Anagrams of reliabilities
Word reliabilities has
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that can be made by using the letters of reliabilities.
- liberalities
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noun,
the quality or condition of being liberal in giving; generosity; bounty.
- liabilities
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noun,
liabilities.
moneys owed; debts or pecuniary obligations (opposed to assets).
Accounting. liabilities as detailed on a balance sheet, especially in relation to assets and capital.
- abilities
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noun,
power or capacity to do or act physically, mentally, legally, morally, financially, etc.
- Israelite
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noun,
a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- Braillist
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noun,
an expert at writing Braille.
- biseriate
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adjective,
arranged in two rows; arranged in two cycles or whorls.
- realities
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- biliteral
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adjective,
using or consisting of two letters.
- liberates
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verb (used with object),
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- liberties
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noun,
freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
- Bellaire
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noun,
a city in SE Texas, within the city limits of Houston.
- siberite
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noun,
a violet or violet-red tourmaline, used as a gem.
- Bastille
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noun,
(initial capital letter) a fortress in Paris, used as a prison, built in the 14th century and destroyed July 14, 1789.
- bisellia
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noun,
an ancient Roman seat of honor for two persons.
- 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.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Tiberias
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noun,
Lake. Galilee, Sea of.
- sibilate
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verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce with a hissing sound.
- laetrile
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noun,
a controversial drug, purported to cure cancer, prepared from the pits of apricots or peaches and containing about 6 percent cyanide by weight: banned by the FDA.
- 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.
- reliable
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adjective,
that may be relied on or trusted; dependable in achievement, accuracy, honesty, etc.:
- airbills
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noun,
air waybill.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- literals
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- libelers
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noun,
a person who libels; a person who publishes a libel assailing another.
- liberals
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noun,
a person of liberal principles or views, especially in politics or religion.
- liberate
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verb (used with object),
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- Libertas
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noun,
the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- librates
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- brailles
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noun,
Louis [loo-is,, loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu ɪs,, ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1809–52, French teacher of the blind.
- trilbies
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noun,
a hat of soft felt with an indented crown.
- abristle
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adverb, adjective,
in a bristling state:
- beastie
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noun,
Chiefly Literary. a small animal, especially one toward which affection is felt.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- saltire
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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.
- Braille
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noun,
Louis [loo-is,, loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu ɪs,, ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1809–52, French teacher of the blind.
- trebles
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noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- 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.
- tailles
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noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- labrets
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noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- 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.
- Tarbell
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noun,
Ida Minerva, 1857–1944, U.S. author.
- tallies
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noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- bailees
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noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- Tbilisi
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noun,
a city in and the capital of the Georgian Republic, in the SE part, on the Kura.
- rallies
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noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- Elberta
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noun,
a freestone peach having reddish-yellow skin.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Astilbe
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noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- bristle
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- literal
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- tellers
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noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- triable
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- Israeli
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- stabler
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noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- risible
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adjective,
causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous.
- rillets
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noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- billets
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noun,
lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
- riblets
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- stellar
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adjective,
of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- 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).
- Salieri
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noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- Ileitis
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noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- bestial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- beaters
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noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- stibial
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adjective,
of or resembling antimony.
- illites
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noun,
any of a group of clay minerals, hydrous potassium aluminosilicates, characterized by a three-layer micalike structure and a gray, light green, or yellowish-brown color.
- retells
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verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- berates
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verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- bellies
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noun,
the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
- 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.
- blister
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noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- relates
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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).
- tellies
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noun,
television.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- Liberal
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noun,
a person of liberal principles or views, especially in politics or religion.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Liberia
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noun,
a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- tillers
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noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- librate
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- 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.
- terbias
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noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- Alberti
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noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- airbill
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noun,
air waybill.
- libeler
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noun,
a person who libels; a person who publishes a libel assailing another.
- 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.
- trellis
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noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- Liestal
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Basel-Land, in NW Switzerland.
- albites
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noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- Israel
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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.
- Isabel
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noun,
a female given name.
- siller
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noun,
silver.
- retail
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- bleats
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noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- albeit
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conjunction,
although; even if:
- Albers
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noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- iritis
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noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- sallet
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noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- Albert
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noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- Belial
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noun,
Theology. the spirit of evil personified; the devil; Satan.
- resale
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noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- reseat
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- tables
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noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- relies
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verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Istria
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noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- berate
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verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- tabers
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noun,
tabor.
- blites
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noun,
sea blite.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- albite
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noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- beater
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noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- relate
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Serbia
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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.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- trills
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noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- libers
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noun,
phloem.
- stable
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noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- bistre
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noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bister
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noun,
bistre.
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- treble
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noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- Blairs
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noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- birles
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verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- Blaise
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noun,
a male given name.
- rillet
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noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Billie
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noun,
a male given name, form of William.
- billet
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noun,
lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building.
- blares
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noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- abseil
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noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- Iberia
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noun,
Also called Iberian Peninsula. a peninsula in SW Europe, comprising Spain and Portugal.
- retell
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verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- seller
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noun,
a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
- riblet
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- Stella
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noun,
a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
- betise
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noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- betels
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noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- libras
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noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- Tiller
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noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- bestir
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verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- Bertie
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- illite
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noun,
any of a group of clay minerals, hydrous potassium aluminosilicates, characterized by a three-layer micalike structure and a gray, light green, or yellowish-brown color.
- elites
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noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- baster
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noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- liable
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adjective,
legally responsible:
- rebate
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noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- liters
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noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Teresa
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noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- teasel
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- teaser
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noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- Tralee
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noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- 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).
- rabies
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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.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- alters
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noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- brills
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noun,
a European flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus, closely related to the turbot.
- elates
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adjective,
elated.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- elater
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- sealer
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- bailee
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noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- Searle
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noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- artels
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noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- terbia
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noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- Teller
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noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- listel
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noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- liaise
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verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- Leslie
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noun,
a male or female given name.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Lester
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noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- abeles
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noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- ariels
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noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Lister
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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.
- aretes
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noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- larees
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noun,
lari.
- breast
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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.
- Allies
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noun,
plural of ally.
- barit.
-
- trails
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noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Easter
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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.
- alible
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adjective,
nutritive; nourishing.
- labret
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noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- labile
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adjective,
apt or likely to change.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- ballet
-
noun,
a classical dance form demanding grace and precision and employing formalized steps and gestures set in intricate, flowing patterns to create expression through movement.
- Aletes
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noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- labels
-
noun,
a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- taille
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- 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.
- 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.
- lilies
-
noun,
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers.
Compare lily family.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- braise
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verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- libels
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noun,
Law.
defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.
the act or crime of publishing it.
a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- Bailie
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman.
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Tallis
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noun,
Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- sebi-
-
- SABRE
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noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- serai
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Sella
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noun,
Zillah.
- Ellas
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noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- elate
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adjective,
elated.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- 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.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- 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.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- rall.
-
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- 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.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lebes
-
noun,
a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- 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.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Libia
-
noun,
Libya.
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- libri
-
noun,
plural of liber2 .
- 30-30
-
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- 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.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- libel
-
noun,
Law.
defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures.
the act or crime of publishing it.
a formal written declaration or statement, as one containing the allegations of a plaintiff or the grounds of a charge.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- abele
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- estab
-
- 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 .
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- IATSE
-
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- Iblis
-
noun,
an evil spirit or devil, the chief of the wicked jinn.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Illia
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1900–83, Argentine physician and statesman: president 1963–66.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- label
-
noun,
a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- 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.
- Rebel
-
noun,
a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Ital.
-
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- 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.
- Belle
-
noun,
a woman or girl admired for her beauty and charm.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- abstr
-
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Bella
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Isabella.
- belie
-
verb (used with object),
to show to be false; contradict:
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- 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.
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- 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.
- Bills
-
noun,
a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- tears
-
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- 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.
- betel
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- ster.
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- balls
-
noun,
a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere:
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- astr.
-
- Balt.
-
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- 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:
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- Bart.
-
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- tele-
-
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- 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.
- 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.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- 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.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- treas
-
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- 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.
- 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.
- Brale
-
- 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.
- alibi
-
noun,
Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Albee
-
noun,
Edward, born 1928, U.S. playwright.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Brill
-
noun,
a European flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus, closely related to the turbot.
- seti-
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- BSRet
-
- Brit.
-
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- aeri-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- BSElE
-
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Srta.
-
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- alti-
-
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- 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.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- 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.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- lit.
-
- ter.
-
- LitB
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- TRIB
-
- 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.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- RIBA
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- tri-
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sab.
-
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- 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.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- Sra.
-
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- SBLI
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- 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.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- 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.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- 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.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- rel.
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- Ste.
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- tab.
-
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- str.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 1080
-
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- btl.
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- ates
-
- 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.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- 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.
- est.
-
- bet.
-
- Lili
-
noun,
a female given name.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- BSRT
-
- ible
-
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- art.
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- BSEE
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- BSIE
-
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Ill.
-
- BSIR
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- ile-
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- BSIT
-
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- 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).
- 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.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- ELAS
-
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- 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.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Bell
-
noun,
a hollow instrument of cast metal, typically cup-shaped with a flaring mouth, suspended from the vertex and rung by the strokes of a clapper, hammer, or the like.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- bal.
-
- 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:
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- Ball
-
noun,
a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere:
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- 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).
- bar.
-
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- 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.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- ELLE
-
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- 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.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- aer-
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- ABLS
-
- abr.
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abs-
-
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- lea.
-
- aet.
-
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- abl.
-
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Aire
-
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- BLit
-
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- Lib.
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- 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.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- all-
-
- Bill
-
noun,
a statement of money owed for goods or services supplied:
- itis
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- 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.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- BSAE
-
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Lab.
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- AISI
-
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Alb.
-
- Lat.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- ble
-
- STI
-
- STL
-
- BLA
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- bi-
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- STB
-
- BIE
-
- at.
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- tlr
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TIA
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- tr.
-
- ARS
-
- tra
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- abt
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Ar.
-
- al.
-
- ab-
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- 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.
- asb
-
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- Tbi
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- TAL
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- TBA
-
- Br.
-
- ase
-
- 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.
- bl.
-
- be-
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ATB
-
- St.
-
- ast
-
- ASR
-
- ASI
-
- Sta
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- BLL
-
- ILS
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRL
-
- 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.
- Ir.
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- La.
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- 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.
- il-
-
- ier
-
- ib.
-
- IAS
-
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ETS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ESR
-
- ESL
-
- Rs.
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Lt.
-
- RSE
-
- LTL
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- ll.
-
- LLB
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Re.
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- RBI
-
- REA
-
- 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.
- RSA
-
- ETR
-
- rt.
-
- BSA
-
- eir
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EBS
-
- BRE
-
- SLA
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- BRT
-
- BSL
-
- rte
-
- SLE
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- BSE
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SER
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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).
- ear
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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.
- ea.
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- BTE
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- BST
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- EIS
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- SAE
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- RTS
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- SRB
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- BLS
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- Sr.
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- SLR
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- BLT
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plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- ese
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- Bra
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noun,
brassiere.
- se-
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- ERT
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- ESA
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- Ell
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noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- SBE
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- SBA
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- sb.
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- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- SAR
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- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- Bt.
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- 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.
- LR
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- A.
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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.
- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RI
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- TB
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- TL
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- 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.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- S.
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- SA
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- B-
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- SL
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- i.
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Eb
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- le
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- L.
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- t.
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- L1
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- L2
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
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