Anagrams of reticulation
Word reticulation has
1536 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of reticulation.
- actinolite
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noun,
a variety of amphibole, occurring in greenish bladed crystals or in masses.
- recitation
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noun,
an act of reciting.
- tinctorial
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adjective,
pertaining to coloring or dyeing.
- urtication
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noun,
the development or eruption of urticaria.
- natrolite
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noun,
a white or colorless zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum, Na 2 Al 2 Si 3 O 10 ⋅2H 2 O, often occurring in acicular crystals.
- nutrilite
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- recountal
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noun,
an act of recounting.
- autotelic
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adjective,
(of an entity or event) having within itself the purpose of its existence or happening.
- tricotine
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noun,
cavalry twill.
- centurial
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adjective,
pertaining to a century.
- latreutic
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adjective,
of or relating to latria.
- reluctant
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adjective,
unwilling; disinclined:
- antecourt
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noun,
a forecourt.
- triticale
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noun,
a hybrid produced by crossing wheat, Triticum aestivum, and rye, Secale cereale.
- anti-icer
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noun,
a device used to prevent the forming of ice, as on an airplane propeller.
- iteration
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noun,
the act of repeating; a repetition.
- Cointreau
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- inoculate
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verb (used with object),
to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- intricate
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adjective,
having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved:
- carnotite
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noun,
a yellow, earthy, hydrous potassium uranium vanadate: an ore of uranium.
- literati
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plural noun,
persons of scholarly or literary attainments; intellectuals.
- crotalin
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noun,
a protein in the venom of pit vipers, used as an antigen in the preparation of snake antivenins.
- Lucretia
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noun,
Also, Lucrece [loo-krees] /luˈkris/ (Show IPA). Roman Legend. a Roman woman whose suicide led to the expulsion of the Tarquins and the establishment of the Roman republic.
- tolerant
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adjective,
inclined or disposed to tolerate; showing tolerance; forbearing:
- Citation
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noun,
Military. mention of a soldier or a unit in orders, usually for gallantry:
- nitrolic
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adjective,
of or noting a series of acids of the type RC(=NOH)NO 2 , whose salts form deep-red solutions.
- colinear
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adjective,
collinear.
- toucanet
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noun,
any of several small South and Central American toucans, especially of the genus Aulacorhynchus.
- ultranet
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noun,
a net in a topological space that is residually in every set or its complement in the space.
- uintaite
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noun,
an extremely pure asphalt particularly valuable for the manufacture of paints and varnishes.
- cultrate
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adjective,
sharp-edged and pointed, as a leaf.
- linarite
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noun,
a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- cilantro
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noun,
the strong-scented leaves of the coriander plant, used in salads or to flavor and garnish food.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- tutorial
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noun,
a class in which a tutor gives intensive instruction in some subject to an individual student or a small group of students.
- loricate
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adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- re-count
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- turncoat
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noun,
a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
- 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.
- Creation
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noun,
the act of producing or causing to exist; the act of creating; engendering.
- Clairton
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noun,
a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- Cornelia
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noun,
flourished 2nd century b.c, Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
- contrail
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noun,
a visible condensation of water droplets or ice crystals from the atmosphere, occurring in the wake of an aircraft, rocket, or missile under certain conditions.
- contrate
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adjective,
(of a gear) having teeth at right angles to the plane of rotation.
- toreutic
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adjective,
of or relating to toreutics or the objects produced by this technique.
- contrite
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adjective,
caused by or showing sincere remorse.
- outrance
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noun,
the utmost extremity.
- nocturia
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noun,
a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- Coltrane
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noun,
John (William) 1926–67, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- cleanout
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noun,
an act of cleaning out.
- clarinet
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noun,
a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
- troilite
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noun,
a mineral, iron sulfide, FeS, occurring in meteorites.
- Touraine
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noun,
a former province in W France. Capital: Tours.
- tractile
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adjective,
capable of being drawn out in length; ductile.
- counter-
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- traction
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noun,
the adhesive friction of a body on some surface, as a wheel on a rail or a tire on a road.
- courante
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noun,
a dance dating back to the 17th century and characterized by a running or gliding step.
- retinula
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noun,
a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- tunicate
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noun,
Zoology. any sessile marine chordate of the subphylum Tunicata (Urochordata), having a saclike body enclosed in a thick membrane or tunic and two openings or siphons for the ingress and egress of water.
- ritenuto
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adverb, adjective,
(of a passage in a musical score) immediately slower.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- Taconite
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noun,
a low-grade iron ore, containing about 27 percent iron and 51 percent silica, found as a hard rock formation in the Lake Superior region.
- calutron
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noun,
a device for separating isotopes by atomic mass, operating in a manner similar to a mass spectrograph.
- Teutonic
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noun,
Germanic.
- trotline
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noun,
a strong fishing line strung across a stream, or deep into a river, having individual hooks attached by smaller lines at intervals.
- reaction
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noun,
a reverse movement or tendency; an action in a reverse direction or manner.
- Teucrian
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noun,
one of the ancient Trojans.
- ironical
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adjective,
pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery:
- tear-out
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adjective,
designed to be easily torn out, as from bound matter:
- cut-rate
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noun,
a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
- intercut
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noun,
a film sequence or scene produced by intercutting.
- triolein
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noun,
olein (def 1).
- Caroline
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noun,
a female given name.
- Catiline
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noun,
(Lucius Sergius Catilina) 108?–62 b.c, Roman politician and conspirator.
- rutilant
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adjective,
glowing or glittering with ruddy or golden light.
- tentoria
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noun,
Anatomy. an extension of one of the membranes covering the cerebrum which, with the transverse fissure, separates the cerebrum from the cerebellum.
- taciturn
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adjective,
inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.
- acrolein
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noun,
a yellow, flammable liquid, C 3 H 4 O, having a stifling odor, usually obtained by the decomposition of glycerol: used chiefly in the synthesis of commercial and pharmaceutical products.
- interact
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verb (used without object),
to act one upon another.
- canotier
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noun,
a fabric constructed in a twill weave, used in the manufacture of yachting clothes.
- Carleton
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noun,
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, 1724–1808, English general.
- aureolin
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noun,
a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- truncate
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adjective,
truncated.
- tincture
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noun,
Pharmacology. a solution of alcohol or of alcohol and water, containing animal, vegetable, or chemical drugs.
- urticant
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adjective,
producing a stinging or itching sensation.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- neurotic
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noun,
a neurotic person.
- urticate
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verb (used with object),
to sting with or as if with nettles.
- intitule
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verb (used with object),
to give a title to (a legislative act, etc.); entitle.
- Cernauti
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noun,
a city in SW Ukraine, on the Prut River: formerly in Romania.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- carotin
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noun,
carotene.
- clutter
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noun,
a disorderly heap or assemblage; litter:
- tritone
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noun,
an interval consisting of three whole tones; an augmented fourth.
- cariole
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noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- Carline
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noun,
an old woman.
- Tournai
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noun,
a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River.
- Tourane
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noun,
former name of Danang.
- cloture
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noun,
a method of closing a debate and causing an immediate vote to be taken on the question.
- Carlton
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noun,
Stephen Norman ("Steve"; "Lefty") born 1944, U.S. baseball player.
- re-coil
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verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- cauline
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adjective,
of or relating to a stem, especially pertaining to or arising from the upper part of a stem.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- citrine
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noun,
a translucent, yellow variety of quartz, often sold as topaz; false topaz; topaz quartz.
- recount
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noun,
a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.
- cerato-
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- trental
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noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- lunatic
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noun,
(no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) an insane person.
- ciliate
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- recital
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noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- citrate
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noun,
a salt or ester of citric acid.
- centro-
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- lucarne
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noun,
a dormer window.
- cittern
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noun,
an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings.
- centri-
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- central
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noun,
a main telephone exchange.
a telephone operator at such an exchange.
- centaur
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noun,
Classical Mythology. one of a race of monsters having the head, trunk, and arms of a man, and the body and legs of a horse.
- clarino
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noun,
a valveless trumpet used in the 17th and 18th centuries for playing rapid passages in the high register.
- caution
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noun,
alertness and prudence in a hazardous situation; care; wariness:
- Clarion
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noun,
an ancient trumpet with a curved shape.
- clatter
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noun,
a rattling noise or series of rattling noises:
- triolet
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noun,
a short poem of fixed form, having a rhyme scheme of ab, aa, abab, and having the first line repeated as the fourth and seventh lines, and the second line repeated as the eighth.
- certain
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Idioms,
for certain, without a doubt; surely:
- Coulter
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noun,
colter.
- tortile
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adjective,
twisted; coiled.
- tertian
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- lenitic
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adjective,
lentic.
- Lecuona
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noun,
Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1963, Cuban composer.
- lection
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- routine
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noun,
a customary or regular course of procedure.
- ruction
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noun,
a disturbance, quarrel, or row.
- Lautrec
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noun,
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- lattice
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noun,
a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- erotica
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noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- Latinic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
- tetanic
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adjective,
Pathology. pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by tetanus.
- tertial
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- let-out
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noun,
Chiefly British. a means of escape; loophole.
- ruinate
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adjective,
ruined.
- eutocia
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noun,
normal childbirth.
- lactone
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noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- tactile
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
- taction
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noun,
touch; contact.
- iterant
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adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- taurine
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- intitle
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verb (used with object),
entitle.
- Tarlton
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noun,
Richard, died 1588, English actor.
- intreat
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- Introit
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a part of a psalm with antiphon recited by the celebrant of the Mass at the foot of the altar and, at High Mass, sung by the choir when the priest begins the Mass.
- inutile
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adjective,
of no use or service.
- Tartini
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noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1692–1770, Italian violinist and composer.
- Letitia
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “gladness.”.
- Titanic
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noun,
a British luxury liner that sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage in April, 1912, with a loss of 1517 lives.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- tonetic
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noun,
the phonetic study of tone in language.
- Loretta
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- Renault
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noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1843–1918, French jurist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- Conrail
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noun,
a government-supported corporation that combined six bankrupt railroads to provide freight and commuter service in 17 states from Boston to St. Louis.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- contra-
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- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- cornute
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adjective,
cornuted.
- cortina
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noun,
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- courant
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noun,
courante.
- courlan
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noun,
the limpkin.
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- cranio-
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- craniol
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- crinite
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noun,
a fossil crinoid.
- cutline
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noun,
a caption or legend accompanying a cut or illustration in a publication.
- 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.
- toluate
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noun,
a salt or ester of any of the four isomeric toluic acids.
- linocut
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noun,
a cut made from a design cut into linoleum mounted on a block of wood.
- ricotta
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noun,
a soft Italian cheese that resembles cottage cheese.
- cuittle
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verb (used with object),
to wheedle, cajole, or coax.
- culotte
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plural noun,
women's trousers, usually knee-length or calf-length, cut full to resemble a skirt.
- Linacre
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noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- rinceau
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noun,
an ornamental foliate or floral motif.
- titular
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noun,
a person who bears a title.
- curtail
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noun,
a horizontal, spiral termination to the lower end of a stair railing.
- curtain
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noun,
a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc.
- curtate
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adjective,
shortened; reduced; abbreviated.
- Leuctra
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noun,
a town in ancient Greece, in Boeotia: Thebans defeated Spartans here 371 b.c.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- tartine
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noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- auction
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noun,
Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- article
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noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- nitrate
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- Cainite
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noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- noctule
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noun,
a large reddish insectivorous bat, Nyctalus noctula, common to Europe and Asia.
- nourice
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noun,
a nurse.
- aconite
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- Nicolet
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- outrace
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verb (used with object),
to race or run faster than:
- trounce
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verb (used with object),
to beat severely; thrash.
- nuclear
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noun,
nuclear energy:
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- uranite
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- airline
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- tuition
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noun,
the charge or fee for instruction, as at a private school or a college or university:
- Nicolai
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noun,
(Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) [kahrl awt-oh ey-ruh n-freet] /kɑrl ˈɔt oʊ ˈeɪ rənˌfrit/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, German composer.
- actino-
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- rainout
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noun,
a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
- auricle
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noun,
Anatomy.
the projecting outer portion of the ear; pinna.
Also called auricular appendage. an ear-shaped appendage projecting from each atrium of the heart.
(loosely) the atrium.
- nitrite
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitrous acid.
- neutral
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noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- nitrile
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- neutro-
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- nucleo-
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- neritic
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adjective,
of or relating to the region of water lying directly above the sublittoral zone of the sea bottom.
- antero-
-
- Caitlin
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noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- Calorie
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noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- Nilotic
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noun,
a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.
- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- alunite
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noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- acetoin
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noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- uralite
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- outline
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noun,
the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
- 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:
- calotte
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noun,
zucchetto.
- tunicle
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noun,
a vestment worn over the alb by subdeacons, as at the celebration of the Mass, and by bishops.
- oneiric
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adjective,
of or relating to dreams.
- Tuonela
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noun,
the afterworld, an island on which the sun and moon never shine.
- Niteroi
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- urinate
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- Rantoul
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noun,
a city in E Illinois.
- utricle
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noun,
a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- tinter
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noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- unreal
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adjective,
not real or actual.
- eclair
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noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- Curtin
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noun,
John, 1885–1945, Australian statesman: prime minister 1941–45.
- rotate
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adjective,
wheel-shaped: applied especially to a gamopetalous short-tubed corolla with a spreading limb.
- lentic
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adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- uracil
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noun,
Biochemistry. a pyrimidine base, C 4 H 4 N 2 O 2 , that is one of the fundamental components of RNA, in which it forms base pairs with adenine. Symbol: U.
- cutlet
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noun,
a slice of meat, especially of veal, for broiling or frying.
- Orient
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- nutlet
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noun,
a small nut; a small nutlike fruit or seed.
- cut-in
-
noun,
Movies. a still, as of a scene or an object, inserted in a film and interrupting the action or continuity:
- Cutler
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noun,
a person who makes, sells, or repairs knives and other cutting instruments.
- Lettic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Letts or their language.
- Alcuin
-
noun,
(Ealhwine Flaccus) a.d. 735–804, English theologian and scholar: teacher and adviser of Charlemagne.
- Alcott
-
noun,
(Amos) Bronson [bron-suh n] /ˈbrɒn sən/ (Show IPA), 1799–1888, U.S. educator and philosopher.
- Cutter
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noun,
a person who cuts, especially as a job, as one who cuts fabric for garments.
- cuttle
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noun,
cuttlefish.
- Leucon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having a thick body wall with a highly branched canal system leading into the spongocoel.
- Nutter
-
noun,
a person who gathers nuts.
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Titian
-
noun,
(Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
- leuco-
-
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- Canute
-
noun,
a.d. 994?–1035, Danish king of England 1017–35; of Denmark 1018–35; and of Norway 1028–35.
- curtal
-
noun,
a 16th-century bassoon.
- cretin
-
noun,
a person suffering from cretinism.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- croute
-
noun,
crust.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Cantor
-
noun,
the religious official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical portion of a service and sings or chants the prayers and parts of prayers designed to be performed as solos.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- Cretan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Crete.
- toluic
-
adjective,
of or derived from toluic acid.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- craton
-
noun,
a relatively rigid and immobile region of continental portions of the earth's crust.
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- uncoil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to unwind from a coiled position.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- coutil
-
noun,
a sturdy fabric constructed of a compactly woven herringbone twill.
- couter
-
noun,
a piece of plate armor for the elbow.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Toluca
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Mexico state, in S central Mexico.
- nutate
-
verb (used without object),
to undergo or show nutation.
- cuneal
-
adjective,
wedgelike; wedge-shaped.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- curite
-
noun,
a radioactive uranium mineral, Pb 2 U 5 O 17 ·4H 2 O, with adamantine luster, occurring as reddish-brown to deep-yellow needle-shaped crystals, formed by alteration of uraninite.
- nuclei
-
noun,
plural of nucleus.
- Lieut.
-
- curate
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- toilet
-
noun,
a bathroom fixture consisting of a bowl, usually with a detachable, hinged seat and lid, and a device for flushing with water, used for defecation and urination.
- cteno-
-
- unlace
-
verb (used with object),
to loosen or undo the lacing or laces of (a pair of shoes, a corset, etc.).
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- Culion
-
noun,
an island of the Philippines, in the W part of the group, N of Palawan. 150 sq. mi. (389 sq. km).
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- cuirie
-
noun,
a hardened leather piece for protecting the breast, worn over mail.
- Toltec
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people living in central Mexico before the advent of the Aztecs and traditionally credited with laying the foundation of Aztec culture.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- rotten
-
adjective,
decomposing or decaying; putrid; tainted, foul, or bad-smelling.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- tauten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become taut.
- tauto-
-
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- ocular
-
noun,
Optics. eyepiece.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Iletin
-
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- lacto-
-
- octant
-
noun,
the eighth part of a circle.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- incult
-
adjective,
wild; rude; unrefined.
- tauro-
-
- iatric
-
adjective,
of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
- urino-
-
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- intuit
-
verb (used with or without object),
to know or receive by intuition.
- intro.
-
- utero-
-
- intra-
-
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- irenic
-
adjective,
tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- inter.
-
- intact
-
adjective,
not altered, broken, or impaired; remaining uninjured, sound, or whole; untouched; unblemished:
- tanrec
-
noun,
tenrec.
- aceto-
-
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- ironic
-
adjective,
using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony:
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- iatro-
-
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Uralic
-
noun,
a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.
- uranic
-
adjective,
of or containing uranium, especially in the tetravalent state.
- Launce
-
noun,
sand lance.
- Lauren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- lauric
-
adjective,
of or derived from lauric acid.
- Enrico
-
noun,
a male given name: Italian form of Henry.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- urano-
-
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- outact
-
verb (used with object),
to outdo in acting.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- tinct.
-
- orcein
-
noun,
a red dye, the principal coloring matter of cudbear and orchil, obtained by oxidizing an ammoniacal solution of orcinol.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- aeron.
-
- rutile
-
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.
- tetra-
-
- actin-
-
- tenuto
-
adjective,
Music. (of a note, chord, or rest) held to the full time value.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- terat-
-
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- uretic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or occurring in the urine.
- Tetuan
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the Mediterranean: former capital of the Spanish zone of Morocco.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- Teuton
-
noun,
a member of a Germanic people or tribe first mentioned in the 4th century b.c. and supposed to have dwelt in Jutland.
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- norite
-
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.
- notate
-
verb (used with object),
to note, mark, or set down in a system of notation:
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- recti-
-
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- celto-
-
- Lucite
-
- Lucian
-
noun,
a.d. 117–c180, Greek rhetorician and satirist.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- Tunica
-
noun,
a tunic.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- lucent
-
adjective,
shining.
- neural
-
adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- turaco
-
noun,
touraco.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- Catton
-
noun,
(Charles) Bruce, 1899–1978, U.S. journalist and historian.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- cattle
-
noun,
bovine animals, especially domesticated members of the genus Bos.
- clino-
-
- narco-
-
- touter
-
noun,
a tout.
- turco-
-
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- cerat-
-
- ratton
-
noun,
a rat.
- carton
-
noun,
a cardboard or plastic box used typically for storage or shipping.
- turion
-
noun,
a small shoot, as of asparagus or certain aquatic plants, from which a new plant can develop.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- toucan
-
noun,
any of several usually brightly colored, fruit-eating birds of the family Ramphastidae, of tropical America, having a very large bill.
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- reluct
-
verb (used without object),
to struggle (against something); rebel.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- tricot
-
noun,
a warp-knit fabric of various natural or synthetic fibers, as wool, silk, or nylon, having fine vertical ribs on the face and horizontal ribs on the back, used especially for making garments.
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- Tuinal
-
- neurol
-
- truant
-
noun,
a student who stays away from school without permission.
- neuro-
-
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- luteo-
-
- centra
-
noun,
a plural of centrum.
- lutein
-
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.
- centr-
-
- Lurcat
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1892–1966, French painter and tapestry designer.
- Cetura
-
noun,
Keturah.
- Trento
-
noun,
Italian name of Trent.
- recant
-
verb (used with object),
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- attune
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into accord, harmony, or sympathetic relationship; adjust:
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- lunate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- attorn
-
verb (used with object),
to turn over to another; transfer.
- centi-
-
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- trance
-
noun,
a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
- luetic
-
adjective,
syphilitic.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- citrin
-
noun,
bioflavonoid.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Citron
-
noun,
a pale-yellow fruit resembling the lemon but larger and with thicker rind, borne by a small tree or large bush, Citrus medica, allied to the lemon and lime.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- Lottie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- CORNET
-
noun,
Music. a valved wind instrument of the trumpet family.
- ultra-
-
- Canter
-
noun,
an easy gallop.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- conure
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed New World parrots, especially of the genus Aratinga, certain species of which are kept as pets.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- cornea
-
noun,
the transparent anterior part of the external coat of the eye covering the iris and the pupil and continuous with the sclera.
- Cornel
-
noun,
any tree or shrub of the genus Cornus; dogwood.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- tonlet
-
noun,
a skirt of plates.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- Coruna
-
noun,
La Coruña.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- Cotter
-
noun,
a pin, wedge, key, or the like, fitted or driven into an opening to secure something or hold parts together.
- cotula
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) a measure.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- uncial
-
noun,
an uncial letter.
- outlet
-
noun,
an opening or passage by which anything is let out; vent; exit.
- contr.
-
- nocti-
-
- nitro-
-
- colure
-
noun,
either of two great circles of the celestial sphere intersecting each other at the poles, one passing through both equinoxes and the other through both solstices.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- torula
-
noun,
a highly nutritious yeast produced commercially on a sugar recovered from the manufacture of wood products or from processed fruit.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- colent
-
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nectar
-
noun,
the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
- nitric
-
adjective,
containing nitrogen, usually in the pentavalent state.
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- outran
-
verb,
simple past tense of outrun.
- Triton
-
noun,
a positively-charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium.
- Turtle
-
noun,
any reptile of the order Testudines, comprising aquatic and terrestrial species having the trunk enclosed in a shell consisting of a dorsal carapace and a ventral plastron.
- necro-
-
- carnet
-
noun,
a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
- Carnot
-
noun,
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite [la-zar nee-kaw-lah mar-guh-reet] /laˈzar ni kɔˈlɑ mar gəˈrit/ (Show IPA), 1753–1823, French general and statesman.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- Ital.
-
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Recit
-
- tacet
-
verb (imperative),
be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).
- ition
-
- 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.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- natl.
-
- rutin
-
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.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- neut.
-
- 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.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- Iran.
-
- tacit
-
adjective,
understood without being openly expressed; implied:
- octet
-
noun,
a company of eight singers or musicians.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- OIcel
-
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- ocul-
-
- lact-
-
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- neur-
-
- tanto
-
adverb,
(of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- naut.
-
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- Outer
-
adjective,
situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior:
- route
-
noun,
a course, way, or road for passage or travel:
- runic
-
adjective,
consisting of or set down in runes:
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Nitti
-
noun,
Francesco Saverio [frahn-ches-kaw sah-ve-ryaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ sɑˈvɛ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1868–1953, Italian lawyer, statesman, and economist.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- licet
-
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- Lotta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte.
- Lotte
-
noun,
angler (def 3).
- nitr-
-
- outre
-
adjective,
passing the bounds of what is usual or considered proper; unconventional; bizarre.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- ounce
-
noun,
a unit of weight equal to 437.5 grains or 1/16 pound (28.35 grams) avoirdupois.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- 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.
- Otter
-
noun,
any of several aquatic, furbearing, weasellike mammals of the genus Lutra and related genera, having webbed feet and a long, slightly flattened tail.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- noct-
-
- ricin
-
noun,
a white, poisonous, protein powder from the bean of the castor-oil plant.
- reni-
-
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- ottar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Otaru
-
noun,
a city in W Hokkaido, in N Japan.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- nuci-
-
- leuc-
-
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- rect.
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- RECON
-
noun,
reconnaissance.
- outen
-
verb (used with object),
to turn off (a light) or extinguish (a fire).
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Luton
-
noun,
a city in Bedfordshire, S central England, NW of London.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- octa-
-
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- racon
-
noun,
radar beacon.
- 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.
- tarot
-
noun,
any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.
- rotte
-
noun,
rote2 .
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Lucan
-
noun,
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) a.d. 39–65, Roman poet, born in Spain.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- lect.
-
- Lucia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”.
- orial
-
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- lucre
-
noun,
monetary reward or gain; money.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Utter
-
adjective,
complete; total; absolute:
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- cero-
-
- cert.
-
- 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.
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- Ceuta
-
noun,
a seaport and enclave of Spain in N Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- ceria
-
noun,
a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
- cine-
-
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- Cant.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- cent.
-
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- cornu
-
noun,
a horn, especially a bony part that resembles a horn.
- cont.
-
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- tonia
-
- cotta
-
noun,
a surplice.
- Count
-
noun,
the act of counting; enumeration; reckoning; calculation:
- Court
-
noun,
Law.
a place where justice is administered.
a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases.
a session of a judicial assembly.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- Tract
-
noun,
an expanse or area of land, water, etc.; region; stretch.
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Toure
-
noun,
Sékou [sey-koo] /ˈseɪ ku/ (Show IPA), 1922–84, Guinean political leader: prime minister 1958-72; president 1958–84.
- clout
-
noun,
a blow, especially with the hand; cuff:
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- toti-
-
- total
-
noun,
the total amount; sum; aggregate:
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- coel-
-
- Torun
-
noun,
a city in N Poland, on the Vistula.
- Torte
-
noun,
a rich cake, especially one containing little or no flour, usually made with eggs and ground nuts or bread crumbs.
- colat
-
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- alien
-
noun,
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen).
See also resident alien, illegal alien.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- Alcor
-
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Unit.
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alti-
-
- alto-
-
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- uran-
-
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- 30-30
-
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- Utica
-
noun,
an ancient city on the N coast of Africa, NW of Carthage.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- acet-
-
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- acorn
-
noun,
the typically ovoid fruit or nut of an oak, enclosed at the base by a cupule.
- acro-
-
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- acron
-
noun,
the unsegmented, preoral portion of the body of an arthropod.
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- acute
-
noun,
the acute accent.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- aeri-
-
- aero-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- 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.
- atto-
-
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- ation
-
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- tunic
-
noun,
Chiefly British. a coat worn as part of a military or other uniform.
- Attic
-
noun,
the part of a building, especially of a house, directly under a roof; garret.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- aulic
-
adjective,
of or relating to a royal court.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Auric
-
adjective,
of or containing gold in the trivalent state.
- auto.
-
- truce
-
noun,
a suspension of hostilities for a specified period of time by mutual agreement of the warring parties; cease-fire; armistice.
- Trout
-
noun,
any of several game fishes of the genus Salmo, related to the salmon.
Compare brown trout, cutthroat trout, rainbow trout.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Arnel
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- UNCLE
-
noun,
a brother of one's father or mother.
- UNCIO
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- uncia
-
noun,
a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the 12th part of an as.
- ante-
-
- anti-
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tutor
-
noun,
a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- ulent
-
- ulcer
-
noun,
Pathology. a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue, the formation of pus, etc.
- areo-
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Creon
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the brother of Jocasta and the uncle of Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Euro-
-
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Teton
-
noun,
the westernmost branch of the Dakota Indians.
- Teut.
-
- eruct
-
verb (used with or without object),
to belch forth, as gas from the stomach.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- ERICA
-
noun,
any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- ento-
-
- crit.
-
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tera-
-
- encl.
-
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- 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.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Ecua.
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ecto-
-
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- econ.
-
- ecol.
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- incor
-
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- Tartu
-
noun,
a city in SE Estonia.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- intr.
-
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- taunt
-
noun,
an insulting gibe or sarcasm; scornful reproach or challenge.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- init.
-
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- incur
-
verb (used with object),
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious):
- incr.
-
- incl.
-
- teno-
-
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- tecta
-
noun,
a rooflike structure.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ilio-
-
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- ileo-
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- ician
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- Icel.
-
- telo-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- culet
-
noun,
Jewelry. a small face forming the bottom of a faceted gem.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- cutie
-
noun,
Informal. a charmingly attractive or cute person, especially a girl or a young woman (often used as a form of address):
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- cruet
-
noun,
a glass bottle, especially one for holding vinegar, oil, etc., for the table.
- cutin
-
noun,
a transparent, waxy substance constituting, together with cellulose, the cuticle of plants.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- cruel
-
adjective,
willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Curia
-
noun,
one of the political subdivisions of each of the three tribes of ancient Rome.
- crone
-
noun,
a withered, witchlike old woman.
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- curio
-
noun,
any unusual article, object of art, etc., valued as a curiosity.
- curet
-
noun,
a scoop-shaped surgical instrument for removing tissue from body cavities, as the uterus.
- Curie
-
noun,
a unit of activity of radioactive substances equivalent to 3.70 × 10 10 disintegrations per second: it is approximately the amount of activity produced by 1 gram of radium-226. Abbreviation: Ci.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- ten.
-
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- RIIA
-
- 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.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tel-
-
- 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:
- tact
-
noun,
a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations.
- unco
-
noun,
something extraordinary or unusual; a novelty.
- out-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- uni-
-
- unto
-
preposition,
to (in its various uses, except as the accompaniment of the infinitive).
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Ont.
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- uro-
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- uric
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, contained in, or derived from urine.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- uria
-
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- uret
-
- taur
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- 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.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- ulto
-
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- trit
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Tit.
-
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- tRNA
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- rout
-
noun,
a defeat attended with disorderly flight; dispersal of a defeated force in complete disorder:
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- 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.
- tron
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- rel.
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- tri-
-
- tion
-
- RONA
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- tote
-
noun,
the act or course of toting.
- 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.
- 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.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- Toul
-
noun,
a fortress town in NE France, on the Moselle: siege 1870. 16,832.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- ter.
-
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tour
-
noun,
a traveling around from place to place.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- tout
-
noun,
a person who solicits business, employment, support, or the like, importunately.
- Trot
-
noun,
the gait of a horse, dog, or other quadruped, when trotting.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- 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.
- rit.
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Tito
-
noun,
Marshal (Josip Broz) 1891–1980, president of Yugoslavia 1953–80.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tort
-
noun,
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that results in injury to another's person, property, reputation, or the like, and for which the injured party is entitled to compensation.
- Coue
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1857–1926, French psychotherapist.
- ole-
-
- eco-
-
- cure
-
noun,
a means of healing or restoring to health; remedy.
- curl
-
noun,
a coil or ringlet of hair.
- curn
-
noun,
a grain.
- Curt
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Curtis.
- cute
-
noun,
the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness:
- 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.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Ecru
-
noun,
an ecru color.
- cunt
-
noun,
the vulva or vagina.
- ect-
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- enc.
-
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- cur.
-
- Cuna
-
noun,
a member of a group of American Indian people inhabiting settlements on the Isthmus of Panama and islands in the Gulf of San Blas.
- etc.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- Con.
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- Cor.
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- cult
-
noun,
a particular system of religious worship, especially with reference to its rites and ceremonies.
- CORN
-
noun,
Also called Indian corn; especially technical and British, maize. a tall cereal plant, Zea mays, cultivated in many varieties, having a jointed, solid stem and bearing the grain, seeds, or kernels on large ears.
- Cort
-
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- 1080
-
- crat
-
- crut
-
noun,
crud (def 1).
- ctr.
-
- cule
-
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- 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.
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itol
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Lani
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lea.
-
- Ire.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Ice.
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Eur.
-
- ical
-
- ICAO
-
- ile-
-
- 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.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- inae
-
- Inc.
-
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- INRI
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- int.
-
- intl
-
- Col.
-
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- att.
-
- Arce
-
noun,
a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- art.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ant.
-
- atic
-
- 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.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- ator
-
- attn
-
- Attu
-
noun,
the westernmost of the Aleutian Islands: Japanese occupation 1942–43.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- ANTU
-
- ano-
-
- aur-
-
- aet.
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- ACLU
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Aire
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Alco
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- alt.
-
- ance
-
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- aut-
-
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cir.
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cit.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- clar
-
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- clou
-
noun,
a major point of interest or attention.
- clue
-
noun,
anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- Cnut
-
noun,
Canute.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- Ceto
-
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Cal.
-
- Can.
-
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- cat.
-
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Catt
-
noun,
Carrie Chapman Lane, 1859–1947, U.S. leader in women's suffrage movements.
- caul
-
noun,
a part of the amnion sometimes covering the head of a child at birth.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cen.
-
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- CERN
-
- cet-
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- 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.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- 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.
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- 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.
- Oct.
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nor.
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- NTIA
-
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- lit.
-
- 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.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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).
- 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.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- NIRA
-
- 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.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- lin.
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- neo-
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- NCTE
-
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- not-
-
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- lout
-
noun,
an awkward, stupid person; clumsy, ill-mannered boor; oaf.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Luce
-
noun,
a pike, especially when fully grown.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- cl.
-
- cr.
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- CAI
-
- Tro
-
- ct.
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NOC
-
- tr.
-
- REA
-
- RCT
-
- RCN
-
- RCA
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- tot
-
noun,
a small child.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- CNO
-
- CLU
-
- CLR
-
- NEC
-
- Clo
-
- 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.
- tra
-
- CEA
-
- CLI
-
- cle
-
- 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:
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- CIE
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- CIA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- CEO
-
- Re.
-
- Co.
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Tu.
-
- oic
-
- OIr
-
- AIC
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ONR
-
- ur-
-
- ALC
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- OCR
-
- UNO
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OAU
-
- ure
-
- ONI
-
- ALU
-
- Ar.
-
- ac-
-
- uti
-
- al.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- UTC
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- an.
-
- AUC
-
- AEC
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- OIt
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ae.
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ANC
-
- tue
-
- NRC
-
- NUL
-
- ARU
-
- at.
-
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ATC
-
- ot-
-
- OTA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- UAR
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ca.
-
- 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.
- Tut
-
noun,
an exclamation of “tut.”.
- UAE
-
- Une
-
- OTC
-
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- unc
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- UCR
-
- aor
-
- ult
-
- AOU
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- Oc.
-
- UIT
-
- 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.
- ote
-
- io-
-
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- 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 = .
- ine
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- IOC
-
- ior
-
- 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.
- IOT
-
- IOU
-
- Ir.
-
- IRC
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- TCA
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- IRO
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- eu-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITU
-
- Ola
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- in.
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- ier
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- IRL
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ETR
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- LCA
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- ROI
-
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TAL
-
- ITA
-
- ITC
-
- ite
-
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- RNA
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- La.
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lt.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- ROA
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- CTA
-
- Cui
-
noun,
César [French sey-zar] /French seɪˈzar/ (Show IPA), Antonovich [Russian uhn-taw-nuh-vyich] /Russian ʌnˈtɔ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1918, Russian composer.
- CRT
-
- Cut
-
noun,
the act of cutting; a stroke or a blow, as with a knife, whip, etc.
- cru
-
noun,
(in France) a vineyard producing wine of high quality, sometimes classified by the government as either a Great Growth (Grand Cru) or a First Growth (Premier Cru)
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- 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.
- TNT
-
- cte
-
- eir
-
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- cue
-
noun,
anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action:
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- ECU
-
noun,
the shield carried by a mounted man-at-arms in the Middle Ages.
- eo-
-
- 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.
- ECA
-
- ec-
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
-
- ea.
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ltr
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tlr
-
- ETO
-
- NCO
-
- LOC
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ERT
-
- LTA
-
- tlo
-
- TIA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 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.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- LON
-
- tin
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noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
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noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
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noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
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adverb,
no1 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
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noun,
ti1 .
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noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
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- No
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noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
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noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
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adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
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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.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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noun,
oy2 .
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
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