Anagrams of readabilities
Word readabilities has
1533 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of readabilities.
- side-table
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noun,
a table intended to be placed against a wall.
- idealities
-
noun,
ideal quality or character.
- debilities
-
noun,
a weakened or enfeebled state; weakness:
- Israelite
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noun,
a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- eradiates
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verb (used with or without object),
to radiate.
- desirable
-
noun,
a person or thing that is desirable.
- abilities
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noun,
power or capacity to do or act physically, mentally, legally, morally, financially, etc.
- detailers
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- liberties
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noun,
freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
- elaterids
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- liberates
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verb (used with object),
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- diablerie
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noun,
diabolic magic or art; sorcery; witchcraft.
- aerialist
-
noun,
a trapeze artist.
- biseriate
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adjective,
arranged in two rows; arranged in two cycles or whorls.
- asiderite
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noun,
an iron-free meteorite consisting of friable material.
- airedales
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noun,
one of a breed of large terriers having a wiry, black-and-tan coat and a docked tail.
- trailside
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noun,
the side or border of a trail.
- dietaries
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noun,
a regulated allowance of food.
- realities
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- bat-eared
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adjective,
(of a dog or other canid) having large, erect ears rounded at the top, resembling those of a bat.
- dealates
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noun,
a dealate insect.
- elaterid
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- eatables
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noun,
Usually, eatables. articles of food.
- labiates
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noun,
a labiate plant.
- Delsarte
-
noun,
François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- rideable
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adjective,
ridable.
- Tiberias
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noun,
Lake. Galilee, Sea of.
- lie-abed
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noun,
a person who remains in bed until a relatively late hour; late riser.
- Sabatier
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noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1854–1941, French chemist: Nobel prize 1912.
- librates
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- eradiate
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verb (used with or without object),
to radiate.
- Breasted
-
noun,
James Henry, 1865–1935, U.S. archaeologist and historian of ancient Egypt.
- arbalest
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noun,
a powerful medieval crossbow with a steel bow, used to shoot stones, metal balls, arrows, etc.
- biradial
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adjective,
having both bilateral and radial symmetry, as ctenophores.
- salaried
-
adjective,
receiving a salary:
- Brasilia
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Brazil, on the central plateau.
- siberite
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noun,
a violet or violet-red tourmaline, used as a gem.
- dataries
-
noun,
the office of the Curia Romana that investigates candidates for papal benefices.
- liberate
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verb (used with object),
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- siderite
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noun,
Also called chalybite. a common mineral, iron carbonate, FeCO 3 , usually occurring in yellowish to deep-brown cleavable masses: a minor ore of iron.
- sidereal
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adjective,
determined by or from the stars:
- idealist
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noun,
a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist.
Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- biserial
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adjective,
of or relating to the correlation between two sets of measurements, one set of which is limited to one of two values.
- satiable
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adjective,
capable of being satiated.
- sibilate
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce with a hissing sound.
- bestride
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verb (used with object),
to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
- Teasdale
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noun,
Sara, 1884–1933, U.S. poet.
- Aristide
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noun,
Jean-Bertrand, born 1953, Haitian priest and political leader: first democratically elected president, 1991, 1994–96, 2001–04.
- airdates
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noun,
the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- Airedale
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noun,
one of a breed of large terriers having a wiry, black-and-tan coat and a docked tail.
- abristle
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adverb, adjective,
in a bristling state:
- Libertas
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noun,
the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- diatribe
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noun,
a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism:
- basilard
-
noun,
a medieval dagger having a tapering blade with straight transverse quillons and a T -shaped pommel.
- bedrails
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noun,
a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.
- tribades
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noun,
lesbian (def 5).
- diabetes
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noun,
any of several disorders characterized by increased urine production.
- radiates
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adjective,
radiating from a center.
- redbaits
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verb (used without object),
to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.
- driblets
-
noun,
a small portion or part.
- Disraeli
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noun,
Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield ("Dizzy") 1804–81, British statesman and novelist: prime minister 1868, 1874–80.
- Rabelais
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noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), c1490–1553, French satirist and humorist.
- distrail
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noun,
dissipation trail.
- detailer
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- trilbies
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noun,
a hat of soft felt with an indented crown.
- retables
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noun,
a decorative structure raised above an altar at the back, often forming a frame for a picture, bas-relief, or the like, and sometimes including a shelf or shelves, as for ornaments.
- balestra
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noun,
a jump toward the opponent followed immediately by a lunge.
- treadles
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noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- readable
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adjective,
easy or interesting to read.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- Siberia
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noun,
Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
- beastie
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noun,
Chiefly Literary. a small animal, especially one toward which affection is felt.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- basilar
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the base, especially the base of the skull.
- laterad
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adverb,
toward the side.
- Artesia
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noun,
a city in S California.
- redbait
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verb (used without object),
to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.
- sidebar
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noun,
follow-up (def 3b).
- Bastard
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noun,
a person born of unmarried parents; an illegitimate child.
- latrias
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- lariats
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- bastide
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noun,
a medieval fortified town, planned as a whole and built at one time, especially in southern France, for strategic or commercial purposes.
- dirties
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Idioms,
do (someone) dirty, Slang. to treat unfairly or reprehensibly, as by cheating or slandering.
- bristle
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- bridles
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noun,
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- bridals
-
noun,
a wedding.
- labiate
-
noun,
a labiate plant.
- stadial
-
noun,
stade.
- Arabist
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noun,
a person who specializes in or studies the Arabic language or Arab culture.
- arables
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noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- readies
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noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- stabler
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noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- 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).
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- rebated
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noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- blasted
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noun,
a sudden and violent gust of wind:
- blister
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noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- leaders
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noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- bestial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- beaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- risible
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adjective,
causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous.
- Liberia
-
noun,
a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- radiate
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adjective,
radiating from a center.
- belated
-
adjective,
coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time:
- bilsted
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noun,
the liquidambar tree.
- Israeli
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- radials
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- librate
-
verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- berates
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- Salieri
-
noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- retable
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noun,
a decorative structure raised above an altar at the back, often forming a frame for a picture, bas-relief, or the like, and sometimes including a shelf or shelves, as for ornaments.
- betides
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verb (used with object),
to happen to; come to; befall:
- bailees
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noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- ridable
-
- riblets
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- bestead
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adjective,
Archaic. placed or situated, often unfavorably or in difficulty.
- 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.
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Beatles
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noun,
the (used with a plural verb) British rock-'n'-roll group (1962–70) including George Harrison, (born 1943), John (Winston) Lennon [len-uh n] /ˈlɛn ən/ (Show IPA) (1940–80), Paul (James) McCartney [muh-kahrt-nee] /məˈkɑrt ni/ (Show IPA) (born 1942), and Ringo [ring-goh] /ˈrɪŋ goʊ/ (Show IPA), Starr, (Richard Starkey) (born 1940).
- basiate
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verb (used with or without object),
to kiss.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- basidia
-
noun,
plural of basidium.
- ribalds
-
noun,
a ribald person.
- Sedalia
-
noun,
a city in central Missouri.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- Astilbe
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- seabird
-
noun,
a bird frequenting the sea or coast.
- Liatris
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- ratable
-
adjective,
capable of being rated or appraised.
- bedrail
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noun,
a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.
- re-laid
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verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- related
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adjective,
associated; connected.
- 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.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- labrets
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- delates
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verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- dearies
-
noun,
darling.
- ablates
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- dealers
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- dealate
-
noun,
a dealate insect.
- estrade
-
noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- Delbert
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert.
- dartles
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verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- darbies
-
noun,
a float having two handles, used by plasterers.
- diabase
-
noun,
a fine-grained gabbro occurring as minor intrusions.
- dairies
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noun,
an establishment, as a room, building, or buildings, where milk and cream are kept and butter and cheese are made.
- dailies
-
noun,
a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
- dabster
-
noun,
Slang. an expert.
- Abelard
-
noun,
Pierre [pee-air;; French pyer] /piˈɛər;; French pyɛr/ (Show IPA), (Peter Abelard) 1079–1142, French scholastic philosopher, teacher, and theologian. His love affair with Heloïse is one of the famous romances in history.
- airdate
-
noun,
the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- Tbilisi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of the Georgian Republic, in the SE part, on the Kura.
- dialers
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- deliria
-
noun,
Pathology. a more or less temporary disorder of the mental faculties, as in fevers, disturbances of consciousness, or intoxication, characterized by restlessness, excitement, delusions, hallucinations, etc.
- deities
-
noun,
a god or goddess.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- edibles
-
noun,
Usually, edibles. edible substances; food.
- Delibes
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noun,
(Clément Philibert) Léo [kley-mahn fee-lee-ber ley-aw] /kleɪˈmɑ̃ fi liˈbɛr leɪˈɔ/ (Show IPA), 1836–91, French composer, especially of operas, operettas, and ballets.
- aediles
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noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- aerates
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- abrades
-
verb (used with or without object),
to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.
- eatable
-
noun,
Usually, eatables. articles of food.
- Elberta
-
noun,
a freestone peach having reddish-yellow skin.
- debates
-
noun,
a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints:
- derails
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- Derbies
-
noun,
a city in Derbyshire in central England.
- abreast
-
adverb, adjective,
side by side; beside each other in a line:
- Alberta
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noun,
a province in W Canada. 255,285 sq. mi. (661,190 sq. km). Capital: Edmonton.
Abbreviation: Alba., Alta.
- details
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- diaries
-
noun,
a daily record, usually private, especially of the writer's own experiences, observations, feelings, attitudes, etc.
- disable
-
verb (used with object),
to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate:
- dilates
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- Aleardi
-
noun,
Count Aleardo [ah-le-ahr-daw] /ˌɑ lɛˈɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1812–78, Italian poet and patriot.
- tribade
-
noun,
lesbian (def 5).
- triable
-
- Ileitis
-
noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- stibial
-
adjective,
of or resembling antimony.
- trebles
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noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- disrate
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verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- diester
-
noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- tabards
-
noun,
a loose outer garment, sleeveless or with short sleeves, especially one worn by a knight over his armor and usually emblazoned with his arms.
- albites
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- treadle
-
noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- diarist
-
noun,
a person who keeps a diary.
- diaster
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- Alberti
-
noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- driblet
-
noun,
a small portion or part.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- Isabela
-
noun,
a city in NW Puerto Rico.
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- bidets
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- distil
-
verb (used with or without object),
distill.
- 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.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- biased
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- lidars
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- betide
-
verb (used with object),
to happen to; come to; befall:
- lidias
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- edible
-
noun,
Usually, edibles. edible substances; food.
- ediles
-
noun,
aedile.
- disbar
-
verb (used with object),
to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- Beadle
-
noun,
a parish officer having various subordinate duties, as keeping order during services, waiting on the rector, etc.
- beader
-
noun,
a tool for forming beads on lumber.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- diable
-
adjective,
highly spiced; prepared with hot or piquant seasoning; deviled.
- drails
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- Diesel
-
noun,
diesel engine.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- beater
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- radial
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- 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.
- belted
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- 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.
- beards
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- berate
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- distr.
-
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- beside
-
Idioms,
beside oneself, almost out of one's senses from a strong emotion, as from joy, delight, anger, fear, or grief:
- 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.
- 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.
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- libras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- braids
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- lairds
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- ideata
-
noun,
(in epistemology) the object of knowledge as known by the mind.
Compare datum (def 3).
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- brails
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- Braila
-
noun,
a port in E Romania, on the Danube River. 203,983.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- dalasi
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Gambia, equal to 100 bututs.
- Iberia
-
noun,
Also called Iberian Peninsula. a peninsula in SW Europe, comprising Spain and Portugal.
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- breads
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- bleeds
-
noun,
Printing.
a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration.
a part thus trimmed off.
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Italia
-
noun,
Italian name of Italy.
- Isabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- bridle
-
noun,
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- Bridie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Bridget.
- bridal
-
noun,
a wedding.
- breeds
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- 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.
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- irides
-
noun,
a plural of iris.
- bredes
-
noun,
something braided or entwined, especially a plait of hair; braid.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- labrid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Labridae, including the wrasses, the tautog, and the cunner, and characterized chiefly by well-developed teeth and, often, brilliant colors.
- iliads
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- idlers
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- bields
-
noun,
a shelter; refuge.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- debase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in quality or value; adulterate:
- debate
-
noun,
a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints:
- debits
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- Elbert
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch range: second highest peak of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. 14,431 feet (4399 meters).
- debris
-
noun,
the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble:
- isidia
-
noun,
a coralloid outgrowth from the thallus in certain lichens.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- Birdie
-
noun,
a small bird.
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- debars
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- elders
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bleats
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- dealer
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- leader
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- elides
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- Blairs
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- liards
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- eldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- betels
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- tablas
-
noun,
an island in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippines, one of the Romblon Islands. 265 sq. mi. (686 sq. km).
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- sedile
-
noun,
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- Seidel
-
noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- ad-lib
-
noun,
something improvised in speech, music, etc.:
- 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.
- serdab
-
noun,
a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- sialid
-
noun,
any neuropterous insect of the family Sialidae, comprising the alderflies.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- salade
-
noun,
sallet.
- tiered
-
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.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- seabed
-
noun,
seafloor.
- tibias
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- alders
-
- tables
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- tabard
-
noun,
a loose outer garment, sleeveless or with short sleeves, especially one worn by a knight over his armor and usually emblazoned with his arms.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- ardebs
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- slider
-
noun,
a person or thing that slides.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- 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.
- stable
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- arable
-
noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- Arabis
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Arabis, including the rock cresses.
- Arabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stadia
-
noun,
a method of surveying in which distances are read by noting the interval on a graduated rod intercepted by two parallel cross hairs (stadia hairs or stadia wires) mounted in the telescope of a surveying instrument, the rod being placed at one end of the distance to be measured and the surveying instrument at the other.
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- abrade
-
verb (used with or without object),
to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- ablate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- abatis
-
noun,
an obstacle or barricade of trees with bent or sharpened branches directed toward an enemy.
- abates
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- abased
-
adjective,
(of a charge) lower on an escutcheon than is usual:
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- bardee
-
noun,
bardy2 .
- bardes
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- ablare
-
adverb, adjective,
blaring:
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- barit.
-
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- aaliis
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- 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.
- treble
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- rebids
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- Bastia
-
noun,
a seaport on the NE coast of Corsica: the former capital of Corsica.
- rebate
-
noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- abeles
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- bailee
-
noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- abides
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- ribald
-
noun,
a ribald person.
- Bailie
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman.
- Abelia
-
noun,
any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Abelia, of the honeysuckle family, having clusters of small white or pink flowers.
- Balder
-
noun,
a god, a son of Odin and Frigg and the twin brother of Hod, by whom he was killed.
- Baldie
-
noun,
a bald person (sometimes used as a facetious term of address).
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- 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.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- 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.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- ibid.
-
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tiled
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- 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.
- Ibada
-
noun,
any of the religious duties of a Muslim, including the recital of the creed, the five daily recitals of prayers, the Ramadan fast, almsgiving, and the pilgrimage to Mecca.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- dist.
-
- IATSE
-
- 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.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- treas
-
- estab
-
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- dribs
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- tibia
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Iblis
-
noun,
an evil spirit or devil, the chief of the wicked jinn.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- tele-
-
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tears
-
- edit.
-
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- drabs
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Sadat
-
noun,
Anwar el- [ahn-wahr el] /ˈɑn wɑr ɛl/ (Show IPA), 1918–81, Egyptian political leader: president 1970–81; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Saadi
-
noun,
(Muslih ud-Din) 1184?–1291? Persian poet.
- Lidia
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- libri
-
noun,
plural of liber2 .
- 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.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Libia
-
noun,
Libya.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Saida
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Lebanon: the site of ancient Sidon.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- salad
-
noun,
a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- sebi-
-
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Rebel
-
noun,
a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- rebid
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- radii
-
noun,
a plural of radius.
- rabid
-
adjective,
irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Rabat
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- rabal
-
noun,
the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds aloft by theodolitic tracking of a radiosonde.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- retd.
-
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- 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.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- tabla
-
noun,
a small drum or pair of drums of India tuned to different pitches and played with the hands.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Ital.
-
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- ster.
-
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- labia
-
noun,
plural of labium.
- irids
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the Iridaceae, the iris family.
- 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.
- irid-
-
- Irbid
-
noun,
a town in NW Jordan.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Iliad
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- 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.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- lebes
-
noun,
a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- seti-
-
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- 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.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- 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.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- 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.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- Srta.
-
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- BSElE
-
- basad
-
adverb,
toward the base.
- basal
-
adjective,
of, at, or forming the base.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- 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.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- BSRet
-
- 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.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- Basra
-
noun,
a port in SE Iraq, N of the Persian Gulf.
- basta
-
interjection,
enough; stop.
- aeri-
-
- 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.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- beads
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- 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.
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Alta.
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- alti-
-
- Bride
-
noun,
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- abstr
-
- Baiae
-
noun,
an ancient resort city in SW Italy, near Naples: villas of Caesar, Nero, and Pompey.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- darts
-
- Balas
-
noun,
a rose-red variety of spinel.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- balds
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- 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:
- Arab.
-
- Bart.
-
- Adlai
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- 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.
- Balt.
-
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- Barde
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- albas
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- 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.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Beard
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- 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.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- betel
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- Aldas
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- 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.
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- 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.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- blade
-
noun,
the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- Alas.
-
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- Albee
-
noun,
Edward, born 1928, U.S. playwright.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bield
-
noun,
a shelter; refuge.
- bides
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- bleed
-
noun,
Printing.
a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration.
a part thus trimmed off.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- alibi
-
noun,
Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Breed
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- brede
-
noun,
something braided or entwined, especially a plait of hair; braid.
- Breda
-
noun,
a city in the S Netherlands.
- beedi
-
noun,
bidi.
- bread
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Brale
-
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- 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.
- braid
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- brads
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- belie
-
verb (used with object),
to show to be false; contradict:
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- Blida
-
noun,
a city in N Algeria.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- bidet
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- abase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
- 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.
- Debir
-
noun,
a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- abele
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- debit
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- Debra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Deborah.
- astr.
-
- ardeb
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- 30-30
-
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- abide
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- Dibai
-
noun,
Dubai.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- dial.
-
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- debar
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- Baeda
-
noun,
Saint, Bede, Saint.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Abate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- dilis
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Alis
-
- rad.
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- beld
-
adjective,
bald; hairless.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- SBLI
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- ARIS
-
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- 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.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- art.
-
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Ald.
-
- 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.
- lit.
-
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- tab.
-
- Raab
-
noun,
broccoli rabe.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- RIBA
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- str.
-
- Ltd.
-
- 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).
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- LitB
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- bet.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- LitD
-
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- Bede
-
noun,
Saint ("the Venerable Bede") a.d. 673?–735, English monk, historian, and theologian: wrote earliest history of England.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- Bald
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- 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:
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- 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.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- baas
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- bal.
-
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Baal
-
noun,
any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
- bar.
-
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 1080
-
- Bara
-
noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- Bala
-
noun,
Bilhah.
- bads
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- sld.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Sra.
-
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sab.
-
- rit.
-
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- BAEd
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- Saba
-
noun,
an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the N Leeward Islands. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Rida
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- BDes
-
- bdl.
-
plural,
bundle.
- bdle
-
plural,
bundle.
- bdls
-
plural,
bundle.
- BDSA
-
- Ste.
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- bead
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- 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.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Sat.
-
- std.
-
- alt.
-
- dis-
-
- 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.
- SATB
-
- 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.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- stbd
-
- ates
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- 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.
- rel.
-
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- 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.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- 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.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- 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.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- dat.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- DATA
-
noun,
a plural of datum.
- est.
-
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Esd.
-
- 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.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- abs-
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- dbl.
-
- 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.
- abr.
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ABLS
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- adat
-
noun,
the native law traditional in Indonesia.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- btl.
-
- ile-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- aer-
-
- ter.
-
- dabs
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- bidi
-
noun,
(in India) an inexpensive cigarette, locally produced usually from cut tobacco rolled in leaf.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- ible
-
- ibis
-
noun,
any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill.
Compare sacred ibis.
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- IATA
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- IAEA
-
- IADB
-
- abl.
-
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- aet.
-
- trid
-
- 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.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- AAEE
-
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tri-
-
- TRIB
-
- dia-
-
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- dibs
-
noun,
money in small amounts.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- dlr.
-
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- dir.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- Abas
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- deb.
-
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Elbe
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.
- 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).
- Debs
-
noun,
Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, U.S. labor leader: Socialist candidate for president 1900–20.
- debt
-
noun,
something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another:
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- ELAS
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- EDTA
-
- Del.
-
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- der.
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- idae
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- lea.
-
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Ala.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- BLit
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- bldr
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Alba
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- 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.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Lib.
-
- Alb.
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- blad
-
noun,
a flier or other promotional material distributed by a company to sell a product.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- AISI
-
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TDRS
-
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- BSAA
-
- BSAE
-
- 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.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- BSEE
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- BSIE
-
- BSIR
-
- Ire.
-
- BSIT
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- BSRT
-
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Aire
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- itis
-
- Lab.
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ab-
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- ae.
-
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- ad-
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- AIA
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- al.
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAL
-
- AEA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- SRB
-
- ARS
-
- Sr.
-
- SLR
-
- 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.
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ard
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- Ar.
-
- tr.
-
- SLE
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- TID
-
- TBD
-
- STI
-
- ADB
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- SLA
-
- Tbi
-
- tlr
-
- TIA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- STL
-
- 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.
- tra
-
- AAE
-
- abt
-
- STB
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TBA
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- abd
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- 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.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- RDA
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- IRS
-
- IRL
-
- BST
-
- Ir.
-
- ILS
-
- Bt.
-
- BTE
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ier
-
- DBE
-
- ISA
-
- DAB
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- DAE
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- ide
-
- IDB
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- DAR
-
- ib.
-
- IAS
-
- ial
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- BSE
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Lt.
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- BLS
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- BRE
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- asb
-
- LSD
-
- BSD
-
- LDS
-
- La.
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- BRT
-
- BSL
-
- ISR
-
- BSA
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- Ia.
-
- id.
-
- Ld.
-
- ETD
-
- ed.
-
- EBS
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- DET
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- di.
-
- 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.
- ead
-
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EdB
-
- DST
-
- DSR
-
- DSA
-
- DIB
-
verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- DRE
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- Dr.
-
- DLS
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DIL
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ede
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- ETS
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ETR
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- ESR
-
- ESL
-
- ese
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- DBA
-
- DBS
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- de-
-
- DEA
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Dee
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EDT
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- ble
-
- RSE
-
- bl.
-
- Br.
-
- SAE
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- SAA
-
- sd.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSA
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Rs.
-
- RLD
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- 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.
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- be-
-
- BDA
-
- SDR
-
- ase
-
- 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).
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ASI
-
- SED
-
- ASR
-
- ast
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SDI
-
- BDS
-
plural,
board.
- SDA
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
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- sb.
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- at.
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- ATA
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- ATB
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- SAR
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- ATS
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noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- BAA
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noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- bd.
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plural,
board.
- Bat
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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.
- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Reb
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noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- LST
-
- BLA
-
- Bia
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noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- BIT
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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.
- Rd.
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- ltr
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- LTA
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- BIE
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- Re.
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- LSI
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- Bde
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- lid
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noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- BID
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noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- bi-
-
- Les
-
- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- Lir
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noun,
Ler.
- Lee
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noun,
protective shelter:
- RBI
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- RDS
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- Rab
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noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- LED
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noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- REA
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- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- BEE
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noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Bel
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noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- BEA
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noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- DT
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noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- AI
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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.
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- ee
-
- TL
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- R.
-
- dl
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- D.
-
- le
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- S.
-
- DB
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- SA
-
- SL
-
- Eb
-
- t.
-
- TB
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TD
-
- T1
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- B-
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- LR
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- L.
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- i.
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