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.
- BOSS
-
noun,
a person who employs or superintends workers; manager.
- bons
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Bess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- toss
-
noun,
an act or instance of tossing.
- bet.
-
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- Bone
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology.
one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate.
the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- BLit
-
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- Bol.
-
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- bin-
-
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- Bion
-
noun,
flourished c100 b.c, Greek pastoral poet.
- bio-
-
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ten.
-
- ible
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Lib.
-
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- 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.
- lin.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- 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.
- 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:
- 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.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- 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.
- lobs
-
- lit.
-
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- Ste.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitB
-
- 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.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ISBN
-
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- tel-
-
- ile-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- 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.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- 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 = .
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- iso-
-
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- itol
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- ISSN
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- isls
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- SST
-
- SSN
-
- SSI
-
- SSE
-
- SSB
-
- ss.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- STI
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- STL
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- St.
-
- SLE
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- 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.
- STB
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- Tbi
-
- tlo
-
- TBO
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- 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.
- TNB
-
- LON
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ILS
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ETO
-
- ETS
-
- io-
-
- ib.
-
- IBN
-
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- il-
-
- ILO
-
- in.
-
- ene
-
- 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.
- IOT
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- ist
-
- ite
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- Lt.
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- LBO
-
- EOE
-
- en-
-
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- BNS
-
- be-
-
- bl.
-
- BSS
-
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- bi-
-
- BIE
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- ble
-
- BLS
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- Bn.
-
- Bon
-
noun,
Cape, a cape on the NE coast of Tunisia: surrender of the German African forces, May 12, 1943.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- BSL
-
- BSE
-
- BSN
-
- BSO
-
- BST
-
- Bt.
-
- BTE
-
- eo-
-
- EbN
-
- EBS
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEO
-
- EIS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ons
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nob
-
noun,
Slang. the head.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- ob.
-
- OSB
-
- OBE
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- obl
-
- 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.
- OIt
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONI
-
- ose
-
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- OSS
-
- ot-
-
- OTB
-
- ote
-
- OTS
-
- So.
-
- sb.
-
- SBE
-
- se-
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- TSS
-
- 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:
- NBS
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LSS
-
- NbE
-
- ne-
-
- LST
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- 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.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- LSI
-
- NES
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- i.
-
- SL
-
- ln
-
- 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.
- S.
-
- L2
-
- L.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
-
- BO
-
- le
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- B-
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- t.
-
- N.
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NL
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NI
-
- NB
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SN
-
- Eb
-
- ol
-
- EI
-
- ee
-
- TL
-
- TN
-
- T1
-
- TB
-
- O.
-