Anagrams of refinement
Word refinement has
262 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of refinement.
- Tenerife
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noun,
the largest of the Canary Islands, off the NW Coast of Africa. 794 sq. mi. (2055 sq. km). . Capital: Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
- Nefertem
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noun,
Ptah, as the personification of the lotus that keeps Ra alive with its fragrance.
- internee
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned, as a prisoner of war.
- Meitner
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noun,
Lise [lee-zuh] /ˈli zə/ (Show IPA), 1878–1968, Austrian nuclear physicist.
- emetine
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noun,
a crystalline or white powdery substance, C 29 H 40 N 2 O 4 , the active principle of ipecac: used chiefly in the treatment of amebic dysentery and as an emetic and expectorant.
- ferment
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noun,
Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
- eremite
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noun,
a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.
- firemen
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noun,
a person employed to extinguish or prevent fires; firefighter.
- freemen
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noun,
a person who is free; a person who enjoys personal, civil, or political liberty.
- 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.
- Etienne
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noun,
Estienne (def 1).
- interne
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- eminent
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adjective,
high in station, rank, or repute; prominent; distinguished:
- Tenner
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noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- Ermine
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noun,
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
Compare stoat.
- Niemen
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noun,
a river in the W Soviet Union in Europe, flowing into the Baltic: called Memel in its lower course. 565 miles (910 km) long.
- Nerine
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noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- netmen
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noun,
a tennis player.
- entree
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noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- eterne
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adjective,
eternal.
- teener
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noun,
a teenager.
- refine
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Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- fenmen
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noun,
a dweller in the Fens of England.
- retene
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noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- ferine
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adjective,
feral1 .
- Rennie
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noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- rennet
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noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- entire
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- metier
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noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- enter-
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- tremie
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noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- tinner
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- tinmen
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noun,
a tinsmith.
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- intern
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- inter.
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- reni-
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- Meier
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noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- merit
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noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- meter
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noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- Renee
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noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- Finer
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noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- renin
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- remit
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noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- refit
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noun,
an act of refitting.
- nitr-
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- metr-
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- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- Miner
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noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Minn.
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- Irene
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- intr.
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- Inner
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adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- miter
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noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- infer
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verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- Mitre
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noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- inert
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adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- trine
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- feti-
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- Temne
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noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Sierra Leone.
- emeer
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noun,
emir.
- terne
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noun,
terne metal.
- Ernie
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noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- timer
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noun,
a person or thing that times.
- feint
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noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- treen
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noun,
treenware.
- eerie
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adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- Tenn.
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- Terni
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noun,
a city in central Italy.
- enfin
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adverb,
in conclusion; finally.
- term.
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- retem
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noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- Fermi
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noun,
a unit of length, 10− 15 m, used in measuring nuclear distances. Symbol: F.
- 30-30
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- rente
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noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- temin
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noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- tier
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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.
- Time
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noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Tine
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noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tree
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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.
- mire
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noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mint
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noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- tire
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noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- MiNE
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noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- min.
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- mien
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noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- tref
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adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- tri-
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- mete
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noun,
a limiting mark.
- met.
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- trim
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noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- mite
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noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- neem
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- tern
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noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- rite
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noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rete
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noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rife
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adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- rift
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noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- rime
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noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- reit
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noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rein
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noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- reif
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noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- reft
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- rit.
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- ref.
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- ter.
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- Reef
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noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- teem
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- teen
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noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Nine
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noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nier
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noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- ten.
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- Neri
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noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nene
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noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- mere
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noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- rent
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noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- 1080
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- ment
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- Fri.
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- Erin
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noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erne
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noun,
sea eagle.
- firn
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noun,
névé.
- feet
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noun,
a plural of foot.
- fem.
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- Feme
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noun,
a woman or wife.
- IEEE
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- frt.
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- frit
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noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- fere
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noun,
a companion; mate.
- Inf.
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- Fern
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noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- fete
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noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- Fin.
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- FINE
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noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Finn
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noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- fret
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noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Frei
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noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- free
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Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- firm
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noun,
a partnership or association for carrying on a business.
- Erie
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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).
- men-
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- int.
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- item
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noun,
a separate article or particular:
- emit
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verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- EMet
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- Meir
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noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- meet
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noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- Meer
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noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- M-16
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noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- emir
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noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Ire.
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- M-14
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noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- iter
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noun,
a canal or passage.
- Eire
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noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- eir
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- eme
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noun,
friend.
- eft
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noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- tr.
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- EEE
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- ret
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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.
- FET
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- ef-
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- fie
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interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- RFE
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- trf
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- FIR
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noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- REM
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noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- fer
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preposition, conjunction,
for.
- Fen
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noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- RFI
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- tee
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noun,
the letter T or t.
- EMR
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- EMT
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- en-
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- ene
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- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Tim
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noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ERT
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- EMF
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- RTF
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- RIF
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noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rte
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- rt.
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- rm.
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plural,
ream.
- Fee
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noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- tin
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noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RIM
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noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- tfr
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- ETR
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- fm.
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- FIT
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noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- INN
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noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ne-
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- mtn
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- MTI
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- MTF
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- Mt.
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- MRI
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- MRE
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- Mr.
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plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MNE
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- MIT
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- ine
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- Ir.
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- MIR
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noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- ite
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- MIE
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- Me.
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- MI5
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noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- mi.
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- MFT
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- MFR
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- M-1
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noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- Nee
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adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- MI6
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noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- nef
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noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Fr.
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abbreviation,
Father.
- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- Re.
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- nr.
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- NNE
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- NMR
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- NMI
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- in.
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- ft.
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- NIM
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noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- ier
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- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Ife
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- IMF
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- IF
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
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- EI
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- MF
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- NI
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- RN
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- RI
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- TN
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- TM
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- t.
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- R.
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- M.
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- T1
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- NF
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- FE
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- NM
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- FI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- MN
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- RF
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- fn
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- N.
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- i.
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- f.
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noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.