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- transitable
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adjective,
capable of being crossed or passed over.
- rattlebrain
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noun,
a giddy, empty-headed, talkative person.
- arbitrates
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verb (used with object),
to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine.
- retirants
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noun,
retiree.
- abstainer
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noun,
a person who abstains from something regarded as improper or unhealthy, especially the drinking of alcoholic beverages.
- trainable
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adjective,
capable of being trained.
- restraint
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noun,
a restraining action or influence:
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- translate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own:
- sterilant
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noun,
a sterilizing agent.
- tearstain
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noun,
a mark or wet streak left by tears.
- arbitrate
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verb (used with object),
to decide as arbitrator or arbiter; determine.
- aberrants
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noun,
an aberrant person, thing, group, etc.
- arterials
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noun,
a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access:
- alterants
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noun,
something that produces alteration.
- arrestant
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noun,
a substance that interrupts the normal development of an insect.
- birrettas
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noun,
biretta.
- balestra
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noun,
a jump toward the opponent followed immediately by a lunge.
- alterant
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noun,
something that produces alteration.
- birettas
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noun,
a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
- retrains
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- slattern
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- trailers
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noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- tertials
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- Atabrine
-
- Barletta
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noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
- retirant
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noun,
retiree.
- Serratia
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noun,
a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria that are saprophytic on decaying plant or animal materials.
- birretta
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noun,
biretta.
- trainers
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- instable
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adjective,
not stable; unstable.
- strainer
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noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- librates
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- satiable
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adjective,
capable of being satiated.
- sanitate
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verb (used with object),
to make sanitary; equip with sanitary appliances:
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- INTELSAT
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noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- test-ban
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noun,
an agreement by nations producing nuclear weapons to refrain from testing them in the atmosphere.
- tibetans
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noun,
a member of the people native to or inhabiting Tibet.
- banister
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noun,
a baluster.
- Santeria
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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.
- 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.
- Sabatier
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noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1854–1941, French chemist: Nobel prize 1912.
- basanite
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noun,
a basaltic rock composed chiefly of plagioclase, olivine, and augite.
- Latinate
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adjective,
of, like, pertaining to, or derived from Latin.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- Atlantis
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noun,
a legendary island, first mentioned by Plato, said to have existed in the Atlantic Ocean west of Gibraltar and to have sunk beneath the sea, but linked by some modern archaeologists with the island of Thera, the surviving remnant of a much larger island destroyed by a volcanic eruption c1500 b.c.
- atlantes
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noun,
plural of atlas (def 5).
- narrates
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verb (used with object),
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- ariettas
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noun,
a short aria.
- asternal
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adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- Rabelais
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noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), c1490–1553, French satirist and humorist.
- Brattain
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noun,
Walter Houser [hou-zer] /ˈhaʊ zər/ (Show IPA), 1902–1987, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1956.
- labiates
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noun,
a labiate plant.
- arbitral
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adjective,
pertaining to an arbiter or to arbitration.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- astatine
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noun,
a rare element of the halogen family. Symbol: At; atomic number: 85.
- aberrant
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noun,
an aberrant person, thing, group, etc.
- brattles
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noun,
a clattering noise.
- rat-tail
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noun,
grenadier (def 4).
- ratsbane
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noun,
rat poison.
- 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.
- arterial
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noun,
a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access:
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- rattlers
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noun,
a rattlesnake.
- arbalest
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noun,
a powerful medieval crossbow with a steel bow, used to shoot stones, metal balls, arrows, etc.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- brittles
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noun,
a confection of melted sugar, usually with nuts, brittle when cooled:
- aristate
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adjective,
Botany. having aristae; awned.
- rarebits
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noun,
Welsh rabbit.
- Libertas
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noun,
the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- tabarets
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noun,
a durable silk or acetate fabric having alternating stripes of satin and moiré, for drapery and upholstery.
- bitterns
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noun,
any of several tawny brown herons that inhabit reedy marshes, as Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern) of North America, and B. stellaris, of Europe.
- abristle
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adverb, adjective,
in a bristling state:
- blatters
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noun,
the act or sound of blattering.
- restrain
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verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- Triratna
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noun,
the three components of Buddhism, which are the Buddha, or teacher, the dharma, or teaching, and the Sangha, or priesthood.
- Barinas
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noun,
a city in W Venezuela.
- stabile
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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).
- talents
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- Barents
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noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- Lesbian
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noun,
an inhabitant of Lesbos.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- arteri-
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- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- erratas
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noun,
plural of erratum.
- arsenal
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noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- banters
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noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- stabler
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noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- startle
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noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- starlet
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noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- tabinet
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noun,
a fabric resembling poplin, made of silk and wool and usually given a watered finish.
- Astarte
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noun,
an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- stratal
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adjective,
of a stratum or strata.
- strati-
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- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- tabaret
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noun,
a durable silk or acetate fabric having alternating stripes of satin and moiré, for drapery and upholstery.
- Astilbe
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noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- librate
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- Aterian
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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.
- artiste
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- starlit
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adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- attains
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verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- attires
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noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Statler
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noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- artisan
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noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Artesia
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noun,
a city in S California.
- starter
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noun,
a person or thing that starts.
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- battles
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noun,
a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces:
- Barnett
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noun,
a male given name.
- blister
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noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- riblets
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- biretta
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noun,
a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
- retrain
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- bistate
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving two states, especially of the U.S.:
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- bittern
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noun,
any of several tawny brown herons that inhabit reedy marshes, as Botaurus lentiginosus (American bittern) of North America, and B. stellaris, of Europe.
- bitters
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noun,
a liquid, often an alcoholic liquor, in which bitter herbs or roots have steeped, used as a flavoring, especially in mixed drinks, or as a tonic.
- blatant
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adjective,
brazenly obvious; flagrant:
- blatter
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noun,
the act or sound of blattering.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- nitrate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- ritters
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noun,
a knight.
- ratites
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noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- rarebit
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noun,
Welsh rabbit.
- ratable
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adjective,
capable of being rated or appraised.
- brittle
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noun,
a confection of melted sugar, usually with nuts, brittle when cooled:
- Britten
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noun,
(Edward) Benjamin, 1913–76, English composer and pianist.
- bristle
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- rattles
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- brattle
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noun,
a clattering noise.
- brasier
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noun,
brazier1 .
- rattans
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noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- branles
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noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- ratters
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- rattler
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noun,
a rattlesnake.
- natters
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- Bettina
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noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- Basilan
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noun,
an island in the Philippines, SW of Mindanao. 495 sq. mi. (1282 sq. km).
- satiate
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adjective,
satiated.
- Bastian
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noun,
Adolf [ah-dawlf] /ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1826–1905, German anthropologist.
- satinet
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- sealant
-
noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- basinet
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noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- basilar
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the base, especially the base of the skull.
- basiate
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verb (used with or without object),
to kiss.
- arietta
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noun,
a short aria.
- Serbian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- barters
-
noun,
the act or practice of bartering.
- litters
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- Barrett
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noun,
Elizabeth, Browning, Elizabeth Barrett.
- barrets
-
noun,
a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- barrens
-
noun,
Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
- Batista
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noun,
Fulgencio [fool-hen-syaw] /fulˈhɛn syɔ/ (Show IPA), (Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar) 1901–73, Cuban military leader: dictator of Cuba 1934–40; president 1940–44, 1952–59.
- battels
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noun,
an account with or terminal bill from a college of Oxford University for board, kitchen, and buttery expenses.
- bestial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- saltant
-
adjective,
dancing; leaping; jumping.
- Natalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- Sabrina
-
noun,
a female given name: from the Latin word for the river Severn.
- berlins
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noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- narrate
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verb (used with object),
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- 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
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noun,
a saltworks.
- battens
-
noun,
a small board or strip of wood used for various building purposes, as to cover joints between boards, reinforce certain doors, or supply a foundation for lathing.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- 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.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- batters
-
noun,
Printing.
a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
the resulting defect in print.
- batiste
-
noun,
a fine, often sheer fabric, constructed in either a plain or figured weave and made of any of various natural or synthetic fibers.
- attrib.
-
- Alberti
-
noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- Arabist
-
noun,
a person who specializes in or studies the Arabic language or Arab culture.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- ablates
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- tartars
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noun,
Dentistry. calculus (def 3).
- tinters
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- tartare
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adjective,
(especially of fish) finely chopped and served raw (used postpositively):
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- arables
-
noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- Antibes
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noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- tartans
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- terrain
-
noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- intreat
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- Abelian
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adjective,
of or relating to Niels Henrik Abel or his theorems.
- Isabela
-
noun,
a city in NW Puerto Rico.
- tartine
-
noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- 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.
- transl.
-
- 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.
- Telstar
-
- 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.
- abstain
-
verb (used without object),
to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from):
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- abreast
-
adverb, adjective,
side by side; beside each other in a line:
- labrets
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- abraser
-
noun,
a machine for testing the abrasion resistance of a material.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- tranter
-
noun,
a peddler, hawker, or carrier using a horse and cart.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- triable
-
- Alberta
-
noun,
a province in W Canada. 255,285 sq. mi. (661,190 sq. km). Capital: Edmonton.
Abbreviation: Alba., Alta.
- albites
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- lattens
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- tertian
-
noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- larries
-
noun,
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
- labiate
-
noun,
a labiate plant.
- Trianta
-
noun,
Trianda.
- instate
-
verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- tarries
-
noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- tantras
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- Tibetan
-
noun,
a member of the people native to or inhabiting Tibet.
- tertial
-
noun,
a tertial feather.
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- arbiter
-
noun,
a person empowered to decide matters at issue; judge; umpire.
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- bettas
-
noun,
fighting fish.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- Aintab
-
noun,
former name of Gaziantep.
- 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.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Sabean
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Saba.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- Ritter
-
noun,
a knight.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- 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.
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- retral
-
adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- battel
-
noun,
an account with or terminal bill from a college of Oxford University for board, kitchen, and buttery expenses.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- batten
-
noun,
a small board or strip of wood used for various building purposes, as to cover joints between boards, reinforce certain doors, or supply a foundation for lathing.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- intra-
-
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- 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.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- 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.
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- inter.
-
- Sabina
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “a Sabine woman.”.
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- 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.
- Berlin
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- battle
-
noun,
a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces:
- Sabine
-
noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- batter
-
noun,
Printing.
a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
the resulting defect in print.
- 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.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- irreal
-
adjective,
unreal.
- 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.
- 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.
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- abates
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- abatis
-
noun,
an obstacle or barricade of trees with bent or sharpened branches directed toward an enemy.
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- ratter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- Abelia
-
noun,
any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Abelia, of the honeysuckle family, having clusters of small white or pink flowers.
- branle
-
noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- 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.
- 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.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Isabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- 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.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- britts
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- briers
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- 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.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Braila
-
noun,
a port in E Romania, on the Danube River. 203,983.
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- Blaine
-
noun,
James Gillespie [gi-les-pee] /gɪˈlɛs pi/ (Show IPA), 1830–93, U.S. statesman.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- bitten
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Blairs
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- trans.
-
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- blains
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- bleats
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- ablare
-
adverb, adjective,
blaring:
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- ablate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- treasr
-
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- attain
-
verb (used with object),
to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain:
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- 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.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Attila
-
noun,
("Scourge of God") a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- arsen-
-
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- Bastia
-
noun,
a seaport on the NE coast of Corsica: the former capital of Corsica.
- tabret
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- tables
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- arrant
-
adjective,
downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious:
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- 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.
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- stable
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- 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.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- 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.
- errata
-
noun,
plural of erratum.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Tartar
-
noun,
Dentistry. calculus (def 3).
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- tablas
-
noun,
an island in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippines, one of the Romblon Islands. 265 sq. mi. (686 sq. km).
- 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.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- arable
-
noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Arabis
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Arabis, including the rock cresses.
- Arabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tablet
-
noun,
a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- arbtrn
-
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- libras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Barret
-
noun,
a small cap, akin to the biretta, worn in the Middle Ages by soldiers and ecclesiastics.
- Barres
-
noun,
Maurice [moh-rees] /moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), 1862–1923, French novelist, writer on politics, and politician.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Barren
-
noun,
Usually, barrens. level or slightly rolling land, usually with a sandy soil and few trees, and relatively infertile.
- barrel
-
noun,
a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Barrie
-
noun,
Sir James M(atthew) 1860–1937, Scottish novelist, short-story writer, and playwright.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- barit.
-
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- tetra-
-
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- 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.
- instr.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- 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.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- barter
-
noun,
the act or practice of bartering.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- terat-
-
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Banias
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- 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.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- 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.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Ital.
-
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Laban
-
noun,
the father of Leah and Rachel and the father-in-law of Jacob. Gen. 24:29; 29:16–30.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- labia
-
noun,
plural of labium.
- 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.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- 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.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- nears
-
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- 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.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Nebr.
-
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- 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.
- Nabal
-
noun,
a wealthy Calebite, husband of Abigail, who refused rightful tribute to King David for protecting Nabal's flocks. I Sam. 25.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Nabis
-
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- rabal
-
noun,
the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds aloft by theodolitic tracking of a radiosonde.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nitr-
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- 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).
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tears
-
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tera-
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- 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.
- tabla
-
noun,
a small drum or pair of drums of India tuned to different pitches and played with the hands.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- treas
-
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- 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.
- 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.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- 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.
- Tibet
-
noun,
Also, Thibet. Also called Sitsang, Xizang. Official name Tibet Autonomous Region. an administrative division of China, N of the Himalayas: prior to 1950 a theocracy under the Dalai Lama; the highest country in the world, average elevation about 16,000 feet (4877 meters). 471,660 sq. mi. (1,221,599 sq. km). Capital: Lhasa.
- terr.
-
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- 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.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- 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.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- 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.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- 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.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- restr
-
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- 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.
- Sabra
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a person born in Israel.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rears
-
- 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.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- rebar
-
noun,
a steel bar or rod used to reinforce concrete.
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- reni-
-
- 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.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- sanit
-
- ster.
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Srta.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stat.
-
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- 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.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 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.
- sebi-
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seti-
-
- 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.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- 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.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- batts
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Arab.
-
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Alas.
-
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- Batna
-
noun,
a city in NE Algeria.
- Alban
-
noun,
Saint, 3rd century a.d, first English martyr.
- albas
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- anti-
-
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- Berar
-
noun,
a former division of the Central Provinces and Berar, in central India: now part of Maharashtra state.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- 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.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- 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.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Barre
-
noun,
a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice.
- Bart.
-
- basal
-
adjective,
of, at, or forming the base.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- 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.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- Basra
-
noun,
a port in SE Iraq, N of the Persian Gulf.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Arber
-
noun,
Werner, born 1929, Swiss microbiologist: shared Nobel Prize 1978.
- basta
-
interjection,
enough; stop.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- 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.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- 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.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- binal
-
adjective,
double; twofold.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- anis-
-
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- birrs
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- Blain
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- bitts
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- Brale
-
- 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.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- anal.
-
- Berra
-
noun,
Lawrence Peter ("Yogi") born 1925, U.S. baseball player and manager.
- Alta.
-
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- 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.
- Betta
-
noun,
fighting fish.
- BSRet
-
- Betti
-
noun,
Ugo [oo-gaw] /ˈu gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1953, Italian poet and dramatist.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alti-
-
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- anat.
-
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Britt
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- Brit.
-
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Brier
-
noun,
a prickly plant or shrub, especially the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
- briar
-
noun,
brier1 .
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Brett
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- 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.
- 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.
- bania
-
noun,
banyan (def 2).
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- in-lb
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Abate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- BLitt
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- Baiae
-
noun,
an ancient resort city in SW Italy, near Naples: villas of Caesar, Nero, and Pompey.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- IATSE
-
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- 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.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abstr
-
- Arnel
-
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- ASEAN
-
- 30-30
-
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- astr.
-
- 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.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- Arras
-
noun,
a rich tapestry.
- Arran
-
noun,
an island in SW Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. 166 sq. mi. (430 sq. km).
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- intr.
-
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- inst.
-
- abase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
- Balas
-
noun,
a rose-red variety of spinel.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Balt.
-
- estab
-
- 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.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- 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:
- banal
-
adjective,
devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite:
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Banat
-
noun,
a fertile low-lying region extending through parts of Hungary, Romania, and Serbia.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aeri-
-
- ates
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- arr.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- ANSI
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- RNAS
-
- Barr
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- rit.
-
- 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.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- att.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- tab.
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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).
- birr
-
noun,
force; energy; vigor.
- Bara
-
noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- bar.
-
- 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.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- 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.
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- art.
-
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- ant.
-
- str.
-
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- bin-
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- 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.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Ste.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 1080
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- 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.
- Sra.
-
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- bal.
-
- Sat.
-
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- 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.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- batt
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- 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:
- SBLI
-
- 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.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- Bala
-
noun,
Bilhah.
- 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.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- SATB
-
- 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.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- 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.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- bet.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Saba
-
noun,
an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the N Leeward Islands. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
- attn
-
- Sab.
-
- 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.
- Baal
-
noun,
any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 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.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- baas
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- ARIS
-
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- bitt
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- aet.
-
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- est.
-
- lin.
-
- lit.
-
- 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.
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- aer-
-
- Lib.
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- IAEA
-
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- 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:
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- tel-
-
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- ELAS
-
- 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).
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- 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.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- LitB
-
- Tit.
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- abs-
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- int.
-
- intl
-
- TRIB
-
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Abas
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Ire.
-
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- ISBN
-
- Lab.
-
- trit
-
- tRNA
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lat.
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- iana
-
- 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.
- abr.
-
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- IATA
-
- ABLS
-
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- ible
-
- lea.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- abl.
-
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- ile-
-
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tri-
-
- inae
-
- ins.
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Anas
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- 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.
- BSAA
-
- BSAE
-
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- BSIE
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- BSIR
-
- BSIT
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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).
- BSNA
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- alt.
-
- btl.
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Raab
-
noun,
broccoli rabe.
- Alis
-
- RIBA
-
- anba
-
noun,
father: a title of a clergyman or saint in the Coptic Church.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- NTIA
-
- ten.
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- 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.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- BLit
-
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ter.
-
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- NTSB
-
- BSRT
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- Alb.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- 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.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- 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).
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Ala.
-
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Alba
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- 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.
- 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.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIRA
-
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- NLRB
-
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- NRAB
-
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- TBA
-
- abt
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- AAE
-
- 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.
- ae.
-
- AIA
-
- al.
-
- AEA
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- ab-
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- 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.
- 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.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ARS
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tbi
-
- 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.
- TNB
-
- tlr
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- TNT
-
- tr.
-
- abn
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tra
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- TAL
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TIA
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- 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.
- Aar
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ist
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- NBS
-
- NbE
-
- NBA
-
- EbN
-
- EBS
-
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NAB
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- NAA
-
- ltr
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- en-
-
- NEB
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- NRA
-
- BSN
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- BST
-
- Bt.
-
- BTE
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Re.
-
- asb
-
- nr.
-
- NES
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EAA
-
- 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.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nib
-
noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NIA
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- BSE
-
- IRS
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Ir.
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- IRL
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ier
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- Lt.
-
- La.
-
- Isl
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- il-
-
- IBN
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Ia.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ial
-
- Les
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- IAS
-
- ib.
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- NSA
-
- BSA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SLA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- 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).
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SLE
-
- se-
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- SAR
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- SLR
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- STI
-
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- at.
-
- STL
-
- ATA
-
- ATB
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Sr.
-
- STB
-
- BAA
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- be-
-
- bl.
-
- Br.
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRB
-
- ISR
-
- 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.
- SAE
-
- BLS
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- 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.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- 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.
- BLA
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ble
-
- bi-
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- Bn.
-
- BNS
-
- REA
-
- RBI
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- BRE
-
- brr
-
interjection,
(used to express sensations of cold).
- 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.
- BRT
-
- BSL
-
- BIE
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- RNA
-
- RSE
-
- SAA
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- TTS
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- RNR
-
- L1
-
- SL
-
- N.
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NB
-
- t.
-
- L2
-
- 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.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TB
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- T1
-
- 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.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NI
-
- 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.
- TT
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- RN
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TN
-
- Eb
-
- TL
-
- SN
-
- i.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- le
-
- EI
-
- RI
-
- NL
-
- ln
-
- LR
-
- S.
-
- R.
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SA
-
- B-
-