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- banderillas
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noun,
an ornamented dart with barbs used by banderilleros for sticking into the neck or shoulder of the bull.
- ill-starred
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adjective,
doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky:
- pilastrade
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noun,
a row of pilasters.
- tablelands
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noun,
an elevated and generally level region of considerable extent; plateau.
- Palestrina
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noun,
Giovanni Pierluigi da [jaw-vahn-nee pyer-loo-ee-jee dah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni ˌpyɛr luˈi dʒi dɑ/ (Show IPA), 1526?–94, Italian composer.
- balladries
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noun,
ballad poetry.
- Stalinabad
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noun,
a former name of Dushanbe.
- alabandite
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noun,
a rare mineral, manganese sulfide, MnS, occurring in a massive form and having a cubical lattice structure.
- interlards
-
verb (used with object),
to diversify by adding or interjecting something unique, striking, or contrasting (usually followed by with):
- Basel-Land
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noun,
a demicanton in N Switzerland. 165 sq. mi. (425 sq. km). Capital: Liestal.
- strap-laid
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adjective,
noting a type of flat cordage made by stitching strands together side by side.
- biparental
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adjective,
pertaining to or having traits or characteristics that stem from both parents.
- banderilla
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noun,
an ornamented dart with barbs used by banderilleros for sticking into the neck or shoulder of the bull.
- spitballer
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noun,
a pitcher who is known or believed to throw spitballs.
- panatellas
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noun,
panetella.
- palisander
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noun,
Brazilian rosewood.
- Delsartian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of François Delsarte or the Delsarte method.
- planetaria
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noun,
an apparatus or model representing the planetary system.
- artisanal
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adjective,
pertaining to or noting a person skilled in an applied art:
- interlard
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verb (used with object),
to diversify by adding or interjecting something unique, striking, or contrasting (usually followed by with):
- bilateral
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noun,
Informal. a bilateral agreement, especially regarding international trade.
- ill-spent
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adjective,
misspent; wasted.
- bilanders
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noun,
a small two-masted merchant vessel, a type of hoy distinguished by the trapezoidal shape of the mainsail, used especially on canals and along coasts of the Low Countries.
- rataplans
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noun,
a sound of or as of the beating of a drum.
- abradants
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noun,
an abrasive.
- sailplane
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noun,
a very light glider that can be lifted by an upward current of air.
- leadplant
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noun,
a North American shrub, Amorpha canescens, of the legume family, the leaves and twigs of which have a gray cast.
- abstainer
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noun,
a person who abstains from something regarded as improper or unhealthy, especially the drinking of alcoholic beverages.
- adaptable
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adjective,
capable of being adapted.
- bastinade
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noun, verb (used with object),
bastinado.
- arterials
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noun,
a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access:
- perinatal
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adjective,
occurring during or pertaining to the phase surrounding the time of birth, from the twentieth week of gestation to the twenty-eighth day of newborn life.
- basipetal
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adjective,
growing or moving toward the base of a structure or part.
- palaestra
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noun,
Greek Antiquity. palestra.
- palatable
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adjective,
acceptable or agreeable to the palate or taste; savory:
- printable
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adjective,
capable of being printed.
- sabadilla
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noun,
a Mexican plant, Schoenocaulon officinale, of the lily family, having long, grasslike leaves and bitter seeds.
- tableland
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noun,
an elevated and generally level region of considerable extent; plateau.
- Alabaster
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noun,
a finely granular variety of gypsum, often white and translucent, used for ornamental objects or work, such as lamp bases, figurines, etc.
- Sabellian
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noun,
a member of a group of early Italian peoples including the Samnites and Sabines.
- psalteria
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noun,
the omasum.
- Stradella
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noun,
Alessandro [ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), 1645?–82? Italian composer.
- palatines
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noun,
a vassal exercising royal privileges in a province; a count or earl palatine.
- Palladian
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noun,
a disciple of Andrea Palladio, specifically one of the circle of Lord Burlington in 18th-century England.
- terrapins
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noun,
any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- aberrants
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noun,
an aberrant person, thing, group, etc.
- ballerina
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noun,
a principal female dancer in a ballet company.
Compare prima ballerina.
- spellbind
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verb (used with object),
to hold or bind by or as if by a spell; enchant; entrance; fascinate.
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- allanites
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noun,
a member of the epidote group, a silicate of calcium, cerium, aluminum, and iron, occurring chiefly in brown-to-black masses or prismatic crystals.
- transpire
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verb (used with object),
to emit or give off (waste matter, watery vapor, an odor, etc.) through the surface, as of the body or of leaves.
- baldpates
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noun,
baldhead (def 1).
- tapaderas
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noun,
Southwestern U.S. a hoodlike piece of heavy leather around the front of the stirrup of a stock or range saddle to protect the rider's foot.
- balladist
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noun,
a person who writes, composes, or sings ballads.
- dipterans
-
noun,
a dipterous insect.
- disparate
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adjective,
distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar:
- parietals
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noun,
Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
- Sillanpaa
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noun,
Frans Eemil [frahns e-mil] /frɑns ˈɛ mɪl/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, Finnish author: Nobel prize 1939.
- breastpin
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noun,
a pin worn on the breast or at the throat; brooch.
- trapballs
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noun,
an old game in which a ball placed on the hollowed end of a trap is thrown into the air by striking the other end of the trap with a bat and then driven to a distance with the bat.
- paradisal
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adjective,
paradisiacal.
- panatella
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noun,
panetella.
- parablast
-
noun,
the nutritive yolk of a meroblastic ovum or egg.
- libelants
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noun,
a person who libels, or institutes suit.
- lapidates
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verb (used with object),
to pelt with stones.
- palliates
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verb (used with object),
to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
- Aldebaran
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noun,
a first-magnitude star, orange in color, in the constellation Taurus.
- antipedal
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adjective,
(in a mollusk) located opposite the foot.
- steradian
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noun,
a solid angle at the center of a sphere subtending a section on the surface equal in area to the square of the radius of the sphere. Abbreviation: sr.
- trainable
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adjective,
capable of being trained.
- arterial
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noun,
a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access:
- replants
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verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- literals
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- redbaits
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verb (used without object),
to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.
- repaints
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noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- Atabrine
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- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- asternal
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adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- narrates
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verb (used with object),
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
- tendrils
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noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- aspirant
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noun,
a person who aspires, as one who seeks or desires a career, advancement, status, etc.:
- aspirate
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noun,
Phonetics. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.
- ratsbane
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noun,
rat poison.
- aspirata
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noun,
a voiceless stop accompanied by strong aspiration, as φ, θ, χ.
- rataplan
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noun,
a sound of or as of the beating of a drum.
- liberals
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noun,
a person of liberal principles or views, especially in politics or religion.
- rarebits
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noun,
Welsh rabbit.
- radiates
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adjective,
radiating from a center.
- Paradise
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noun,
heaven, as the final abode of the righteous.
- parasite
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noun,
an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment.
- pardners
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noun,
(in direct address) friend.
- pareiras
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noun,
the root of a South American vine, Chondodendron tomentosum, used as a source of curare, a diuretic, etc.
- parental
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noun,
Informal. one's parent (often preceded by the):
- parietal
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noun,
Anatomy. any of several parts in the parietal region of the skull, especially the parietal bone.
- Parnaiba
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noun,
a seaport in NE Brazil.
- Anableps
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noun,
four-eyed fish.
- pantries
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noun,
a room or closet in which food, groceries, and other provisions, or silverware, dishes, etc., are kept.
- partials
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noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- partible
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adjective,
capable of being divided or separated; separable; divisible.
- partiers
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noun,
partyer.
- Altadena
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noun,
a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- partisan
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noun,
an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
- Alsatian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Alsace.
- partners
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noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- Pasadena
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noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- parables
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noun,
a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
- pantiles
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noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- arillate
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adjective,
having an aril.
- palatial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or resembling a palace:
- paillard
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noun,
a scallop, especially of veal or chicken, that is pounded flat and grilled or sautéed quickly.
- painters
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noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- palabras
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noun,
a word.
- paladins
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noun,
any one of the 12 legendary peers or knightly champions in attendance on Charlemagne.
- arbitral
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adjective,
pertaining to an arbiter or to arbitration.
- palatals
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noun,
Phonetics. a palatal consonant.
- arbalest
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noun,
a powerful medieval crossbow with a steel bow, used to shoot stones, metal balls, arrows, etc.
- Palatine
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noun,
a vassal exercising royal privileges in a province; a count or earl palatine.
- Antilles
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plural noun,
a chain of islands in the West Indies, divided into two parts, the one including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles) the other including a large arch of smaller islands to the SE and S (Lesser Antilles or Caribees)
- araneids
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noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- palestra
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noun,
a public place for training or exercise in wrestling or athletics.
- palisade
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noun,
a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
- arabians
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noun,
an inhabitant of Arabia.
- Palladia
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noun,
Also, Palladion [puh-ley-dee-on] /pəˈleɪ diˌɒn/ (Show IPA). a statue of Athena, especially one on the citadel of Troy on which the safety of the city was supposed to depend.
- terrapin
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noun,
any of several edible North American turtles of the family Emydidae, inhabiting fresh or brackish waters, especially the diamondback terrapin: some are threatened or endangered.
- palliate
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verb (used with object),
to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate.
- panelist
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noun,
a member of a small group of persons gathered for formal public discussion, judging, playing a radio or television game, etc.
- Badarian
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adjective,
of, relating to, or belonging to the predynastic culture of Upper Egypt, 4100–3500 b.c., characterized by flint tools, stone axes, and pottery.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- reprints
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noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- Brandeis
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noun,
Louis Dembitz [dem-bits] /ˈdɛm bɪts/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, U.S. lawyer and writer: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1916–39.
- septaria
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noun,
a concretionary nodule or mass, usually of calcium carbonate or of argillaceous carbonate of iron, traversed within by a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals.
- Brainerd
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noun,
a city in central Minnesota.
- brailles
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noun,
Louis [loo-is,, loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu ɪs,, ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1809–52, French teacher of the blind.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- epiblast
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noun,
the primordial outer layer of a young embryo before the segregation of the germ layers, capable of becoming the ectoderm and containing cells capable of becoming the mesoderm and endoderm.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- blinders
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noun,
a person or thing that blinds.
- brandies
-
noun,
a spirit distilled from wine or from the fermented juice of grapes or of apples, peaches, plums, etc.
- satiable
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adjective,
capable of being satiated.
- saraband
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noun,
a slow, stately Spanish dance, especially of the 17th and 18th centuries, in triple meter, derived from a vigorous castanet dance.
- Santeria
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- salt-pan
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noun,
an undrained natural depression, as a crater or tectonic basin, in which the evaporation of water leaves a deposit of salt.
- strained
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- ill-bred
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adjective,
showing lack of good social breeding; unmannerly; rude.
- strainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- instable
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adjective,
not stable; unstable.
- branders
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verb (used with object),
to apply furring to (a surface).
- serranid
-
noun,
any of numerous percoid fishes of the family Serranidae, living chiefly in warm seas, including the sea basses and groupers.
- salaried
-
adjective,
receiving a salary:
- Spaniard
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Spain.
- database
-
noun,
a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.
- Denpasar
-
noun,
a city on S Bali, in S Indonesia.
- dentalia
-
noun,
any tooth shell of the genus Dentalium.
- depaints
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verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- spitball
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noun,
a small ball or lump of chewed paper used as a missile.
- detrains
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verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- splinter
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noun,
a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- spandrel
-
noun,
Architecture. an area between the extradoses of two adjoining arches, or between the extrados of an arch and a perpendicular through the extrados at the springing line.
- Serratia
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noun,
a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria that are saprophytic on decaying plant or animal materials.
- spadille
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noun,
the highest trump in certain card games, as the queen of clubs in omber.
- dipteral
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adjective,
dipterous.
- dipteran
-
noun,
a dipterous insect.
- displant
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verb (used with object),
to dislodge.
- Stapelia
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noun,
any of various plants of the genus Stapelia, of the milkweed family, native to southern Africa, having short, fleshy, leafless stems, and flowers that are oddly colored or mottled and in most species emit a fetid, carrionlike odor.
- brindles
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noun,
a brindled coloring.
- driblets
-
noun,
a small portion or part.
- Eastland
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noun,
James O(liver) 1904–86, U.S. politician: senator 1941, 1943–78.
- bilander
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noun,
a small two-masted merchant vessel, a type of hoy distinguished by the trapezoidal shape of the mainsail, used especially on canals and along coasts of the Low Countries.
- salariat
-
noun,
the class of workers in an economy who receive salaries.
- reprisal
-
noun,
(in warfare) retaliation against an enemy, for injuries received, by the infliction of equal or greater injuries.
- libelant
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noun,
a person who libels, or institutes suit.
- bartends
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verb (used without object),
to serve or work as a bartender.
- barillas
-
noun,
either of two European saltworts, Salsola kali or S. soda, whose ashes yield an impure carbonate of soda.
- praedial
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or consisting of land or its products; real; landed.
- talipeds
-
noun,
a taliped person or animal.
- banister
-
noun,
a baluster.
- retrains
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- radiants
-
noun,
a point or object from which rays proceed.
- ballista
-
noun,
an ancient military engine for throwing stones or other missiles.
- basanite
-
noun,
a basaltic rock composed chiefly of plagioclase, olivine, and augite.
- Libertas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- Ballarat
-
noun,
a city in S Victoria, in SE Australia.
- ballades
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noun,
a poem consisting commonly of three stanzas having an identical rhyme scheme, followed by an envoy, and having the same last line for each of the stanzas and the envoy.
- librates
-
verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- tapadera
-
noun,
Southwestern U.S. a hoodlike piece of heavy leather around the front of the stirrup of a stock or range saddle to protect the rider's foot.
- balestra
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noun,
a jump toward the opponent followed immediately by a lunge.
- baldpate
-
noun,
baldhead (def 1).
- restrain
-
verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- laterals
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noun,
a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot.
- basilard
-
noun,
a medieval dagger having a tapering blade with straight transverse quillons and a T -shaped pommel.
- tabanids
-
noun,
any of numerous bloodsucking flies of the family Tabanidae, comprising the deer flies and horse flies.
- bedrails
-
noun,
a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.
- Isabella
-
noun,
(Isabella, or the Pot of Basil),a narrative poem (1820) by John Keats.
- Bertrand
-
noun,
a male given name, French form of Bertram.
- islander
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of an island.
- bepaints
-
verb (used with object),
to cover or smear with paint.
- Sabatier
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1854–1941, French chemist: Nobel prize 1912.
- labiates
-
noun,
a labiate plant.
- Sabadell
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain, N of Barcelona.
- Saarland
-
noun,
a state in W Germany, in the Saar River valley. 991 sq. mi. (2569 sq. km). Capital: Saarbrücken.
- Bastille
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a fortress in Paris, used as a prison, built in the 14th century and destroyed July 14, 1789.
- tailband
-
noun,
a band sewn or glued to the tail of a book.
Compare headband (def 3).
- landlers
-
noun,
an Austrian and southern German folk dance in moderately slow triple meter, antecedent to the waltz.
- tail-end
-
noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- laniards
-
noun,
lanyard.
- Lansdale
-
noun,
a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- lapidate
-
verb (used with object),
to pelt with stones.
- lapsable
-
adjective,
liable to lapse.
- lapsible
-
adjective,
lapsable.
- all-star
-
noun,
Sports. a player selected for an all-star team.
- dataries
-
noun,
the office of the Curia Romana that investigates candidates for papal benefices.
- printers
-
noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- Pleasant
-
adjective,
pleasing, agreeable, or enjoyable; giving pleasure:
- pralines
-
noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- pertains
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- pretrial
-
noun,
a proceeding held by a judge, arbitrator, etc., before a trial to simplify the issues of law and fact and stipulate certain matters between the parties, in order to expedite justice and curtail costs at the trial.
- platband
-
noun,
a flat structural member, as a lintel or flat arch.
- trailers
-
noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- prenatal
-
adjective,
previous to birth or to giving birth:
- pilaster
-
noun,
a shallow rectangular feature projecting from a wall, having a capital and base and usually imitating the form of a column.
- tribades
-
noun,
lesbian (def 5).
- aerarian
-
noun,
a member of the lowest class of Roman citizens, who paid a poll tax but did not vote.
- prealtar
-
adjective,
in front of the altar.
- patinaed
-
adjective,
having or covered with a patina.
- trindles
-
noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- trapball
-
noun,
an old game in which a ball placed on the hollowed end of a trap is thrown into the air by striking the other end of the trap with a bat and then driven to a distance with the bat.
- piebalds
-
noun,
a piebald animal, especially a horse.
- adrenals
-
noun,
adrenal gland.
- pillaret
-
noun,
a small pillar.
- platinas
-
noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- triplane
-
- perillas
-
noun,
any of several aromatic Asian plants belonging to the genus Perilla, of the mint family, especially P. frutescens, which has become naturalized in the eastern U.S. and from which perilla oil is obtained.
- Alastair
-
noun,
a male given name.
- trade-in
-
noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- pinaster
-
noun,
a species of pyramid-shaped pine, Pinus pinaster, growing in southern Europe and having clustered needles.
- pinballs
-
noun,
any of various games played on a sloping, glass-topped table presenting a field of colorful, knoblike target pins and rails, the object usually being to shoot a ball, driven by a spring, up a side passage and cause it to roll back down against these projections and through channels, which electrically flash or ring and record the score.
- plastral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a plastron.
- trenails
-
noun,
treenail.
- Adlerian
-
adjective,
of or relating to Alfred Adler or his doctrines, especially in respect to the belief that behavior is determined by compensation for feelings of inferiority.
- Abailard
-
noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), Abélard.
- adapters
-
noun,
a person or thing that adapts.
- prandial
-
adjective,
of or relating to a meal, especially dinner.
- tripedal
-
adjective,
having three feet.
- planters
-
noun,
a person who plants.
- Pearland
-
noun,
a town in SE Texas.
- Rabelais
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), c1490–1553, French satirist and humorist.
- abradant
-
noun,
an abrasive.
- abristle
-
adverb, adjective,
in a bristling state:
- patellas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the flat, movable bone at the front of the knee; kneecap.
- allanite
-
noun,
a member of the epidote group, a silicate of calcium, cerium, aluminum, and iron, occurring chiefly in brown-to-black masses or prismatic crystals.
- aberrant
-
noun,
an aberrant person, thing, group, etc.
- plaister
-
noun, verb (used with object),
plaster.
- paternal
-
adjective,
characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly:
- pastille
-
noun,
a flavored or medicated lozenge; troche.
- airplane
-
noun,
a heavier-than-air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc.
- trainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- airdates
-
noun,
the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- barilla
-
noun,
either of two European saltworts, Salsola kali or S. soda, whose ashes yield an impure carbonate of soda.
- Plataea
-
noun,
an ancient city in Greece, in Boeotia: Greeks defeated Persians here 479 b.c.
- ribalds
-
noun,
a ribald person.
- Barents
-
noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- Brander
-
verb (used with object),
to apply furring to (a surface).
- replant
-
verb (used with object),
to plant again.
- Brandes
-
noun,
Georg Morris [ge-ohrg moh-ris] /gɛˈoʊrg ˈmoʊ rɪs/ (Show IPA), (Georg Morris Cohen) 1842–1927, Danish historian and literary critic.
- balatas
-
noun,
a nonelastic, rubberlike, water-resistant gum that softens in hot water and is obtained from the latex of a tropical American tree, Manilkara bidentata: used chiefly in the manufacture of machinery belts, golf ball covers, and as a substitute for gutta percha.
Compare bully tree.
- taliped
-
noun,
a taliped person or animal.
- Pilsner
-
noun,
a pale, light lager beer.
- talipes
-
noun,
a clubfoot.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- banters
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- bridals
-
noun,
a wedding.
- elapids
-
noun,
any of numerous cosmopolitan snakes of the family Elapidae, having permanently erect fangs in the front of the upper jaw and including the New World coral snakes, the cobras, and most Australian snakes.
- traipse
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- pinards
-
noun,
wine.
- Barinas
-
noun,
a city in W Venezuela.
- bridles
-
noun,
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- lead-in
-
noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- literal
-
noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- barrets
-
noun,
a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- brained
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- plastid
-
noun,
a small, double-membraned organelle of plant cells and certain protists, occurring in several varieties, as the chloroplast, and containing ribosomes, prokaryotic DNA, and, often, pigment.
- barrens
-
noun,
Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
- Tarrasa
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain, N of Barcelona.
- Printer
-
noun,
a person or thing that prints, especially a person whose occupation is printing.
- end-all
-
noun,
the ultimate purpose, object, or conclusion:
- ridable
-
- Tarpeia
-
noun,
a vestal virgin who betrayed Rome to the Sabines and was crushed under their shields when she claimed a reward.
- riblets
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- Barnard
-
noun,
Christiaan N(eethling) [kris-tyahn nit-ling] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈnɪt lɪŋ/ (Show IPA), 1922–2001, South African surgeon: performed first successful human-heart transplant 1967.
- barites
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- tarpans
-
noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- ribands
-
noun,
a decorative ribbon.
- tallies
-
noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- reprint
-
noun,
a reproduction in print of matter already printed.
- librate
-
verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- lintels
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- ballast
-
noun,
Nautical. any heavy material carried temporarily or permanently in a vessel to provide desired draft and stability.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- aeraria
-
noun,
the state treasury in ancient Rome.
- platers
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- ballade
-
noun,
a poem consisting commonly of three stanzas having an identical rhyme scheme, followed by an envoy, and having the same last line for each of the stanzas and the envoy.
- sidebar
-
noun,
follow-up (def 3b).
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- ballata
-
noun,
a 14th-century Italian verse form composed of stanzas beginning and ending with a refrain, often set to music and accompanied by dancing.
- transp.
-
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Liestal
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Basel-Land, in NW Switzerland.
- starred
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Trapani
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Sicily.
- piebald
-
noun,
a piebald animal, especially a horse.
- retards
-
noun,
a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- briards
-
noun,
one of a French breed of dogs having a long, slightly wavy coat, raised originally for herding sheep.
- Plantae
-
noun,
the taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants.
- Serbian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- Lesbian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Lesbos.
- earlaps
-
noun,
earflap.
- branles
-
noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- bandlet
-
noun,
annulet (def 1).
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- bandies
-
noun,
an early form of tennis.
- pillars
-
noun,
an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument:
- transl.
-
- adrenal
-
noun,
adrenal gland.
- spindle
-
noun,
a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Banaras
-
noun,
a former name of Varanasi.
- Tarbell
-
noun,
Ida Minerva, 1857–1944, U.S. author.
- brasier
-
noun,
brazier1 .
- Liberal
-
noun,
a person of liberal principles or views, especially in politics or religion.
- lipread
-
verb (used with object),
to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.
- balneal
-
adjective,
of or relating to baths or bathing.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- adipate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of adipic acid.
- bartend
-
verb (used without object),
to serve or work as a bartender.
- Lateran
-
noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- barters
-
noun,
the act or practice of bartering.
- bestial
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- striped
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- blasted
-
noun,
a sudden and violent gust of wind:
- salable
-
adjective,
subject to or suitable for sale; readily sold:
- Ireland
-
noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- striper
-
noun,
Military.
a naval officer whose uniform sleeve displays stripes:
an enlisted person of any of the armed services whose sleeve displays stripes denoting years of service:
- stipend
-
noun,
a periodic payment, especially a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- tabanid
-
noun,
any of numerous bloodsucking flies of the family Tabanidae, comprising the deer flies and horse flies.
- sardana
-
noun,
a dance of the region of Catalonia, Spain, in which the dancers form a moving circle.
- Isabela
-
noun,
a city in NW Puerto Rico.
- tabards
-
noun,
a loose outer garment, sleeveless or with short sleeves, especially one worn by a knight over his armor and usually emblazoned with his arms.
- abrades
-
verb (used with or without object),
to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.
- Saladin
-
noun,
(Salāh-ed-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb) 1137–93, sultan of Egypt and Syria 1175–93: opponent of Crusaders.
- abraser
-
noun,
a machine for testing the abrasion resistance of a material.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- abreast
-
adverb, adjective,
side by side; beside each other in a line:
- Bernard
-
noun,
Claude [klohd] /kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1813–78, French physiologist.
- Sabrina
-
noun,
a female given name: from the Latin word for the river Severn.
- berlins
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- predial
-
adjective,
praedial.
- Bepaint
-
verb (used with object),
to cover or smear with paint.
- Laaland
-
noun,
an island in SE Denmark, S of Zealand. 495 sq. mi. (1280 sq. km).
- Sabaean
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Saba.
- labials
-
noun,
any labial consonant, especially a bilabial.
- plantar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sole of the foot.
- sapient
-
adjective,
having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
- Abelard
-
noun,
Pierre [pee-air;; French pyer] /piˈɛər;; French pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (Peter Abelard) 1079–1142, French scholastic philosopher, teacher, and theologian. His love affair with Heloïse is one of the famous romances in history.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- planers
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- birders
-
noun,
a person who raises birds.
- Trianda
-
noun,
a town on the Greek island of Rhodes, in the Aegean Sea: built on the site of ancient Ialysus.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- biplane
-
noun,
an airplane with two sets of wings, one above and usually slightly forward of the other.
- tribade
-
noun,
lesbian (def 5).
- bipedal
-
adjective,
biped.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- indabas
-
noun,
a conference or consultation between or with native peoples of South Africa.
- planate
-
adjective,
having a plane or flat surface.
- triable
-
- bindles
-
noun,
a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo.
- binders
-
noun,
a person or thing that binds.
- ablates
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- install
-
verb (used with object),
to place in position or connect for service or use:
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- bilsted
-
noun,
the liquidambar tree.
- billets
-
noun,
lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
- sandpit
-
noun,
a deep pit in sandy soil from which sand is excavated.
- plaints
-
noun,
a complaint.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- Abelian
-
adjective,
of or relating to Niels Henrik Abel or his theorems.
- labiate
-
noun,
a labiate plant.
- trepans
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- plaster
-
noun,
a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- basinet
-
noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- trellis
-
noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- bastide
-
noun,
a medieval fortified town, planned as a whole and built at one time, especially in southern France, for strategic or commercial purposes.
- Bastian
-
noun,
Adolf [ah-dawlf] /ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1826–1905, German anthropologist.
- 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.
- larders
-
noun,
a room or place where food is kept; pantry.
- Lardner
-
noun,
Ring(gold Wilmer) [ring-gohld wil-mer] /ˈrɪŋˌgoʊld ˈwɪl mər/ (Show IPA), 1885–1933, U.S. short-story writer and journalist.
- Bastard
-
noun,
a person born of unmarried parents; an illegitimate child.
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- larries
-
noun,
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
- rillets
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- pinball
-
noun,
any of various games played on a sloping, glass-topped table presenting a field of colorful, knoblike target pins and rails, the object usually being to shoot a ball, driven by a spring, up a side passage and cause it to roll back down against these projections and through channels, which electrically flash or ring and record the score.
- basilar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the base, especially the base of the skull.
- Basilan
-
noun,
an island in the Philippines, SW of Mindanao. 495 sq. mi. (1282 sq. km).
- driblet
-
noun,
a small portion or part.
- basiate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to kiss.
- adiabat
-
noun,
a line on a thermodynamic chart relating the pressure and temperature of a substance undergoing an adiabatic change.
- lateral
-
noun,
a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot.
- talaria
-
plural noun,
the wings or winged sandals on the feet of Hermes, or Mercury.
- pinatas
-
noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- Braille
-
noun,
Louis [loo-is,, loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu ɪs,, ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1809–52, French teacher of the blind.
- radiant
-
noun,
a point or object from which rays proceed.
- lararia
-
noun,
(in an ancient Roman home) a shrine for the Lares.
- Lapland
-
noun,
a region in N Norway, N Sweden, N Finland, and the Kola Peninsula of the NW Russian Federation in Europe: inhabited by Lapps.
- pintles
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- sealant
-
noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- labrets
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- erratas
-
noun,
plural of erratum.
- Belinda
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old Spanish word meaning “beautiful.”.
- abstain
-
verb (used without object),
to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from):
- blinder
-
noun,
a person or thing that blinds.
- errands
-
noun,
a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
- blister
-
noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- bedrail
-
noun,
a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.
- bedpans
-
noun,
a shallow toilet pan for use by persons confined to bed.
- seabird
-
noun,
a bird frequenting the sea or coast.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- Landers
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- taipans
-
noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- planter
-
noun,
a person who plants.
- landler
-
noun,
an Austrian and southern German folk dance in moderately slow triple meter, antecedent to the waltz.
- step-in
-
noun,
step-ins, panties, especially bias-cut panties with wide legs worn by women in the 1920s and 1930s.
- landsat
-
noun,
a U.S. scientific satellite that studies and photographs the earth's surface by using remote-sensing techniques.
- laniard
-
noun,
lanyard.
- stellar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- adapter
-
noun,
a person or thing that adapts.
- tailles
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- pinders
-
noun,
peanut.
- Sedalia
-
noun,
a city in central Missouri.
- entraps
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- laterad
-
adverb,
toward the side.
- piaster
-
noun,
a former coin of Turkey, the 100th part of a lira: replaced by the kurus in 1933.
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- palters
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- apteria
-
noun,
one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.
- apteral
-
adjective,
(of a classical temple) not having a surrounding colonnade; not peripteral.
- derails
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- pallets
-
noun,
a bed or mattress of straw.
- danaite
-
noun,
a variety of arsenopyrite having cobalt in place of some of the iron.
- peasant
-
noun,
a member of a class of persons, as in Europe, Asia, and Latin America, who are small farmers or farm laborers of low social rank.
- pleiads
-
noun,
any of the Pleiades.
- palsied
-
noun,
any of a variety of atonal muscular conditions characterized by tremors of the body parts, as the hands, arms, or legs, or of the entire body.
- departs
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- aplites
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- aplasia
-
noun,
defective development or congenital absence of a limb, organ, or other body part.
- pedants
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- pliable
-
adjective,
easily bent; flexible; supple:
- panadas
-
noun,
a thick sauce or paste made with bread crumbs, milk, and seasonings, often served with roast wild fowl or meat.
- Daniels
-
noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- depaint
-
verb (used with object),
to depict; portray.
- dentils
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- panders
-
noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- pandies
-
noun,
a stroke on the palm of the hand with a cane or strap given as a punishment in school.
- pandits
-
noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- dentals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- paniers
-
noun,
pannier.
- triples
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- albites
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- aldrins
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- detrain
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- palabra
-
noun,
a word.
- paladin
-
noun,
any one of the 12 legendary peers or knightly champions in attendance on Charlemagne.
- Ardella
-
noun,
a female given name.
- details
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- Perilla
-
noun,
any of several aromatic Asian plants belonging to the genus Perilla, of the mint family, especially P. frutescens, which has become naturalized in the eastern U.S. and from which perilla oil is obtained.
- palatal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a palatal consonant.
- pentads
-
noun,
a period of five years.
- arbiter
-
noun,
a person empowered to decide matters at issue; judge; umpire.
- palatia
-
noun,
a palace, especially the palace of an ancient Roman emperor.
- Albania
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula, W of Macedonia and NW of Greece. 10,632 sq. mi. (27,535 sq. km). Capital: Tirana.
- raiders
-
noun,
a person or thing that raids.
- despair
-
noun,
loss of hope; hopelessness.
- araneid
-
noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- Arandas
-
noun,
a member of an Australian aboriginal people living in the vicinity of Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
- dallies
-
verb (used with object),
to waste (time) (usually followed by away).
- terrain
-
noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- arables
-
noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- Arabist
-
noun,
a person who specializes in or studies the Arabic language or Arab culture.
- Alberti
-
noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- pedlars
-
noun,
peddler.
- Arabian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Arabia.
- Spartan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Sparta.
- darbies
-
noun,
a float having two handles, used by plasterers.
- Antibes
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- Ariadne
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth: deserted by Theseus on Naxos, she became the bride of Dionysus.
- patella
-
noun,
Anatomy. the flat, movable bone at the front of the knee; kneecap.
- anatase
-
noun,
a naturally occurring crystalline form of titanium dioxide, TiO 2 .
- parrels
-
noun,
Nautical. a sliding ring or collar of rope, wood, or metal that confines a yard or the jaws of a gaff to the mast but allows vertical movement.
- anaspid
-
noun,
any member of an extinct order, Anaspida, of small, freshwater jawless fishes of the Silurian and Devonian periods, characterized by a single nostril, narrow rows of scales, and, usually, an armor-plated head.
- parries
-
noun,
an act or instance of parrying, as in fencing.
- anapsid
-
noun,
a reptile of the subclass Anapsida.
- anapest
-
noun,
a foot of three syllables, two short followed by one long in quantitative meter, and two unstressed followed by one stressed in accentual meter, as in for the nonce.
- radiate
-
adjective,
radiating from a center.
- alipeds
-
noun,
an aliped animal.
- partans
-
noun,
a crab.
- partial
-
noun,
Bridge. part-score.
- partier
-
noun,
partyer.
- Parnell
-
noun,
Charles Stewart, 1846–91, Irish political leader.
- radials
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- parties
-
noun,
a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.:
- Spiraea
-
noun,
spirea.
- tinders
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- radians
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- Alsatia
-
noun,
name formerly given to the Whitefriars district in London, England, which was a sanctuary for debtors and lawbreakers.
- partner
-
noun,
a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- pastina
-
noun,
very small pieces of pasta in various shapes, used especially in soups.
- alpines
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- Radiata
-
noun,
(in some classification systems) a major grouping that includes more or less radially symmetrical animals, as coelenterates (jellyfish, sea anemones, corals), ctenophores (comb jellies), and echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers).
- pastern
-
noun,
the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
- dartles
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- darters
-
noun,
a person or thing that darts or moves swiftly.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- panties
-
noun,
underpants or undershorts for women and children.
- pantile
-
noun,
a roofing tile straight in its length but curved in its width to overlap the next tile.
- patrial
-
noun,
a native of any country who, by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent in Great Britain, has citizenship and residency rights there.
- antbird
-
noun,
any of numerous passerine birds of the family Formicariidae, of the New World tropics, many species of which follow army ant swarms to feed on insects disturbed by the ants.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- Aleardi
-
noun,
Count Aleardo [ah-le-ahr-daw] /ˌɑ lɛˈɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1812–78, Italian poet and patriot.
- parable
-
noun,
a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
- spatial
-
adjective,
of or relating to space.
- praline
-
noun,
a French confection consisting of a caramel-covered almond or, sometimes, a hazelnut.
- parades
-
noun,
a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
- patines
-
noun,
patina.
- Paraiba
-
noun,
a state in E Brazil. 21,760 sq. mi. (56,360 sq. km). Capital: João Pessoa.
- Patiala
-
noun,
an important state of the former Punjab States: now part of Punjab in NW India.
- spirant
-
noun,
fricative (def 2).
- Pardner
-
noun,
(in direct address) friend.
- patinas
-
noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- pareira
-
noun,
the root of a South American vine, Chondodendron tomentosum, used as a source of curare, a diuretic, etc.
- darnels
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- darners
-
noun,
a person or thing that darns.
- tillers
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- Andrias
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- parians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- Andreas
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- Alberta
-
noun,
a province in W Canada. 255,285 sq. mi. (661,190 sq. km). Capital: Edmonton.
Abbreviation: Alba., Alta.
- Painter
-
noun,
an artist who paints pictures.
- stabler
-
noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- Astilbe
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- traders
-
noun,
a person who trades; a merchant or businessperson.
- pertain
-
verb (used without object),
to have reference or relation; relate:
- bristle
-
noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- arteri-
-
- Persian
-
noun,
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
- Diptera
-
noun,
the order comprising the dipterous insects.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- netball
-
noun,
Tennis. a ball, on a return shot, that hits the top of the net and drops on the other side of the court, thus remaining in play.
- trindle
-
noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- arsenal
-
noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- ratable
-
adjective,
capable of being rated or appraised.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- stabile
-
noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- airdate
-
noun,
the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- slander
-
noun,
defamation; calumny:
- stapler
-
noun,
a machine for fastening together sheets of paper or the like, with wire staples.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- petards
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- Natalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- Platina
-
noun,
a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- dispart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to divide into parts; separate; sunder.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- redbait
-
verb (used without object),
to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- disable
-
verb (used with object),
to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate:
- tendril
-
noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- Psalter
-
noun,
the Biblical book of Psalms.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- stadial
-
noun,
stade.
- trailer
-
noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- dilates
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- re-laid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- narrate
-
verb (used with object),
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
- drapers
-
noun,
a dealer in cloth; a retail merchant or clerk who sells piece goods.
- tarsier
-
noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- repairs
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- platies
-
noun,
platyfish.
- Randers
-
noun,
a seaport in E Jutland, in Denmark.
- Randall
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ralline
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Rallidae, comprising the rails and allied species.
- Rapidan
-
noun,
a river in N Virginia, flowing E from the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Rappahannock River: Civil War battle 1862.
- paellas
-
noun,
a Spanish dish prepared by simmering together chicken, seafood, rice, vegetables, and saffron and other seasonings.
- repaint
-
noun,
a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
- dabster
-
noun,
Slang. an expert.
- Brindle
-
noun,
a brindled coloring.
- rallies
-
noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- Aterian
-
adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- persalt
-
noun,
(in a series of salts of a given metal or group) the salt in which the metal or group has a high, or the highest apparent, valence.
- dialers
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- diabase
-
noun,
a fine-grained gabbro occurring as minor intrusions.
- arpents
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- rarebit
-
noun,
Welsh rabbit.
- rapines
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- rapiers
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- diaster
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- spaniel
-
noun,
one of any of several breeds of small or medium-sized dogs, usually having a long, silky coat and long, drooping ears.
- painted
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- plates
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- distr.
-
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- sarape
-
noun,
serape.
- slider
-
noun,
a person or thing that slides.
- sardar
-
noun,
sirdar.
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- siller
-
noun,
silver.
- earlap
-
noun,
earflap.
- praise
-
noun,
the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
- debris
-
noun,
the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble:
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- sirdar
-
noun,
(in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan) a military chief or leader.
- Sinbad
-
noun,
Sindbad the Sailor.
- Ibadan
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- spider
-
noun,
any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey.
- sandal
-
noun,
a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- Idaean
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Sandra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- drills
-
noun,
Machinery, Building Trades.
a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation.
a tool, especially a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
- debits
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- Draper
-
noun,
a dealer in cloth; a retail merchant or clerk who sells piece goods.
- drails
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- ideata
-
noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- idlers
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- spinal
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a spinal anesthetic.
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- debars
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- enrapt
-
adjective,
rapt; transported; enraptured:
- entrap
-
verb (used with object),
to catch in or as in a trap; ensnare:
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- plasia
-
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- elapid
-
noun,
any of numerous cosmopolitan snakes of the family Elapidae, having permanently erect fangs in the front of the upper jaw and including the New World coral snakes, the cobras, and most Australian snakes.
- Prasad
-
noun,
Rajendra [rah-jen-druh] /rɑˈdʒɛn drə/ (Show IPA), 1884–1963, first president of the Republic of India 1950–62.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Sparta
-
noun,
an ancient city in S Greece: the capital of Laconia and the chief city of the Peloponnesus, at one time the dominant city of Greece: famous for strict discipline and training of soldiers.
- drapes
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- diaper
-
noun,
a piece of cloth or other absorbent material folded and worn as underpants by a baby not yet toilet-trained.
- Derris
-
noun,
any East Indian plant belonging to the genus Derris, of the legume family, especially D. elliptica, the roots of which contain rotenone and are used as an insecticide.
- Sparti
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a group of fully armed warriors who sprang from the dragon's teeth that Cadmus planted.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- Platas
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- sparid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Sparidae, chiefly inhabiting tropical and subtropical seas, comprising the porgies, the scups, etc.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- septi-
-
- diable
-
adjective,
highly spiced; prepared with hot or piquant seasoning; deviled.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- 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.
- Pleiad
-
noun,
any of the Pleiades.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- septal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a septum.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- plater
-
noun,
a person or thing that plates.
- esprit
-
noun,
sprightliness of spirit or wit; lively intelligence.
- dispel
-
verb (used with object),
to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate:
- espial
-
noun,
the act of spying.
- Espana
-
noun,
Spanish name of Spain.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- platen
-
noun,
a flat plate in a printing press for pressing the paper against the inked type or plate to produce an impression.
- disbar
-
verb (used with object),
to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- errata
-
noun,
plural of erratum.
- plants
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- pleads
-
verb (used with object),
to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse:
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- pliant
-
adjective,
bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
- denti-
-
- errand
-
noun,
a short and quick trip to accomplish a specific purpose, as to buy something, deliver a package, or convey a message, often for someone else.
- satrap
-
noun,
a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- plated
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- pleats
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- Plante
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1929–86, Canadian ice-hockey player.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- depart
-
noun,
Archaic. departure; death.
- serdab
-
noun,
a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- pastel
-
noun,
a color having a soft, subdued shade.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- Petain
-
noun,
Henri Philippe Omer [ahn-ree fee-leep aw-mer] /ɑ̃ˈri fiˈlip ɔˈmɛr/ (Show IPA), 1856–1951, marshal of France: premier of the Vichy government 1940–44.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Nepali
-
noun,
Also, Nepalese. an Indic language spoken in Nepal.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- rasper
-
noun,
a person or thing that rasps.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- Persia
-
noun,
Also called Persian Empire. an ancient empire located in W and SW Asia: at its height it extended from Egypt and the Aegean to India; conquered by Alexander the Great 334–331 b.c.
- rapine
-
noun,
the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- rapier
-
noun,
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
- rapids
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- padres
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- paeans
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- paella
-
noun,
a Spanish dish prepared by simmering together chicken, seafood, rice, vegetables, and saffron and other seasonings.
- petard
-
noun,
an explosive device formerly used in warfare to blow in a door or gate, form a breach in a wall, etc.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- pained
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- listel
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- repast
-
noun,
a quantity of food taken or provided for one occasion of eating:
- repand
-
adjective,
Botany. having a wavy margin, as a leaf.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- repair
-
noun,
an act, process, or work of repairing:
- prints
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- L-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- Renard
-
noun,
Reynard.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- naiads
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- Petras
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Napier
-
noun,
neper.
- Naples
-
noun,
Italian Napoli. a seaport in SW Italy.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- Perrin
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1870–1942, French physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in physics 1926.
- Perlis
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 310 sq. mi. (803 sq. km). Capital: Kangar.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Parent
-
noun,
a father or a mother.
- panier
-
noun,
pannier.
- Pansil
-
noun,
Pancha Sila.
- radial
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- pantie
-
noun,
panties.
- patri-
-
- Patras
-
noun,
Greek Patrai [pah-tre] /ˈpɑ trɛ/ (Show IPA). a seaport in the Peloponnesus, in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras.
- parade
-
noun,
a large public procession, usually including a marching band and often of a festive nature, held in honor of an anniversary, person, event, etc.
- Parana
-
noun,
a river in central South America, flowing from S Brazil along the SE boundary of Paraguay and through E Argentina into the Río de la Plata. 2050 miles (3300 km) long.
- patine
-
noun,
patina.
- parens
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- patina
-
noun,
a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- Parian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Paros.
- paries
-
noun,
Usually, parietes. Biology. a wall, as of a hollow organ; an investing part.
- paters
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- parles
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- patens
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- parrel
-
noun,
Nautical. a sliding ring or collar of rope, wood, or metal that confines a yard or the jaws of a gaff to the mast but allows vertical movement.
- Partan
-
noun,
a crab.
- parted
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- radian
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- partis
-
noun,
the basic scheme or concept of an architectural design.
- paster
-
noun,
a slip of paper gummed on the back, to be pasted on or over something, as over a name on a ballot.
- panels
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- Pandit
-
noun,
a man in India esteemed for his wisdom or learning: often used as a title of respect.
- paints
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pedlar
-
noun,
peddler.
- pairle
-
noun,
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y -shaped form covered with crosses.
- paisan
-
noun,
compatriot.
- palais
-
noun,
French. a palace, especially a French government or municipal building.
- pentad
-
noun,
a period of five years.
- palate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- penta-
-
- pensil
-
noun,
pencel.
- ptisan
-
noun,
a nourishing decoction, originally one made from barley, purported to have medicinal quality.
- pellas
-
noun,
a ruined city in N Greece, NW of Salonika: the capital of ancient Macedonia; birthplace of Alexander the Great.
- Pellan
-
noun,
Alfred [French al-fred] /French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1906–1988, Canadian painter.
- Palila
-
noun,
a stout Hawaiian honeycreeper, Loxioides bailleui, having a thick, stubby bill, yellow head and breast, and gray back: an endangered species.
- pedant
-
noun,
a person who makes an excessive or inappropriate display of learning.
- pander
-
noun,
a person who furnishes clients for a prostitute or supplies persons for illicit sexual intercourse; procurer; pimp.
- pedals
-
noun,
a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- Pallas
-
noun,
Also called Pallas Athena. Classical Mythology. Athena (def 1).
- pallet
-
noun,
a bed or mattress of straw.
- pallia
-
noun,
a large, rectangular mantle worn by men in ancient Greece and Rome.
- rabats
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- pallid
-
adjective,
pale; faint or deficient in color; wan:
- palter
-
verb (used without object),
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully; lie or use trickery.
- raider
-
noun,
a person or thing that raids.
- panada
-
noun,
a thick sauce or paste made with bread crumbs, milk, and seasonings, often served with roast wild fowl or meat.
- pandal
-
noun,
(in India) a temporary shed, especially one used for public meetings.
- pandas
-
noun,
Also called giant panda. a white-and-black, bearlike mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, now rare and restricted to forest areas of central China containing stands of bamboo, on which it mainly subsists: formerly placed with the raccoon family but now classified as a bear subfamily, Ailuropodinae, or as the sole member of a separate family, Ailuropodidae, which diverged from an ancestral bear lineage.
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- plani-
-
- pintle
-
noun,
a pin or bolt, especially one on which something turns, as the gudgeon of a hinge.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Sabine
-
noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- Sabina
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “a Sabine woman.”.
- Sabean
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Saba.
- pirate
-
noun,
a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- labels
-
noun,
a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- labial
-
noun,
any labial consonant, especially a bilabial.
- labile
-
adjective,
apt or likely to change.
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- labrid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Labridae, including the wrasses, the tautog, and the cunner, and characterized chiefly by well-developed teeth and, often, brilliant colors.
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- ladles
-
noun,
a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- Laelia
-
noun,
any of several epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Laelia, having fleshy leaves and showy flowers.
- Pinter
-
noun,
Harold, 1930–2008, English playwright.
- pintas
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- lairds
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- Isabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- pineta
-
noun,
an arboretum of pines and coniferous trees.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- planet
-
noun,
Astronomy.
Also called major planet. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun. Until 2006, Pluto was classified as a planet ninth in order from the sun; it has been reclassified as a dwarf planet.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.
- sallet
-
noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- planer
-
noun,
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
- inbred
-
adjective,
naturally inherent; innate; native:
- indaba
-
noun,
a conference or consultation between or with native peoples of South Africa.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- instep
-
noun,
the arched upper surface of the human foot between the toes and the ankle.
- Saipan
-
noun,
an island in and the capital of the North Mariana Islands in the N Pacific, about 1350 miles (2173 km) S of Japan: taken by U.S. forces June–July 1944. 71 sq. mi. (184 sq. km).
- instr.
-
- inter.
-
- planar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a geometric plane.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- plaint
-
noun,
a complaint.
- Plains
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- intra-
-
- prates
-
noun,
act of prating.
- salade
-
noun,
sallet.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- irreal
-
adjective,
unreal.
- Presb.
-
- pineal
-
adjective,
resembling a pine cone in shape.
- lintel
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- Pietas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of familial affection, patriotism, and piety.
- retral
-
adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- Pilsen
-
noun,
German name of Plzeň.
- liable
-
adjective,
legally responsible:
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- liards
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- pillar
-
noun,
an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument:
- libels
-
noun,
Law.
defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.
the act or crime of publishing it.
a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- Pilate
-
noun,
Pontius [pon-shuh s,, -tee-uh s] /ˈpɒn ʃəs,, -ti əs/ (Show IPA), flourished early 1st century a.d, Roman procurator of Judea a.d. 26–36?: the final authority concerned in the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ.
- prides
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- libras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- lentil
-
noun,
a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- priers
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- 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.
- lidars
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- Priest
-
noun,
a person whose office it is to perform religious rites, and especially to make sacrificial offerings.
- retard
-
noun,
a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- pibals
-
noun,
the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds by theodolitic tracking of a pilot balloon.
- lineal
-
adjective,
being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- pinder
-
noun,
peanut.
- lapins
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- lapsed
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- Pindar
-
noun,
522?–443? b.c, Greek poet.
- larder
-
noun,
a room or place where food is kept; pantry.
- ripens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- pinata
-
noun,
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- pinard
-
noun,
wine.
- rillet
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- riders
-
noun,
a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- Ribera
-
noun,
José de [hoh-zey duh;; Spanish haw-se th e] /hoʊˈzeɪ də;; Spanish hɔˈsɛ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), (Jusepe de Ribera"Lo Spagnoletto") 1588–1652, Spanish printmaker and painter active in Naples.
- riband
-
noun,
a decorative ribbon.
- Leland
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ribald
-
noun,
a ribald person.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- lipase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that break down fats, produced by the liver, pancreas, and other digestive organs or by certain plants.
- bardes
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Briard
-
noun,
one of a French breed of dogs having a long, slightly wavy coat, raised originally for herding sheep.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Berlin
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- basalt
-
noun,
the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- bridle
-
noun,
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- alalia
-
noun,
an inability to speak.
- bridal
-
noun,
a wedding.
- trader
-
noun,
a person who trades; a merchant or businessperson.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- briers
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- Briand
-
noun,
Aristide [ar-uh-steed;; French a-ree-steed] /ˈær əˌstid;; French a riˈstid/ (Show IPA), 1862–1932, French statesman: minister of France 11 times; Nobel Peace Prize 1926.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- Brenda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “flame” or “sword.”.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- barter
-
noun,
the act or practice of bartering.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- bipeds
-
noun,
a two-footed animal.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- staple
-
noun,
a short piece of wire bent so as to bind together papers, sections of a book, or the like, by driving the ends through the sheets and clinching them on the other side.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Andria
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- trapes
-
noun,
a tiring walk.
- Anabas
-
noun,
any small fish of the genus Anabas, of ponds and swamps in Africa and southeastern Asia.
- barred
-
noun,
a relatively long, evenly shaped piece of some solid substance, as metal or wood, used as a guard or obstruction or for some mechanical purpose:
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- barrel
-
noun,
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- Barren
-
noun,
Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- Barres
-
noun,
Maurice [moh-rees] /moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1923, French novelist, writer on politics, and politician.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- birder
-
noun,
a person who raises birds.
- bleats
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- Aparri
-
noun,
a seaport on N Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- blinds
-
noun,
something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse.
- arride
-
verb (used with object),
to be agreeable or pleasing to.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- trans.
-
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- brills
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus, closely related to the turbot.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Aintab
-
noun,
former name of Gaziantep.
- aspire
-
verb (used without object),
to long, aim, or seek ambitiously; be eagerly desirous, especially for something great or of high value (usually followed by to, after, or an infinitive):
- Barret
-
noun,
a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- Barrie
-
noun,
Sir James M(atthew) 1860–1937, Scottish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- stipel
-
noun,
a secondary stipule situated at the base of a leaflet of a compound leaf.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- brains
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- all-in
-
adjective,
Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- alible
-
adjective,
nutritive; nourishing.
- taille
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- tables
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- aliped
-
noun,
an aliped animal.
- braird
-
noun,
the first sprouts or shoots of grass, corn, or other crops; new growth.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- rebids
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- brails
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- Braila
-
noun,
a port in E Romania, on the Danube River. 203,983.
- 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.
- Belial
-
noun,
Theology. the spirit of evil personified; the devil; Satan.
- braids
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- al-Lat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying the sun and considered to be a daughter of Allah.
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- Allied
-
noun,
a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose:
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- Allies
-
noun,
plural of ally.
- Alpena
-
noun,
a city in NE Michigan, on Lake Huron.
- tablas
-
noun,
an island in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippines, one of the Romblon Islands. 265 sq. mi. (686 sq. km).
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- Bataan
-
noun,
a peninsula on W Luzon, in the Philippines: U.S. troops surrendered to Japanese April 9, 1942.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- biased
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Talara
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Peru.
- breads
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- tellin
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- Bastia
-
noun,
a seaport on the NE coast of Corsica: the former capital of Corsica.
- Blaine
-
noun,
James Gillespie [gi-les-pee] /gɪˈlɛs pi/ (Show IPA), 1830–93, U.S. statesman.
- blains
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- arsen-
-
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- brants
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- alders
-
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- taipan
-
noun,
(in China) the head or owner of a foreign business establishment.
- branle
-
noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- Brandt
-
noun,
Willy [wil-ee;; German vil-ee] /ˈwɪl i;; German ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), (Karl Herbert Frahm) 1913–1992, West German political leader: chancellor 1969–74; Nobel Peace Prize 1971.
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- brands
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- Alpine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Anthropology. a member of a Caucasoid people found in central Europe and characterized by heavy body build, medium complexion, and straight to wavy hair.
- Blairs
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- beards
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- Adrian
-
noun,
Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- abatis
-
noun,
an obstacle or barricade of trees with bent or sharpened branches directed toward an enemy.
- Abadan
-
noun,
a city in SW Iran, on the Shatt-al-Arab: oil refineries.
- Aralia
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Aralia and related genera, several of which are cultivated as houseplants or have been used medicinally.
- bields
-
noun,
a shelter; refuge.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- ardebs
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- arable
-
noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- abased
-
adjective,
(of a charge) lower on an escutcheon than is usual:
- abasia
-
noun,
inability to walk due to a limitation or absence of muscular coordination.
- spirea
-
noun,
any of various plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Spiraea, of the rose family, having clusters of small, white or pink flowers, certain species of which are cultivated as ornamentals.
- spired
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- Arabis
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Arabis, including the rock cresses.
- abates
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- spital
-
noun,
a hospital, especially one for lazars.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- tapirs
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- Abelia
-
noun,
any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Abelia, of the honeysuckle family, having clusters of small white or pink flowers.
- Arabia
-
noun,
a peninsula in SW Asia, including Saudi Arabia, Yemen Arab Republic, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait: divided in ancient times into Arabia Deserta, Arabia Petraea, and Arabia Felix. About 1,000,000 sq. mi. (2,600,000 sq. km).
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- abides
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- ablare
-
adverb, adjective,
blaring:
- bandit
-
noun,
a robber, especially a member of a gang or marauding band.
- Dallin
-
noun,
Cyrus Earle, 1861–1944, U.S. sculptor.
- dalles
-
noun,
The, a city in N Oregon.
- ablate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- Darlan
-
noun,
Jean Louis Xavier François [zhahn lwee gza-vyey frahn-swa] /ʒɑ̃ lwi gzaˈvyeɪ frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1881–1942, French naval officer and politician.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- spinel
-
noun,
any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
- spinet
-
noun,
a small upright piano.
- tapers
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- Arbela
-
noun,
an ancient city of Assyria, E of the Tigris, on the site of modern Erbil: headquarters of Darius III before his defeat by Alexander the Great at Gaugamela 331 b.c.
- arbtrn
-
- balata
-
noun,
a nonelastic, rubberlike, water-resistant gum that softens in hot water and is obtained from the latex of a tropical American tree, Manilkara bidentata: used chiefly in the manufacture of machinery belts, golf ball covers, and as a substitute for gutta percha.
Compare bully tree.
- tepals
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- Balder
-
noun,
a god, a son of Odin and Frigg and the twin brother of Hod, by whom he was killed.
- Baldie
-
noun,
a bald person (sometimes used as a facetious term of address).
- triple
-
noun,
an amount, number, etc., three times as great as another.
- tripes
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- spiral
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Ararat
-
noun,
a mountain in E Turkey, near the borders of Iran and Armenia: traditionally considered the landing place of Noah's Ark. 16,945 feet (5165 meters).
- tabard
-
noun,
a loose outer garment, sleeveless or with short sleeves, especially one worn by a knight over his armor and usually emblazoned with his arms.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- trills
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- Aranda
-
noun,
a member of an Australian aboriginal people living in the vicinity of Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
- darner
-
noun,
a person or thing that darns.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- ballet
-
noun,
a classical dance form demanding grace and precision and employing formalized steps and gestures set in intricate, flowing patterns to create expression through movement.
- ballas
-
noun,
a spherical aggregate of small diamond crystals used for drilling and for various industrial purposes.
- stripe
-
noun,
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ballad
-
noun,
any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody.
- blends
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- bidets
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- Darren
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- darter
-
noun,
a person or thing that darts or moves swiftly.
- Dallas
-
noun,
George Mifflin [mif-lin] /ˈmɪf lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1792–1864, U.S. diplomat: vice-president of the U.S. 1845–49.
- Dallan
-
noun,
dalan.
- Dalila
-
noun,
Delilah (def 1).
- stadia
-
noun,
a method of surveying in which distances are read by noting the interval on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs (stadia hairs or stadia wires) mounted in the telescope of a surveying instrument, the rod being placed at one end of the distance to be measured and the surveying instrument at the other.
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- bedpan
-
noun,
a shallow toilet pan for use by persons confined to bed.
- trepan
-
noun,
a tool for cutting shallow holes by removing a core.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Atbara
-
noun,
a river in NE Africa, flowing NW from NW Ethiopia to the Nile in E Sudan. About 500 miles (800 km) long.
- bindle
-
noun,
a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- arrant
-
adjective,
downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious:
- barit.
-
- adapts
-
verb (used with object),
to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly:
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- stable
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- Andrea
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- adren-
-
- adnate
-
adjective,
grown fast to something; congenitally attached.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- ad-lib
-
noun,
something improvised in speech, music, etc.:
- aplite
-
noun,
a fine-grained granite composed essentially of feldspar and quartz.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- apneas
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- treasr
-
- adepts
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- billed
-
noun,
a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied:
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Arabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- splen-
-
- dalasi
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Gambia, equal to 100 bututs.
- arpent
-
noun,
an old French unit of area equal to about one acre (0.4 hectare). It is still used in the province of Quebec and in parts of Louisiana.
- spline
-
noun,
a long, narrow, thin strip of wood, metal, etc.; slat.
- billet
-
noun,
lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- splint
-
noun,
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- Tallis
-
noun,
Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- sprain
-
noun,
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
- araban
-
noun,
a pentosan, found chiefly in vegetable gums, that yields arabinose upon hydrolysis.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- Banias
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- Stella
-
noun,
a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
- sprite
-
noun,
an elf, fairy, or goblin.
- sprent
-
adjective,
sprinkled.
- sprier
-
adjective,
a comparative of spry.
- sprint
-
noun,
a short race at full speed.
- tarpan
-
noun,
a small, dun-colored wild horse chiefly of southern Russia, having a flowing mane and tail: extinct since the early 20th century but somewhat restored by selective breeding of mixed-breed domestic horses, and sustained in zoos.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- spread
-
noun,
an act or instance of spreading:
- binder
-
noun,
a person or thing that binds.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- abrade
-
verb (used with or without object),
to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- trepid
-
adjective,
fearful or apprehensive, especially trembling from fear.
- rapes
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- Arnel
-
- tepid
-
adjective,
moderately warm; lukewarm:
- rapid
-
noun,
Usually, rapids. a part of a river where the current runs very swiftly.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- ardeb
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- paisa
-
noun,
Also, pice. an aluminum coin and monetary unit, the 100th part of the rupee of India, Nepal, and Pakistan.
- pairs
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- paint
-
noun,
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
- pains
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Paine
-
noun,
Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
- 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).
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- paean
-
noun,
any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- padre
-
noun,
father (used especially in addressing or referring to a priest or member of the clergy).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rall.
-
- tera-
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- natl.
-
- nitr-
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- 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.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- reni-
-
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- tears
-
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- 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.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Nabal
-
noun,
a wealthy Calebite, husband of Abigail, who refused rightful tribute to King David for protecting Nabal's flocks. I Sam. 25.
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Nabis
-
- astr.
-
- Nadab
-
noun,
a son of Aaron. Lev. 10.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- Naida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- atrip
-
adjective,
aweigh.
- tarps
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- nails
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Tapes
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- restr
-
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- resp.
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- tapir
-
noun,
any of several large, stout, three-toed ungulates of the family Tapiridae, of Central and South America, the Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra, somewhat resembling swine and having a long, flexible snout: all species are threatened or endangered.
- Baiae
-
noun,
an ancient resort city in SW Italy, near Naples: villas of Caesar, Nero, and Pompey.
- tapis
-
noun,
Obsolete. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.
- 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.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Lipan
-
noun,
a member of a group of Apache Indians who lived in the U.S. east of the Rio Grande.
- Baeda
-
noun,
Saint, Bede, Saint.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- rept.
-
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Baden
-
noun,
a region in SW Germany, formerly a state, now incorporated in Baden-Württemberg.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- asana
-
noun,
any of the postures in a yoga exercise.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Nepal
-
noun,
a constitutional monarchy in the Himalayas between N India and Tibet. About 56,830 sq. mi. (147,190 sq. km). Capital: Kathmandu.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- tepal
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a flower perianth, especially one that is not clearly differentiated into petals and sepals, as in lilies and tulips.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- nills
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- nipas
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Arras
-
noun,
a rich tapestry.
- Arran
-
noun,
an island in SW Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. 166 sq. mi. (430 sq. km).
- Nebr.
-
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- asper
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- rebid
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- napes
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- ASPEN
-
noun,
any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
- rebar
-
noun,
a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- rears
-
- nears
-
- reaps
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- ASEAN
-
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- neaps
-
noun,
neap tide.
- 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.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- Pride
-
noun,
a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- piend
-
noun,
arris.
- Piers
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- prier
-
noun,
a person who pries; a curious or inquisitive person.
- Pieta
-
noun,
a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of the dead Christ, usually shown held on her lap.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aeri-
-
- Pilar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or covered with hair.
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- Pilea
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Pilea, of the nettle family, many species of which are cultivated for their ornamental foliage.
- print
-
noun,
the state of being printed.
- piled
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- piles
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- preta
-
noun,
a wandering or disturbed ghost.
- pret.
-
- Adlai
-
noun,
a male given name.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- pinas
-
noun,
pineapple.
- treas
-
- adept
-
noun,
a skilled or proficient person; expert.
- pibal
-
noun,
the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds by theodolitic tracking of a pilot balloon.
- pians
-
noun,
yaws.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- pends
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- penis
-
noun,
the male organ of copulation and, in mammals, of urinary excretion.
- albas
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- Alban
-
noun,
Saint, 3rd century a.d, first English martyr.
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- peri-
-
- peril
-
noun,
exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger:
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Alas.
-
- peris
-
noun,
one of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, represented as descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until their penance is accomplished.
- alapa
-
noun,
the light blow on the cheek delivered by the bishop in a confirmation service.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- petri
-
- pert.
-
- Alala
-
noun,
a dull, brownish-tinged crow that occurs only in Hawaii.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- peta-
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- petal
-
noun,
one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- prise
-
noun,
leverage.
- petr-
-
- Petra
-
noun,
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- aden-
-
- prest
-
noun,
a loan.
- pelts
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- prase
-
noun,
a leek-green cryptocrystalline variety of chalcedony.
- Abate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- plat.
-
- Plata
-
noun,
Rí·o de la [ree-aw th e lah] /ˈri ɔ ðɛ lɑ/ (Show IPA) an estuary on the SE coast of South America between Argentina and Uruguay, formed by the Uruguay and Paraná rivers, about 185 miles (290 km) long.
- abase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Plate
-
noun,
a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- plats
-
noun,
a plot of ground.
- plead
-
verb (used with object),
to allege or urge in defense, justification, or excuse:
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- pleat
-
noun,
a fold of definite, even width made by doubling cloth or the like upon itself and pressing or stitching it in place.
- tripe
-
noun,
the first and second divisions of the stomach of a ruminant, especially oxen, sheep, or goats, used as food.
Compare honeycomb tripe, plain tripe.
- plebs
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the common people, as contrasted with the patricians and later with the senatorial nobility or the equestrian order.
- prand
-
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- prana
-
noun,
Yoga, Jainism. the vital principle.
- plier
-
noun,
pliers, (sometimes used with a singular verb) small pincers with long jaws, for bending wire, holding small objects, etc. (usually used with pair of).
- 30-30
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- plast
-
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- adapt
-
verb (used with object),
to make suitable to requirements or conditions; adjust or modify fittingly:
- piste
-
noun,
a track or trail, as a downhill ski run or a spoor made by a wild animal.
- Pinel
-
noun,
Phillippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), 1745–1826, French physician: reformer in the treatment and care of the mentally ill.
- Pines
-
noun,
Isle of, former name of Youth, Isle of.
- Adana
-
noun,
a city in S Turkey, on the Seyhan River.
- Pinta
-
noun,
a nonvenereal treponematosis occurring chiefly in Central and South America, caused by Treponema carateum, characterized by spots of various colors on the skin.
- abstr
-
- presa
-
noun,
a mark, as :S:, +, or §, used in a canon, round, etc., to indicate where the successive voice parts are to take up the theme.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Pres.
-
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- pirns
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- pred.
-
- prats
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- plant
-
noun,
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- pitas
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- prate
-
noun,
act of prating.
- plaid
-
noun,
any fabric woven of differently colored yarns in a crossbarred pattern.
- plain
-
noun,
an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet (150 meters), within the area.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- plait
-
noun,
a braid, especially of hair or straw.
- plan-
-
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- plane
-
noun,
a flat or level surface.
- abide
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- penal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses.
- Pella
-
noun,
a ruined city in N Greece, NW of Salonika: the capital of ancient Macedonia; birthplace of Alexander the Great.
- Arber
-
noun,
Werner, born 1929, Swiss microbiologist: shared Nobel Prize 1978.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- pant-
-
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- pants
-
noun,
trousers (def 1).
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- para-
-
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- tiled
-
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.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- paras
-
noun,
a former copper coin of Turkey, the 40th part of a piaster.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- pardi
-
adverb, interjection,
verily; indeed.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- pards
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- 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.
- paren
-
plural noun,
parentheses:
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- pares
-
noun,
(of a female) first among equals.
- pari-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- panel
-
noun,
a distinct portion, section, or division of a wall, wainscot, ceiling, door, shutter, fence, etc., especially of any surface sunk below or raised above the general level or enclosed by a frame or border.
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- April
-
noun,
the fourth month of the year, containing 30 days. Abbreviation: Apr.
- terr.
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- pale-
-
- palea
-
noun,
a chafflike scale or bract.
- Pales
-
noun,
a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- palis
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- Palla
-
noun,
a voluminous square of cloth draped around the body as a mantle or wrap, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- Arab.
-
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- apres
-
preposition,
after; following (used in combination):
- paned
-
adjective,
having panes (usually used in combination):
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- palls
-
noun,
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- apnea
-
noun,
a temporary suspension of breathing, occurring in some newborns (infant apnea) and in some adults during sleep (sleep apnea)
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- apian
-
adjective,
of or relating to bees.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- panda
-
noun,
Also called giant panda. a white-and-black, bearlike mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, now rare and restricted to forest areas of central China containing stands of bamboo, on which it mainly subsists: formerly placed with the raccoon family but now classified as a bear subfamily, Ailuropodinae, or as the sole member of a separate family, Ailuropodidae, which diverged from an ancestral bear lineage.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- 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.
- apast
-
preposition,
past; beyond.
- apart
-
Idioms,
apart from, aside from; in addition to; besides:
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Paris
-
noun,
Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Patna
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Bihar, in NE India, on the Ganges.
- patr-
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- RADAR
-
noun,
Electronics. a device for determining the presence and location of an object by measuring the time for the echo of a radio wave to return from it and the direction from which it returns.
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- rabid
-
adjective,
irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:
- peals
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- peans
-
noun,
paean.
- Pearl
-
noun,
a smooth, rounded bead formed within the shells of certain mollusks and composed of the mineral aragonite or calcite in a matrix, deposited in concentric layers as a protective coating around an irritating foreign object: valued as a gem when lustrous and finely colored.
Compare cultured pearl.
- Pears
-
noun,
Peter, 1910–86, British tenor.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- peart
-
adjective,
lively; brisk; cheerful.
- Aldas
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- Aldan
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from the Yabloni Mountains to the Lena. about 1500 miles (2415 km) long.
- peats
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- Rabat
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- rabal
-
noun,
the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds aloft by theodolitic tracking of a radiosonde.
- pedal
-
noun,
a foot-operated lever used to control certain mechanisms, as automobiles, or to play or modify the sounds of certain musical instruments, as pianos, organs, or harps.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- pedi-
-
- PEDir
-
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- pates
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- Parl.
-
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- parle
-
noun, verb (used without object),
talk; parley.
- andr-
-
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- anat.
-
- parrs
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- anal.
-
- parse
-
verb (used with object),
to analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammatical constituents, identifying the parts of speech, syntactic relations, etc.
- part.
-
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Pater
-
noun,
British Informal. father.
- Alta.
-
- Alsip
-
noun,
a town in NE Illinois.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- parts
-
noun,
a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent:
- pasta
-
noun,
any of various flour-and-egg food preparations of Italian origin, made of thin, unleavened dough and produced in a variety of forms, usually served with a sauce and sometimes stuffed.
- paste
-
noun,
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
- Allen
-
noun,
(Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) [blair-fin-dee] /blɛərˈfɪn di/ (Show IPA), ("Cecil Power"; "J. Arbuthnot Wilson") 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist.
- Allan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- pated
-
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Paten
-
noun,
a metal plate on which the bread is placed in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- banal
-
adjective,
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite:
- taper
-
noun,
gradual diminution of width or thickness in an elongated object.
- sebi-
-
- sepal
-
noun,
one of the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- braid
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- brads
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- Epis.
-
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- Epist
-
- step-
-
- ster.
-
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- 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.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- 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.
- blind
-
noun,
something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse.
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- Blida
-
noun,
a city in N Algeria.
- sepia
-
noun,
a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- Breda
-
noun,
a city in the S Netherlands.
- seti-
-
- bread
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- edit.
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Sept.
-
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Brand
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- 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.
- Brale
-
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- septa
-
noun,
plural of septum.
- 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.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- 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.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- birrs
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- Salpa
-
noun,
any free-swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body.
- biped
-
noun,
a two-footed animal.
- inapt
-
adjective,
not apt or fitting.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- strap
-
noun,
a narrow strip of flexible material, especially leather, as for fastening or holding things together.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- binds
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- inept
-
adjective,
without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- in-lb
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- salep
-
noun,
a starchy, demulcent drug or foodstuff consisting of the dried tubers of certain orchids.
- insep
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insp.
-
- inst.
-
- Strep
-
noun,
streptococcus.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- sapid
-
adjective,
having taste or flavor.
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- blend
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- estab
-
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- stipe
-
noun,
Botany, Mycology. a stalk or slender support, as the petiole of a fern frond, the stem supporting the pileus of a mushroom, or a stalklike elongation of the receptacle of a flower.
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- Sapir
-
noun,
Edward, 1884–1939, U.S. anthropologist and linguist, born in Germany.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Bland
-
noun,
James A(llen) 1854–1911, U.S. songwriter and minstrel performer.
- IATSE
-
- Ibada
-
noun,
any of the religious duties of a Muslim, including the recital of the creed, the five daily recitals of prayers, the Ramadan fast, almsgiving, and the pilgrimage to Mecca.
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- sanit
-
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- Blain
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- blade
-
noun,
the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- stirp
-
noun,
a line of descendants from a common ancestor.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- splat
-
noun,
Also, splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- spate
-
noun,
a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring:
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- dept.
-
- Danas
-
noun,
Danu.
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- Danae
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- spite
-
noun,
a malicious, usually petty, desire to harm, annoy, frustrate, or humiliate another person; bitter ill will; malice.
- splad
-
noun,
splat1 (def 1).
- dalle
-
noun,
The, a city in N Oregon.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- dent.
-
- dalan
-
noun,
(in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- spare
-
noun,
a spare thing, part, etc., as an extra tire for emergency use.
- dial.
-
- sprat
-
noun,
a species of herring, Clupea sprattus, of the eastern North Atlantic.
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- sprit
-
noun,
a small pole or spar crossing a fore-and-aft sail diagonally from the mast to the upper aftermost corner, serving to extend the sail.
- span-
-
- spall
-
noun,
a chip or splinter, as of stone or ore.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- Spain
-
noun,
a kingdom in SW Europe. Including the Balearic and Canary islands, 194,988 sq. mi. (505,019 sq. km). Capital: Madrid.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Srta.
-
- spirt
-
noun,
a sudden, forceful gush or jet.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- dills
-
noun,
a plant, Anethum graveolens, of the parsley family, having aromatic seeds and finely divided leaves, both of which are used for flavoring food.
- spent
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of spend.
- spina
-
noun,
a spine or spinelike projection.
- spilt
-
noun,
a spilling, as of liquid.
- spile
-
noun,
a peg or plug of wood, especially one used as a spigot.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- spier
-
noun,
a person who spies, watches, or discovers.
- spiel
-
noun,
a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- darts
-
- debar
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- Debir
-
noun,
a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.
- debit
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- Debra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Deborah.
- spend
-
verb (used with object),
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.):
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- spelt
-
noun,
one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- spell
-
noun,
a word, phrase, or form of words supposed to have magic power; charm; incantation:
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Della
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Delia.
- Spear
-
noun,
a long, stabbing weapon for thrusting or throwing, consisting of a wooden shaft to which a sharp-pointed head, as of iron or steel, is attached.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- spean
-
verb (used with object),
to wean.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- spire
-
noun,
a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
- spade
-
noun,
a tool for digging, having an iron blade adapted for pressing into the ground with the foot and a long handle commonly with a grip or crosspiece at the top, and with the blade usually narrower and flatter than that of a shovel.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Brit.
-
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- drabs
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Drape
-
noun,
a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Brill
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus, closely related to the turbot.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- drear
-
adjective,
dreary.
- 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.
- Dnepr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dnieper.
- Brier
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- dribs
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- drier
-
noun,
a person or thing that dries.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- drill
-
noun,
Machinery, Building Trades.
a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation.
a tool, especially a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
- Bride
-
noun,
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- dript
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- Siple
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in Antarctica, on the E coast of Marie Byrd Land. 15,000 feet (4570 meters).
- briar
-
noun,
brier1 .
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- snipe
-
noun,
any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- BSRet
-
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- dipl.
-
- Snell
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- prae-
-
- slipt
-
noun,
an act or instance of slipping.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- dist.
-
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- slipe
-
noun,
a sledge, drag, or sleigh.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- slept
-
noun,
the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- binal
-
adjective,
double; twofold.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Bills
-
noun,
a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied:
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Beard
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Barea
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Spanish author, critic, lecturer, and broadcaster: in England after 1939.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- beads
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- lalia
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- ladle
-
noun,
a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- bania
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Barde
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Saadi
-
noun,
(Muslih ud-Din) 1184?–1291? Persian poet.
- basal
-
adjective,
of, at, or forming the base.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- lapel
-
noun,
either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- ripen
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become ripe.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- Bart.
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- Basra
-
noun,
a port in SE Iraq, N of the Persian Gulf.
- basad
-
adverb,
toward the base.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- basta
-
interjection,
enough; stop.
- lapin
-
noun,
a rabbit.
- leapt
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lapis
-
noun,
(italics) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
- Batna
-
noun,
a city in NE Algeria.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- lapse
-
noun,
an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard:
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Barre
-
noun,
a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice.
- leaps
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Rider
-
noun,
a person who rides a horse or other animal, a bicycle, etc.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Bella
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Isabella.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- retd.
-
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Balla
-
noun,
Giacomo [jah-kaw-maw] /ˈdʒɑ kɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1871?–1958, Italian painter.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- Saida
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Lebanon: the site of ancient Sidon.
- Sadat
-
noun,
Anwar el- [ahn-wahr el] /ˈɑn wɑr ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1918–81, Egyptian political leader: president 1970–81; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.
- Ital.
-
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- balsa
-
noun,
a tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (lagopus), of the bombax family, yielding an exceedingly light wood used for life preservers, rafts, toy airplanes, etc.
- Sabra
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a person born in Israel.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- Berra
-
noun,
Lawrence Peter ("Yogi") born 1925, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Iran.
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- intr.
-
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- strip
-
noun,
a striptease.
- salal
-
noun,
an evergreen shrub, Gaultheria shallon, of the heath family, native to the western coast of North America, having leathery, oblong leaves and clusters of pink or white flowers and purplish-black fruit.
- bield
-
noun,
a shelter; refuge.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- salad
-
noun,
a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.
- balds
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- bidet
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- bides
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Balas
-
noun,
a rose-red variety of spinel.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- tapas
-
noun,
the conditioning of the body through the proper kinds and amounts of diet, rest, bodily training, meditation, etc., to bring it to the greatest possible state of creative power.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- balls
-
noun,
a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere:
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- Berar
-
noun,
a former division of the Central Provinces and Berar, in central India: now part of Maharashtra state.
- bends
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- bands
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- labia
-
noun,
plural of labium.
- tabla
-
noun,
a small drum or pair of drums of India tuned to different pitches and played with the hands.
- Banda
-
noun,
a style of Mexican dance music featuring brass instruments and having a heavy beat.
- label
-
noun,
a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- Laban
-
noun,
the father of Leah and Rachel and the father-in-law of Jacob. Gen. 24:29; 29:16–30.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Banat
-
noun,
a fertile low-lying region extending through parts of Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.
- libel
-
noun,
Law.
defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.
the act or crime of publishing it.
a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- spine
-
noun,
the spinal or vertebral column; backbone.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Balt.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- tri-
-
- Tape
-
noun,
a long, narrow strip of linen, cotton, or the like, used for tying garments, binding seams or carpets, etc.
- spin
-
noun,
the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- tel-
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- spae
-
verb (used with object),
to prophesy; foretell; predict.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- TRIB
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- spat
-
noun,
a petty quarrel.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- pre-
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- slap
-
noun,
a sharp blow or smack, especially with the open hand or with something flat.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- prie
-
noun,
a test, trial, or taste; a test by sampling.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- spit
-
noun,
saliva, especially when ejected.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 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.
- trid
-
- tarp
-
noun,
tarpaulin.
- repr
-
- repl
-
- sld.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- SpEd
-
noun,
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity:
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Trip
-
noun,
a journey or voyage:
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- snip
-
noun,
the act of snipping, as with scissors.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- SPAR
-
noun,
Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- Rida
-
- TDRS
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tapa
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a snack or appetizer, typically served with wine or beer.
- 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.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Sra.
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tRNA
-
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- 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.
- Rep.
-
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- prat
-
noun,
the buttocks.
- 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.
- reps
-
noun,
a transversely corded fabric of wool, silk, rayon, or cotton.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RIPS
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- Rape
-
noun,
unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the victim.
- SBLI
-
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- ter.
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Sat.
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- Saba
-
noun,
an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the N Leeward Islands. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
- Sab.
-
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- std.
-
- rapt
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- rpt.
-
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- SATB
-
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- RNAS
-
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- 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.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- tab.
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- str.
-
- 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.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- 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.
- 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).
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- trap
-
noun,
a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- PSAT
-
- Ptas
-
plural,
peseta.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- psid
-
- ten.
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- psia
-
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- 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.
- sipe
-
verb (used without object),
(of liquid) to drip, ooze, or soak through.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- prs.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- RIPE
-
adjective,
having arrived at such a stage of growth or development as to be ready for reaping, gathering, eating, or use, as grain or fruit; completely matured.
- reap
-
verb (used with object),
to cut (wheat, rye, etc.) with a sickle or other implement or a machine, as in harvest.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- prin
-
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sepn
-
- rasp
-
noun,
an act of rasping.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- rad.
-
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Ste.
-
- stbd
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Raab
-
noun,
broccoli rabe.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- RIBA
-
- PTSD
-
- pts.
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 1080
-
- prad
-
noun,
Informal. horse.
- dbl.
-
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- debt
-
noun,
something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another:
- Debs
-
noun,
Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, U.S. labor leader: Socialist candidate for president 1900–20.
- deb.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- DATA
-
noun,
a plural of datum.
- dat.
-
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- daps
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- Danl
-
- Del.
-
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- dibs
-
noun,
money in small amounts.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- Din.
-
- Dill
-
noun,
a plant, Anethum graveolens, of the parsley family, having aromatic seeds and finely divided leaves, both of which are used for flavoring food.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- Den.
-
- dia-
-
- DERP
-
noun,
a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- der.
-
- depr
-
- dep.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- dips
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- blip
-
noun,
Also called pip. Electronics.
a spot of light on a radar screen indicating the position of a plane, submarine, or other object.
(loosely) any small spot of light on a display screen.
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- BLit
-
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- bldr
-
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- blad
-
noun,
a flier or other promotional material distributed by a company to sell a product.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- birr
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- BSPE
-
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- dabs
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- btl.
-
- BSRT
-
- BSPT
-
- BSPA
-
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- BSNA
-
- BSIT
-
- BSIR
-
- BSIE
-
- BSEP
-
- BSAE
-
- BSAA
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dipt
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- Ind.
-
- idae
-
- ible
-
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- IATA
-
- iana
-
- IAEA
-
- IADB
-
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- est.
-
- esp.
-
- Esd.
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- intl
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ISBN
-
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- int.
-
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- ins.
-
- IndE
-
- inae
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Ill.
-
- ile-
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- epit
-
- dir.
-
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- drip
-
noun,
an act of dripping.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- dpt.
-
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- dlr.
-
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- dis-
-
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- Earp
-
noun,
Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- epi-
-
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- Ens.
-
- enl.
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- ELAS
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- EDTA
-
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Alps
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ands
-
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- anba
-
noun,
father: a title of a clergyman or saint in the Coptic Church.
- Anas
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- ANPA
-
- all-
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- Ald.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- apt.
-
plural,
apartment.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- apts
-
plural,
apartment.
- APSE
-
noun,
Architecture. a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.
- ANSI
-
- APSA
-
- Apr.
-
- Apis
-
noun,
a sacred bull worshiped at Memphis: identified originally with Ptah and later assimilated with Osiris to form the Ptolemaic Serapis.
- Apia
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Western Samoa, on N Upolu.
- apes
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ant.
-
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- Alba
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- abl.
-
- adat
-
noun,
the native law traditional in Indonesia.
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- abs-
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abr.
-
- ABLS
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- Abas
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- AARP
-
- AAAS
-
- AAAL
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aer-
-
- Alb.
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Ala.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aire
-
- aet.
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AInd
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- ARIS
-
- BIND
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- bdls
-
plural,
bundle.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- bead
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- BDSA
-
- bdle
-
plural,
bundle.
- Bell
-
noun,
a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- bdl.
-
plural,
bundle.
- BDes
-
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Barr
-
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- beld
-
adjective,
bald; hairless.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- bin-
-
- Bill
-
noun,
a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied:
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- bet.
-
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- 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.
- Bend
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- baas
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- Baal
-
noun,
any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- ASAP
-
adverb,
without delay; promptly.
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- arr.
-
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- bads
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- Bara
-
noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- bar.
-
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- band
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- Ball
-
noun,
a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere:
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- BAEd
-
- Bald
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- Bala
-
noun,
Bilhah.
- bal.
-
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- 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.
- 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.
- PABA
-
noun,
para-aminobenzoic acid.
- peal
-
noun,
a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- LEAP
-
noun,
a spring, jump, or bound; a light, springing movement.
- peat
-
noun,
a highly organic material found in marshy or damp regions, composed of partially decayed vegetable matter: it is cut and dried for use as fuel.
- pear
-
noun,
the edible fruit, typically rounded but elongated and growing smaller toward the stem, of a tree, Pyrus communis, of the rose family.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- pean
-
noun,
paean.
- NRAB
-
- lea.
-
- NRPB
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitD
-
- pats
-
noun,
a light stroke, tap, or blow with the palm, fingers, or a flat object.
- Pate
-
noun,
the crown or top of the head.
- patd
-
- pat.
-
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- Peba
-
noun,
nine-banded armadillo.
- ped.
-
- Past
-
noun,
the time gone by:
- pend
-
verb (used without object),
to remain undecided or unsettled.
- PERL
-
- per.
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Pent
-
noun,
penthouse (def 4).
- pens
-
noun,
any of various instruments for writing or drawing with ink or a similar substance.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- Pen.
-
- NLRB
-
- nipa
-
noun,
a palm, Nypa fruticans, of India, the Philippines, etc., whose foliage is used for thatching, basketry, etc.
- Lat.
-
- nips
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- pelt
-
noun,
the act of pelting.
- NIRA
-
- Ltd.
-
- peds
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- pase
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) a maneuver by a bullfighter with the capa or muleta to gain the attention of the bull and to guide the course of its attack.
- 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.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lip-
-
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- pair
-
noun,
two identical, similar, or corresponding things that are matched for use together:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Pain
-
noun,
physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc.
- 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.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Pail
-
noun,
bucket.
- lin.
-
- lipa
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Croatia.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lib.
-
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- Pal.
-
- 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.
- LitB
-
- 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:
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- pars
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a part.
- NTIA
-
- Parr
-
noun,
a young salmon, having dark crossbars on its sides.
- NTSB
-
- Pare
-
noun,
Ambroise [ahn-brwaz] /ɑ̃ˈbrwaz/ (Show IPA), 1510–90, French surgeon.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- lit.
-
- pard
-
noun,
a leopard or panther.
- LISP
-
noun,
a speech defect consisting in pronouncing s and z like or nearly like the th- sounds of thin and this, respectively.
- Pali
-
noun,
(in Hawaii) a steep slope or cliff.
- par.
-
- pane
-
noun,
one of the divisions of a window or the like, consisting of a single plate of glass in a frame.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Pan.
-
- Pall
-
noun,
a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Pers
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- plie
-
noun,
a movement in which the knees are bent while the back is held straight.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- pint
-
noun,
a liquid and also dry measure of capacity, equal to one half of a liquid and dry quart respectively, approximately 35 cubic inches (0.473 liter). Abbreviation: pt, pt.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- PINE
-
noun,
any evergreen, coniferous tree of the genus Pinus, having long, needle-shaped leaves, certain species of which yield timber, turpentine, tar, pitch, etc.
Compare pine family.
- pina
-
noun,
pineapple.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- pill
-
noun,
a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- pile
-
noun,
an assemblage of things laid or lying one upon the other:
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- pil-
-
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- Pire
-
noun,
Dominique Georges Henri [French daw-mee-neek zhawrzh ahn-ree] /French dɔ miˈnik ʒɔrʒ ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1910–69, Belgian priest: Nobel Peace Prize 1958.
- pies
-
noun,
plural of pi2 .
- neap
-
noun,
neap tide.
- pled
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of plead.
- pleb
-
noun,
a member of the plebs; a plebeian or commoner.
- plea
-
noun,
an appeal or entreaty:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- pita
-
noun,
a fiber obtained from plants of the genera Agave, Aechmea, etc., used for cordage, mats, etc.
- nape
-
noun,
the back of the neck (usually used in the phrase nape of the neck).
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- pise
-
noun,
rammed earth.
- Pisa
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Arno River: leaning tower.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- NADP
-
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- pirn
-
noun,
a weaver's bobbin, spool, or reel.
- Piet
-
noun,
Scot. a magpie.
- pnea
-
- Napa
-
noun,
Chinese cabbage.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Pier
-
noun,
a structure built on posts extending from land out over water, used as a landing place for ships, an entertainment area, a strolling place, etc.; jetty.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Lani
-
- NASD
-
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- PETN
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, explosive solid, C 5 H 8 N 4 O 12 , used chiefly as a high explosive and as a vasodilator in treating angina pectoris.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Pest
-
noun,
an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.
- Pet.
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- pets
-
noun,
any domesticated or tamed animal that is kept as a companion and cared for affectionately.
- Lab.
-
- pial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the pia mater.
- 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.
- pian
-
noun,
yaws.
- pias
-
noun,
a female given name.
- NDSL
-
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- BIE
-
- NBA
-
- NbE
-
- pd.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- NEA
-
- RBI
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- RDA
-
- RDS
-
- PEI
-
noun,
I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pt.
-
- NBS
-
- Pr.
-
- Ps.
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- NDE
-
- prn
-
- REA
-
- ne-
-
- NEP
-
noun,
New Economic Policy.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- TAL
-
- NIA
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- 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.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- Nip
-
noun,
an act of nipping; a pinch or small bite:
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- BDA
-
- Bde
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NPR
-
- Npt
-
- bi-
-
- TAP
-
noun,
a light but audible blow:
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- Pa.
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- BEP
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NSA
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- 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:
- NRA
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Rap
-
noun,
a quick, smart, or light blow:
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- nr.
-
- NES
-
- Bap
-
noun,
a soft, flattish bread roll.
- Lt.
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- pie
-
noun,
a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust:
- pis
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- ADB
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- pir
-
noun,
a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ae.
-
- AEA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- PIN
-
noun,
a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- PID
-
- abt
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- PIA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- Tpr
-
- TPN
-
- TPI
-
- tpd
-
- TNB
-
- tlr
-
- PSA
-
- pes
-
noun,
a foot or footlike part.
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- PIT
-
noun,
a naturally formed or excavated hole or cavity in the ground:
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALP
-
noun,
a high mountain.
- TSP
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ap-
-
- trp
-
- AAA
-
- ab-
-
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- ad-
-
- AIA
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- al.
-
- an.
-
- Abp
-
- Ar.
-
- PLR
-
- AAE
-
- AAP
-
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- pli
-
- abd
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- PLA
-
- PL1
-
noun,
Computers. a high-level programming language that is designed for solving problems in science and engineering as well as in business data processing.
- pl.
-
- abn
-
- PSE
-
- PSI
-
noun,
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ).
- PAD
-
noun,
a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- ATB
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- asb
-
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- ASP
-
noun,
any of several venomous snakes, especially the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- at.
-
- ATA
-
- 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.
- ARP
-
noun,
Bill, pen name of Smith, Charles Henry.
- Tbi
-
- TBD
-
- TBA
-
- ATP
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- BAA
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- BDS
-
plural,
board.
- be-
-
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- bl.
-
- bp.
-
- Br.
-
- ARS
-
- PAS
-
noun,
a step or series of steps in ballet.
- PST
-
interjection,
(used to attract someone's attention in an unobtrusive manner.)
- APB
-
- PTA
-
plural,
peseta.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Rd.
-
- 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.
- Re.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- RIP
-
noun,
a rent made by ripping; tear.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- RPS
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- APA
-
noun,
a tree, Eperua falcata, of tropical America, having reddish-brown wood used in the construction of houses.
- APE
-
noun,
any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.
- 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.
- API
-
abbreviation,
Also, A.P.I. American Petroleum Institute.
- TID
-
- Apl
-
- TIA
-
- APS
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- pea
-
noun,
the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- PDT
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- PDL
-
- PBS
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ard
-
- 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.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- BLA
-
- EPS
-
- Ld.
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Sep
-
noun,
Simplified Employee Pension: a tax-deferred pension plan for companies with 25 or fewer employees or for self-employed persons, in which an IRA is funded by employer and employee contributions.
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- en-
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Ep.
-
- EPA
-
- SED
-
- EPT
-
- LDP
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDR
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- ERP
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- LDL
-
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- SIP
-
noun,
an instance of sipping; a small taste of a liquid:
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
-
- ea.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- EAA
-
- ead
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- STP
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- EbN
-
- EBS
-
- ed.
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EdB
-
- EDP
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- 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).
- ESA
-
- ESL
-
- DSR
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ILS
-
- sd.
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sp.
-
- ine
-
- SAA
-
- IPA
-
- ipr
-
- IPS
-
- Ir.
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- IRL
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- RTS
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- ise
-
- Isl
-
- SAE
-
- ISR
-
- ist
-
- ITA
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ite
-
- La.
-
- LDS
-
- ILP
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- LAP
-
noun,
the front part of the human body from the waist to the knees when in a sitting position.
- IAS
-
- ESR
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- id.
-
- RLD
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- RNA
-
- SAR
-
- ial
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- SAP
-
noun,
the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.
- rnd
-
- RNR
-
- il-
-
- ib.
-
- IBN
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- IDB
-
- ide
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- rte
-
- IDP
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- ier
-
- DST
-
- PRA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- DAE
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- Bt.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRB
-
- BTE
-
- Sr.
-
- spt
-
- DBE
-
- DAB
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- ltr
-
- SPR
-
- LTL
-
- BSP
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- LTA
-
- DSP
-
- LSI
-
- LPS
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LPN
-
- DAP
-
noun,
Carpentry. a notch in a timber for receiving part of another timber.
- DAR
-
- LLD
-
- LLB
-
- ll.
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- DBA
-
- BST
-
- BSN
-
- de-
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- STL
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ble
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- STI
-
- BLL
-
- BLS
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- Bn.
-
- BNS
-
- BPA
-
- BPE
-
- BPS
-
- BPI
-
- NAA
-
- BRE
-
- LSD
-
- STB
-
- Nap
-
noun,
a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime:
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- brr
-
interjection,
(used to express sensations of cold).
- BRT
-
- BSL
-
- BSA
-
- NAD
-
- BSD
-
- BSE
-
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- DBS
-
- LST
-
- 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.
- SLE
-
- DIP
-
noun,
the act of dipping.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- SLR
-
- SLP
-
- DEA
-
- Les
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lep
-
- DLS
-
- DNA
-
- SPA
-
noun,
a mineral spring, or a locality in which such springs exist.
- DNB
-
- DNR
-
- DPA
-
- DPI
-
- DPS
-
- Dr.
-
- SLA
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- DRE
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- DSA
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- di.
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- DET
-
- DIB
-
verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- 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.
- Lir
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noun,
Ler.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- DIL
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TB
-
- t.
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- ln
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- R.
-
- PE
-
noun,
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- dl
-
- DB
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- LP
-
plural,
a phonograph record played at 33 1/3 r.p.m.; long-playing record.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- PB
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- L.
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- EI
-
- 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.
- TL
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- DN
-
- RI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- D.
-
- N.
-
- le
-
- i.
-
- RP
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- SN
-
- RN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NB
-
- ND
-
- NI
-
- NP
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- B-
-
- PI
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- S.
-
- SA
-
- NL
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- Eb
-
- TP
-
- SL
-
- LR
-
- DP
-
- TN
-
- IP
-
- P.
-
noun,
Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.