Anagrams of resolution
Word resolution has
884 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of resolution.
- turnsole
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noun,
any of several plants regarded as turning with the movement of the sun.
- oilstone
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noun,
a block of fine-grained stone, usually oiled, for putting the final edge on certain cutting tools by abrasion.
- tournois
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adjective,
(of coins) minted in Tours, France:
- nitroso-
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- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- outlines
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noun,
the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- outliers
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- line-out
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noun,
a procedure for putting an out-of-bounds ball back in play, whereby a player outside the touchline tosses the ball high and between two lines of opposing forwards lined up perpendicular to the touchline.
- routines
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- solution
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noun,
the act of solving a problem, question, etc.:
- onerous
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adjective,
burdensome, oppressive, or troublesome; causing hardship:
- erosion
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noun,
the act or state of eroding; state of being eroded.
- neutro-
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- unloose
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verb (used with object),
to loosen or relax (the grasp, hold, fingers, etc.).
- sterno-
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- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- Soutine
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noun,
Chaim [khahy-im,, khahy-im] /xaɪˈɪm,, ˈxaɪ ɪm/ (Show IPA), 1894–1943, Lithuanian painter in France.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- 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.
- lotions
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noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- retools
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verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- riotous
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adjective,
(of an act) characterized by or of the nature of rioting or a disturbance of the peace.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- oolites
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noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- outsole
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noun,
the outer sole of a shoe.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- orioles
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- Troilus
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noun,
a warrior son of Priam, mentioned by Homer and Vergil and later represented as the lover of Cressida.
- Orontes
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noun,
a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- unroots
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verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- outline
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noun,
the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- luteins
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noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- utensil
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noun,
any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
- soliton
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- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- nostril
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noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- torsion
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noun,
the act of twisting.
- elusion
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noun,
the act of eluding; evasion.
- ostiole
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noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- soilure
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noun,
a stain.
- tonsure
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noun,
the act of cutting the hair or shaving the head.
- outlier
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noun,
something that lies outside the main body or group that it is a part of, as a cow far from the rest of the herd, or a distant island belonging to a cluster of islands:
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- enroots
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- routine
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- nitrous
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adjective,
pertaining to compounds obtained from niter, usually containing less oxygen than the corresponding nitric compounds.
- isotone
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- Torino
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noun,
Turin.
- Louise
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noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- nitro-
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- Toulon
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noun,
a seaport in SE France: naval base.
- louies
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noun,
looie.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- souter
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noun,
a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- Tories
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noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- lotion
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noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- torsel
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noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- otiose
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adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Ostler
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noun,
hostler.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- torose
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adjective,
Botany. cylindrical, with swellings or constrictions at intervals; knobbed.
- silure
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- osteo-
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- Iseult
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noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- sunlit
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adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- nerols
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- looies
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noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- lionet
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noun,
a young or small lion.
- tenuis
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noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- tinsel
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- 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.
- Solent
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noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- oilers
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noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- 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.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- solion
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noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- litres
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noun,
liter.
- tilers
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noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- loners
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noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Sooner
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noun,
a person who settles on government land before it is legally opened to settlers in order to gain the choice of location.
- solute
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noun,
the substance dissolved in a given solution.
- Loiret
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noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- telson
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noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- lesion
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- tonsil
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noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- Lenoir
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noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- orison
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noun,
a prayer.
- Oriole
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noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, passerine birds of the family Oriolidae, of the Old World.
Compare golden oriole.
- toners
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noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- lories
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noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- loosen
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verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- toiles
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noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- toe-in
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noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Lorens
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noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lieut.
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- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- norite
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- oolite
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noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- ouster
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noun,
expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied:
- sutler
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noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- unites
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noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- enroot
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verb (used with object),
to fix by the root.
- ensoul
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verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- lustre
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- luster
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- unroot
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verb (used with object),
to uproot.
- unrest
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noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- eroto-
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- routes
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noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- Ulster
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noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- turion
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noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- retool
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verb (used with object),
to replace or rearrange the tools and machinery of (a factory).
- result
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noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- tousle
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noun,
a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- Reston
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noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- enrols
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verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- lutein
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noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- lunies
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noun,
a lunatic.
- Elinor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- stolen
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noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- rouens
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- utero-
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- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- ursine
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adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- stolon
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noun,
Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
- sterol
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noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- stoner
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noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- luteo-
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- elints
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- urino-
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- elisor
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noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- urines
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noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- neuro-
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- lutose
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adjective,
covered with a powdery substance resembling mud, as certain insects.
- neurol
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- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- tuners
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noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- loiter
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- insure
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- rutins
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noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- triols
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noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- insert
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- insoul
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verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- instr.
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- insult
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noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- inter.
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- Triune
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- intro.
-
- intros
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noun,
an introduction.
- inures
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- triose
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noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- Senior
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noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Nistru
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noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- Ruston
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noun,
a city in N Louisiana.
- trones
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noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Rustin
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noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- suitor
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noun,
a man who courts or woos a woman.
- rustle
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noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- steno-
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- rutile
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- sotie
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noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- nitre
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noun,
niter.
- Niter
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- noise
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noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- notes
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noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nitr-
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- Soter
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- nolos
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noun,
nolo contendere.
- stile
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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.
- Niort
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- noto-
-
- noils
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noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- neur-
-
- neut.
-
- sotol
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- noose
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noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- ster.
-
- sruti
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noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- Stern
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Stein
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noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- noso-
-
- noels
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noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Soult
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noun,
Nicolas Jean de Dieu [nee-kaw-lah zhahn duh dyœ] /ni kɔˈlɑ ʒɑ̃ də dyœ/ (Show IPA), (Duke of Dalmatia) 1769–1851, French marshal.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Notus
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the south wind.
- reni-
-
- Rules
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noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- runes
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noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- resit
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noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- resin
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noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- runts
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noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- rents
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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.
- reist
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verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- reins
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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.
- rutin
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noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- outre
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adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Seoul
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noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- rooti
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noun,
rooty2 .
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- rosin
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noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Rosie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Roost
-
noun,
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Roose
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verb (used with or without object),
praise.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- roust
-
verb (used with object),
to rout, as from a place:
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- routs
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- senti
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noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- oleo-
-
- onto-
-
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- snout
-
noun,
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- sero-
-
- Orson
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old French word meaning “bearlike.”.
- seti-
-
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- oste-
-
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Orton
-
noun,
Joe (John Kingsley Orton) 1933–67, English playwright.
- Sino-
-
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- sito-
-
- orlos
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Orlon
-
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Orion
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant hunter who pursued the Pleiades, was eventually slain by Artemis, and was then placed in the sky as a constellation.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- 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.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- toros
-
noun,
a bull.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- torso
-
noun,
the trunk of the human body.
- torus
-
noun,
Architecture. a large convex molding, more or less semicircular in profile, commonly forming the lowest molding of the base of a column, directly above the plinth, sometimes occurring as one of a pair separated by a scotia and fillets. and column.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- Tours
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Indre-et-Loire, in W France, on the Loire River: Charles Martel defeated the Saracens near here a.d. 732.
- touse
-
noun,
a commotion; rumpus.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- intr.
-
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- tonus
-
noun,
a normal state of continuous slight tension in muscle tissue that facilitates its response to stimulation.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- tono-
-
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- ento-
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- ulent
-
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- 30-30
-
- Unit.
-
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- inst.
-
- insol
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- ileo-
-
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- Euro-
-
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- telo-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- teno-
-
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lotus
-
noun,
a plant believed to be a jujube or elm, referred to in Greek legend as yielding a fruit that induced a state of dreamy and contented forgetfulness in those who ate it.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- stour
-
noun,
British Dialect.
tumult; confusion.
a storm.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- rotos
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- louts
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- 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.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- 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.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- 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.
- tious
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- uni-
-
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- ulto
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- sur-
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- uro-
-
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- tion
-
- Rus.
-
- Sol.
-
- uret
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- str.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- ter.
-
- 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.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- toro
-
noun,
a bull.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- Soni
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- Ste.
-
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Tues
-
- tron
-
- tel-
-
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- ten.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- soln
-
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- tri-
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 1080
-
- roto
-
noun,
rotogravure.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- intl
-
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- ious
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- Ire.
-
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- ole-
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- ile-
-
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Nor.
-
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Ont.
-
- 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:
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lit.
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lin.
-
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- iso-
-
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itol
-
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Eur.
-
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- eous
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- rel.
-
- outs
-
noun,
a means of escape or excuse, as from a place, punishment, retribution, responsibility, etc.:
- out-
-
- oust
-
verb (used with object),
to expel or remove from a place or position occupied:
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- oto-
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Root
-
noun,
a part of the body of a plant that develops, typically, from the radicle and grows downward into the soil, anchoring the plant and absorbing nutriment and moisture.
- 'roo
-
noun,
kangaroo.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- rit.
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oro-
-
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- eso-
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- est.
-
- orlo
-
noun,
a plinth supporting the base of a column.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- 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.
- Tu.
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ier
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- EIS
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- il-
-
- en-
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- tue
-
- eir
-
- io-
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- eu-
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- ITU
-
- Les
-
- uti
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ETS
-
- USN
-
- ETR
-
- eo-
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- USR
-
- ETO
-
- USO
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- Lt.
-
- ILO
-
- UNO
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- UIT
-
- IRL
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- Ir.
-
- ESR
-
- IOU
-
- IOT
-
- uns
-
- ult
-
- tr.
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- ESL
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- Une
-
- IRO
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ILS
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ERT
-
- ESU
-
- Tro
-
- IUS
-
- in.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ist
-
- ine
-
- ISR
-
- ure
-
- ur-
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- IRS
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- SLR
-
- ose
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- OOT
-
- SLE
-
- oon
-
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oo-
-
- ons
-
- ot-
-
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- SNU
-
- OIr
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OEO
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- NUL
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- OSO
-
- ote
-
- nr.
-
- 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.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Rs.
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- OTS
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Re.
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- se-
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- NSU
-
- OIt
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- ltr
-
- ne-
-
- LST
-
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- LSI
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- LON
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- STL
-
- tlo
-
- Sr.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- NES
-
- St.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- STI
-
- tlr
-
- R.
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- S.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TL
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RU
-
- ln
-
- RO
-
- SL
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- le
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- NL
-
- TN
-
- ol
-
- SN
-
- i.
-
- NI
-
- N.
-
- SU
-
- L2
-
- U.
-
- UI
-
- UL
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
- LR
-
- L.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- t.
-
- T1
-
- L1
-
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .