Anagrams of rosemaling
Word rosemaling has
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- regionals
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noun,
Often, regionals. a regional competition or tournament:
- almonries
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noun,
the place where an almoner resides or where alms are distributed.
- geraniols
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noun,
a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- Orangeism
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noun,
the principles and practices of the Orangemen.
- malingers
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verb (used without object),
to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- gremials
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noun,
a cloth placed on the lap of the bishop, as during the celebration of Mass or when he confers orders.
- Solimena
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noun,
Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- germano-
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- Germinal
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noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19.
- marlines
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- Salinger
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noun,
J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- geraniol
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noun,
a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- semolina
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noun,
a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- Negroism
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noun,
the doctrine or advocacy of equal rights for black people.
- ailerons
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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.
- regional
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noun,
Often, regionals. a regional competition or tournament:
- algorism
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noun,
the Arabic system of arithmetical notation (with the figures 1, 2, 3, etc.).
- long-arm
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noun,
a long pole fitted with any of various devices, as a hook or clamp, for performing tasks otherwise out of reach.
- Selangor
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noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 3160 sq. mi. (8184 sq. km). Capital: Shah Alam.
- megarons
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noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- gremlins
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noun,
a mischievous invisible being, said by airplane pilots in World War II to cause engine trouble and mechanical difficulties.
- mineral.
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- seraglio
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noun,
the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
- malinger
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verb (used without object),
to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- laminose
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adjective,
laminate; laminar.
- gasolier
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noun,
a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- organism
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noun,
a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- engrails
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verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- sanglier
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noun,
a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- moraines
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- Galenism
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noun,
the medical system or principles of Galen.
- romaines
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- Romanies
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noun,
Gypsy (def 2).
- almoners
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noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- gasoline
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noun,
a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
- mongrels
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noun,
a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed.
- mailers
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- normals
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adjective,
conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- remains
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- re-sign
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verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- oarsmen
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noun,
a person who rows a boat, especially a racing boat; rower.
- loaners
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- anglers
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noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- enigmas
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noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- eloigns
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verb (used with object),
to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- Slinger
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noun,
a person or thing that slings.
- malison
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noun,
a curse.
- longies
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noun,
long underwear, especially for winter use.
- goalers
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noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- Goneril
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noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the elder of Lear's two faithless daughters.
- Nogales
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noun,
a town in S Arizona.
- Malines
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- maligns
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adjective,
evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious:
- enamors
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verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- engrail
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verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- gremial
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noun,
a cloth placed on the lap of the bishop, as during the celebration of Mass or when he confers orders.
- gamines
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noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- gremlin
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noun,
a mischievous invisible being, said by airplane pilots in World War II to cause engine trouble and mechanical difficulties.
- origans
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noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- realism
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- earings
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noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- reagins
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- Ingemar
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noun,
a male given name.
- in-goal
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noun,
the area at either end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.
- seringa
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- Langreo
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noun,
a city in N Spain.
- imagoes
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noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- signore
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noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- Signora
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noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- arseno-
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- Orleans
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- Osmanli
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noun,
an Ottoman.
- isogram
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noun,
a line representing equality with respect to a given variable, used to relate points on maps, charts, etc.
- leasing
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noun,
lying; falsehood.
- regains
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- lingoes
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noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- limners
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noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- lingers
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- lingams
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noun,
Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- linages
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noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- anisole
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- Limoges
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Haute Vienne, in S central France.
- mangoes
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noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- Argolis
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noun,
an ancient district in SE Greece.
- reginas
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noun,
queen.
- seminal
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adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- seminar
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noun,
a small group of students, as in a university, engaged in advanced study and original research under a member of the faculty and meeting regularly to exchange information and hold discussions.
- onagers
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noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- ignores
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- oralism
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noun,
the theory, practice, or advocacy of education for the deaf chiefly or exclusively through lipreading, training in speech production, and training of residual hearing.
- mangles
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noun,
a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes, household linen, etc., by means of heated rollers.
- engrams
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noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- merlins
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noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- merinos
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- mirages
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noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- Megaris
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noun,
a district in ancient Greece, between the Gulf of Corinth and Saronic Gulf.
- Algiers
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Algeria, in the N part.
- megaron
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noun,
a building or semi-independent unit of a building, generally used as a living apartment and typically having a square or broadly rectangular principal chamber with a porch, often of columns in antis, and sometimes an antichamber or other small compartments.
- morales
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noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- melano-
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- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- glaires
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noun,
the white of an egg.
- menials
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- mingles
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noun,
mingles, two or more single, unrelated adults who live together.
- gisarme
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noun,
guisarme.
- Mineola
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noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- moraine
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noun,
a ridge, mound, or irregular mass of unstratified glacial drift, chiefly boulders, gravel, sand, and clay.
- girl-os
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noun,
a girl or young woman.
- Gmelina
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noun,
a deciduous tree, Gmelina arborea, native to Southeast Asia,whose timber is important in the tropics.
- soaring
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noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- Morelia
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Michoacán, in central Mexico.
- merlons
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noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- soilage
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noun,
grass or leafy plants raised as feed for fenced-in livestock.
- girasol
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noun,
an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- Salerno
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- morgens
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noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- 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.
- milages
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noun,
mileage.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Romaine
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noun,
Also called romaine lettuce, cos, cos lettuce. a variety of lettuce, Lactuca sativa longifolia, having a cylindrical head of long, relatively loose leaves.
- megalo-
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- agonies
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noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- mongrel
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noun,
a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed.
- marines
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Riesman
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noun,
David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
- Rosalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- Marisol
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noun,
(Marisol Escobar) born 1930, Venezuelan artist, in U.S. since 1950.
- Gleason
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noun,
Jackie (Herbert John Gleason"The Great One") 1916–87, U.S. comedian and actor.
- monesia
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noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- Marline
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noun,
small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
- marlins
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noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- almoner
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noun,
a person whose function or duty is the distribution of alms on behalf of an institution, a royal personage, a monastery, etc.
- mongers
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noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- glorias
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noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- gainers
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- Marengo
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noun,
a village in Piedmont, in NW Italy: Napoleon defeated the Austrians 1800.
- Romains
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noun,
Jules [zhyl] /ʒül/ (Show IPA), (Louis Farigoule) 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- glories
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noun,
very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown:
- gliomas
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noun,
a tumor of the brain composed of neuroglia.
- Regain
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noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- Ransom
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noun,
the redemption of a prisoner, slave, or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
- reason
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- ranges
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noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- gamins
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noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- German
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Germany.
- Ingram
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noun,
a male given name.
- Romans
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noun,
an Epistle of the New Testament, written by Paul to the Christian community in Rome. Abbreviation: Rom.
- images
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noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- gasmen
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noun,
a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.
- INGRES
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noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- genoas
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noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- inseam
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noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- genial
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adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- inorg.
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- reagin
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noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- Gilman
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noun,
Arthur, 1837–1909, U.S. educator.
- Ingles
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noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- Ingmar
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noun,
a male given name.
- Geonim
-
noun,
a plural of Gaon.
- gnarls
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noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- ignore
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verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- resign
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verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- Glaser
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noun,
Donald A. 1926–2013, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- gorals
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noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- goners
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noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gleams
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noun,
a flash or beam of light:
- gleans
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verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- golems
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noun,
Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.
- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- goalie
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noun,
a goalkeeper.
- grails
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- glioma
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noun,
a tumor of the brain composed of neuroglia.
- goaler
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noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- gloams
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noun,
twilight; gloaming.
- Gloria
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noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- ramose
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adjective,
having many branches.
- gnomes
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noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- remans
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verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- glares
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noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- Regina
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noun,
queen.
- girl-o
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- Gilson
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noun,
Étienne Henry [ey-tyen ahn-ree] /eɪˈtyɛn ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1884–1978, French historian.
- gimels
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noun,
the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- region
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noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- rimose
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adjective,
full of crevices, chinks, or cracks.
- regnal
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adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- reigns
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noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- groins
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noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- groans
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noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- grains
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noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- Grison
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noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- Grimes
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noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- grilse
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noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- glaire
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noun,
the white of an egg.
- remain
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noun,
Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
- glairs
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noun,
the white of an egg.
- grano-
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- grani-
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- ramson
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noun,
a garlic, Allium ursinum, having broad leaves.
- oleins
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noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- irones
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noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- margin
-
noun,
the space around the printed or written matter on a page.
- menial
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- Naoise
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noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- melan-
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- megal-
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- Negros
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noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- maslin
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noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- Marlon
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Marlin
-
noun,
any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
- Marion
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noun,
Francis ("the Swamp Fox") 1732?–95, American Revolutionary general.
- Marino
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noun,
Daniel Constantine ("Dan") born 1961, U.S. football player.
- marine
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noun,
a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
- Mariel
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noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Margie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Merino
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) one of a breed of sheep, raised originally in Spain, valued for their fine wool.
- marges
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- Nergal
-
noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- Maoris
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- mangos
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- mangle
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noun,
a machine for smoothing or pressing clothes, household linen, etc., by means of heated rollers.
- manges
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noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- manger
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noun,
a box or trough in a stable or barn from which horses or cattle eat.
- nerols
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Malone
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noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- maline
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- malign
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adjective,
evil in effect; pernicious; baleful; injurious:
- Mainer
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- mensal
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adjective,
monthly.
- Merlin
-
noun,
a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- maigre
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adjective,
containing neither flesh nor its juices, as food permissible on days of religious abstinence.
- mirage
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noun,
an optical phenomenon, especially in the desert or at sea, by which the image of some object appears displaced above, below, or to one side of its true position as a result of spatial variations of the index of refraction of air.
- moires
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noun,
any moiré fabric.
- molies
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- Molina
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- Moline
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noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- Moesia
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noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Monera
-
noun,
a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
- monger
-
noun,
a person who is involved with something in a petty or contemptible way (usually used in combination):
- monial
-
noun,
a mullion.
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- morale
-
noun,
emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., especially in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.:
- morals
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- merlon
-
noun,
(in a battlement) the solid part between two crenels.
- mingle
-
noun,
mingles, two or more single, unrelated adults who live together.
- miners
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- morels
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Morgan
-
noun,
one of a breed of light carriage and saddle horses descended from the stallion Justin Morgan.
- Morgen
-
noun,
a unit of land measure equal to about two acres (0.8 hectare), formerly in use in Holland and the Dutch colonies and still used in South Africa.
- Milner
-
noun,
Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- milage
-
noun,
mileage.
- morsel
-
noun,
a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- Mersin
-
noun,
a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- losing
-
noun,
losings, losses.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- orgasm
-
noun,
the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation.
- gamine
-
noun,
a neglected girl who is left to run about the streets.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Lemnos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- legman
-
noun,
a person employed to transact business outside an office, especially on behalf of one whose responsibilities require his or her presence in the office.
- legion
-
noun,
a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lasing
-
noun,
the generation of coherent light by a laser.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- ligans
-
noun,
lagan.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- largos
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- larges
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Langer
-
noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- lagers
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- isomer
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
- ragmen
-
noun,
a person who gathers or deals in rag.
- omegas
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- ligase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- Loring
-
noun,
a male given name.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lorans
-
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.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- longi-
-
- longes
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- normal
-
noun,
the average or mean:
- logins
-
noun,
the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- logans
-
noun,
pokelogan.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- ligers
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- oilman
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- oilmen
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- lingoe
-
noun,
a metal weight attached to the cords of a Jacquard harness, for lowering the warp threads after they have been raised and for keeping the harness cords taut.
- linger
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- lingam
-
noun,
Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- linage
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- limner
-
noun,
a person who paints or draws.
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- ligno-
-
- lignes
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- liangs
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- molars
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- angio-
-
- enigma
-
noun,
a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation:
- Algren
-
noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- angler
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- algins
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- signal
-
noun,
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.:
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- Angles
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Anglo-
-
- amnios
-
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- enamor
-
verb (used with object),
to fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with):
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- single
-
noun,
one person or thing; a single one.
- airmen
-
noun,
an aviator.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- arsen-
-
- agron.
-
- silage
-
noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- aniso-
-
- engram
-
noun,
a presumed encoding in neural tissue that provides a physical basis for the persistence of memory; a memory trace.
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- Siloam
-
noun,
a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- slogan
-
noun,
a distinctive cry, phrase, or motto of any party, group, manufacturer, or person; catchword or catch phrase.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Semang
-
noun,
a member of a Negrito people of the Malay Peninsula.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- amino-
-
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amigos
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- amoles
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- aligns
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- Ealing
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- eloign
-
verb (used with object),
to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
- sermon
-
noun,
a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- anemo-
-
- Angelo
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- 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.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- Anglos
-
noun,
a white American of non-Hispanic descent, as distinguished especially from an American of Mexican or Spanish descent.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- aeron.
-
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- Somali
-
noun,
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
- ageism
-
noun,
discrimination against persons of a certain age group.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- Salome
-
noun,
Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- somni-
-
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- argils
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- argols
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- Galion
-
noun,
a city in N central Ohio.
- galore
-
adverb,
in abundance; in plentiful amounts:
- soling
-
noun,
pitching.
- egoism
-
noun,
the habit of valuing everything only in reference to one's personal interest; selfishness (opposed to altruism).
- Salmon
-
noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- anoles
-
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.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- solemn
-
adjective,
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- Sino-
-
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- slang
-
noun,
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- omni-
-
- anis-
-
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- omers
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- among
-
preposition,
in, into, or through the midst of; in association or connection with; surrounded by:
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- 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.
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Longs
-
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- Mages
-
noun,
a magician.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- 30-30
-
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- 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.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- longe
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- omega
-
noun,
the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ω, ω).
- longa
-
noun,
the second longest note in medieval mensural notation.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- anim.
-
- ogams
-
noun,
ogham.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ogles
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- Logan
-
noun,
pokelogan.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- lingo
-
noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- olig-
-
- Angl.
-
- sing.
-
- lings
-
noun,
an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- Norma
-
noun,
the Rule, a small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- 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.
- ling.
-
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- logis
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- login
-
noun,
the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- 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.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- logia
-
noun,
a plural of logion.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- loges
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- lign-
-
- angi-
-
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- meso-
-
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- morns
-
noun,
morning.
- Morse
-
noun,
an ornamented metal clasp or brooch for fastening a cope in front.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- agro-
-
- Moser
-
noun,
Johann Jakob [yoh-hahn yah-kawp] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1701–85, German jurist and publicist.
- Msgr.
-
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- nails
-
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.
- meros
-
noun,
(in the Doric order) a flat surface between two channels of a triglyph.
- mero-
-
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- meno-
-
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- mores
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- molar
-
noun,
Also called molar tooth. a tooth having a broad biting surface adapted for grinding, being one of twelve in humans, with three on each side of the upper and lower jaws.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- moire
-
noun,
any moiré fabric.
- Moira
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
the personification of fate.
Moirai, the Fates.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Monge
-
noun,
Gaspard [gas-par] /gasˈpar/ (Show IPA), Comte de Péluse [pey-lyz] /peɪˈlüz/ (Show IPA), 1746–1818, French mathematician.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- aeons
-
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.
- miso-
-
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Morel
-
noun,
any edible mushroom of the genus Morchella, especially M. esculenta.
- Miner
-
noun,
Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Morea
-
noun,
Peloponnesus.
- Minor
-
noun,
a person under the legal age of full responsibility.
- aeri-
-
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- moras
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- moral
-
noun,
the moral teaching or practical lesson contained in a fable, tale, experience, etc.
- aero-
-
- Melia
-
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Marge
-
noun,
margin; edge.
- marg.
-
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- along
-
Idioms,
all along, all the time; throughout:
- Maori
-
noun,
a member of the native Polynesian population of New Zealand.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- manor
-
noun,
(in England) a landed estate or territorial unit, originally of the nature of a feudal lordship, consisting of a lord's demesne and of lands within which he has the right to exercise certain privileges, exact certain fees, etc.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Mango
-
noun,
the oblong, sweet fruit of a tropical tree, Mangifera indica, of the cashew family, eaten ripe, or preserved or pickled.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Amer.
-
- mange
-
noun,
any of various skin diseases caused by parasitic mites, affecting animals and sometimes humans and characterized by loss of hair and scabby eruptions.
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- Alogi
-
noun,
a group of Christians in the 2nd century a.d. who rejected the doctrine of the Logos.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- amigo
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- amin-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- male-
-
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- Sligo
-
noun,
a county in Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 694 sq. mi. (1795 sq. km).
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- naso-
-
- Meigs
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Meigs.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Megan
-
noun,
a female given name.
- algo-
-
- mega-
-
- nears
-
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- 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.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Marin
-
noun,
John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- Mario
-
noun,
a male given name: from the Roman family name Marius.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Marne
-
noun,
a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
- Maros
-
noun,
Hungarian name of Mures.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- areo-
-
- argol
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- reman
-
verb (used with object),
to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
- grams
-
noun,
a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. Abbreviation: g.
- gram.
-
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- relig
-
- goral
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- Gomer
-
noun,
an undesirable hospital patient.
- Gomel
-
noun,
a city in SE Byelorussia (Belarus), on a tributary of the Dnieper.
- golem
-
noun,
Jewish Folklore. a figure artificially constructed in the form of a human being and endowed with life.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- reni-
-
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- engr.
-
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- gnome
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a species of diminutive beings, usually described as shriveled little old men, that inhabit the interior of the earth and act as guardians of its treasures; troll.
- semi-
-
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- imago
-
noun,
Entomology. an adult insect.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- image
-
noun,
a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- ileo-
-
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- regma
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of three or more carpels that separate from the axis at maturity.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- groma
-
noun,
an instrument having a cruciform wooden frame with a plumb line at the end of each arm, used for laying out lines at right angles to existing lines.
- Elgon
-
noun,
an extinct volcano in E Africa, on the boundary between Uganda and Kenya. 14,176 feet (4321 meters).
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- reins
-
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.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- roams
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- geom.
-
- geol.
-
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- Genl.
-
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- gains
-
- Roman
-
noun,
a metrical narrative, especially in medieval French literature.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- gaols
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- gamo-
-
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Gamin
-
noun,
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- games
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- gamer
-
noun,
a person who plays games, especially computer or video games.
- gimel
-
noun,
the third letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- G-man
-
noun,
an agent for the FBI.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enorm
-
adjective,
enormous; huge; vast.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- gloms
-
noun,
a look or glimpse.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- gloam
-
noun,
twilight; gloaming.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- glims
-
noun,
a light or lamp.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- gleam
-
noun,
a flash or beam of light:
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- glans
-
noun,
the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- ergo-
-
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- gismo
-
noun,
a gadget or device:
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- grime
-
noun,
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- Arnel
-
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- Lagos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Nigeria: former capital.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Armen
-
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- Rains
-
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).
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- orig.
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Legis
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Oreg.
-
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- orial
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Largo
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- lang.
-
- Ramon
-
noun,
any of several tropical American trees belonging to the genus Brosimum, of the mulberry family, the leaves of which are used as forage, especially B. alicastrum, which bears the breadnut.
- 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.
- sero-
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- insol
-
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Ramos
-
noun,
Fidel V. born 1928, Philippine political leader: president 1992–98.
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- Sigma
-
noun,
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet: Σ, σ, ς.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- Iran.
-
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- RNAS
-
- soln
-
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- roam
-
noun,
an act or instance of roaming; a ramble.
- Omar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- more
-
noun,
an additional quantity, amount, or number:
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- 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.
- MSIE
-
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MSAE
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- mRNA
-
- Sam.
-
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- morn
-
noun,
morning.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- org.
-
- Orem
-
noun,
a city in N Utah.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- sail
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- mong
-
noun,
mongrel, especially a mongrel dog.
- roms
-
noun,
a Gypsy man or boy.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- RONA
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Mon.
-
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- Soni
-
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Sra.
-
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- SRAM
-
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- Omer
-
noun,
a Hebrew unit of dry measure, the tenth part of an ephah.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Rom.
-
- Roma
-
noun,
Rome.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- nom.
-
- Rome
-
noun,
Harold (Jacob) 1908–1993, U.S. lyricist and composer.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Omri
-
noun,
a king of Israel and the father of Ahab. I Kings 16:16–28.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Mora
-
noun,
the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- SGML
-
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Norm
-
noun,
a standard, model, or pattern.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- smog
-
noun,
smoke or other atmospheric pollutants combined with fog in an unhealthy or irritating mixture.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Sig.
-
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- ole-
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Ogma
-
noun,
a god of poetry and eloquence and the inventor of the ogham letters: one of the Tuatha De Danann.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- slog
-
noun,
a long, tiring walk or march.
- rel.
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- 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.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- nos-
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- 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.
- 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).
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- ogam
-
noun,
ogham.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- neo-
-
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- 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.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Saml
-
- NIRA
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- Sol.
-
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Reg.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- 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:
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Sem.
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- lea.
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- leg.
-
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lani
-
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- 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.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enl.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Eng.
-
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- emia
-
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lam.
-
- ELAS
-
- 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.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- 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.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- ASME
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Ens.
-
- iso-
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- GNMA
-
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- glom
-
noun,
a look or glimpse.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gon-
-
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gras
-
- Gen.
-
- glim
-
noun,
a light or lamp.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- germ
-
noun,
a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Ger.
-
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- geo-
-
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- 1080
-
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- glam
-
noun,
glamour.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- gres
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- ins.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- eso-
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- 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.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- ergs
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- mol.
-
- Grim
-
adjective,
stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise:
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- gro.
-
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- gams
-
noun,
a person's leg, especially an attractive female leg.
- game
-
noun,
an amusement or pastime:
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- inae
-
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Gal.
-
- ign.
-
- ile-
-
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- lin.
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- Mar.
-
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- MILR
-
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- min.
-
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Man.
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- MALS
-
- Ming
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, 1368–1644, marked by the restoration of traditional institutions and the development of the arts, especially in porcelain, textiles, and painting.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- AMLS
-
- mal-
-
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- mil.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alg.
-
- agr.
-
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- Alis
-
- mGal
-
- mes-
-
- meas
-
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- Meng
-
- men-
-
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Arm.
-
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- migs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- aer-
-
- ANSI
-
- 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.
- MNAS
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- mags
-
noun,
magazine.
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Mngr
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- mogs
-
noun,
moggy.
- log-
-
- Arg.
-
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- ARIS
-
- ano-
-
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- AIME
-
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- Miro
-
noun,
Gabriel [gah-vree-el] /ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1879–1930, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and essayist.
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- mis-
-
- mag.
-
- Amor
-
noun,
Cupid.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- mage
-
noun,
a magician.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Magi
-
noun,
(sometimes lowercase) one of the Magi.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Rs.
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Am.
-
- SAE
-
- SRO
-
- RSA
-
- So.
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- RSE
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Sr.
-
- GEM
-
noun,
a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ae.
-
- ROI
-
- Ar.
-
- ROG
-
- AGM
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- ag-
-
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- an.
-
- al.
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- SLR
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- ean
-
- AMS
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ANG
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- 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.
- aor
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- 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.
- EAM
-
- ea.
-
- EOM
-
- eo-
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Eg.
-
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- ASM
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- ARS
-
- SLA
-
- SLE
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- gi.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ga.
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ESR
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ESL
-
- ESA
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ALM
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- SMA
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- SAR
-
- en-
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMR
-
- AME
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ROA
-
- ing
-
- RNA
-
- Me.
-
- 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.
- OSA
-
- NSA
-
- NRA
-
- nr.
-
- LON
-
- LSI
-
- LSM
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- OAS
-
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MSL
-
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- NMR
-
- NMI
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- OEM
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Les
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- lg.
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- LIM
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- OLG
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Ola
-
- OIr
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- 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.
- LNG
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIA
-
- ons
-
- MLA
-
- MRA
-
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- MIE
-
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- Mig
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- ml.
-
- MOR
-
- MLG
-
- MRI
-
- MLR
-
- MLS
-
- MNA
-
- MNE
-
- MNS
-
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- MOG
-
noun,
moggy.
- MOI
-
- MRE
-
- MSA
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- NES
-
- Mao
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- Meg
-
noun,
a megabyte.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- MGr
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MSN
-
- mi.
-
- MSI
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MSG
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 8 NNaO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used to intensify the flavor of foods.
- MSE
-
- ONR
-
- Om.
-
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- ier
-
- IGM
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ILO
-
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- ine
-
- Ia.
-
- REA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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 = .
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- Ir.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- ial
-
- io-
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- Ges
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- gl.
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- Gr.
-
- gre
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- GSA
-
- GSR
-
- IRS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ISA
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Re.
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- La.
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ose
-
- RMA
-
- ISR
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Isl
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ise
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- i.
-
- EI
-
- ol
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L1
-
- R.
-
- RO
-
- L2
-
- AO
-
- rg
-
- MN
-
- GN
-
- AI
-
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.
- le
-
- NI
-
- RI
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- LR
-
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- OG
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- NM
-
- NL
-
- L.
-
- OA
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- GM
-
- RN
-
- N.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- SM
-
- SL
-
- SG
-
- SA
-
- MG
-
- SN
-
- S.
-
- IG
-
- LM
-
- M.
-
- NG
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- G.
-