Anagrams of sacramentalism

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sacramental
noun, Roman Catholic Church. an action, as the sign of the cross, a ceremony resembling a sacrament, or a sacred object, regarded as being instituted by the church rather than by Christ and serving as a means of receiving sanctifying grace.
man-at-arms
noun, a soldier.
mainstream
noun, the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend:
cameralist
noun, any of the mercantilist economists or public servants in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries who held that the economic power of a nation can be enhanced by increasing its monetary wealth, as by the accumulation of bullion.
sac-a-lait
noun, the white crappie. See under crappie.
sectarians
noun, a member of a sect.
ascertains
verb (used with object), to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
incrassate
adjective, Also, incrassated. Botany, Entomology. thickened or swollen.
sacraments
noun, Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
carnassial
adjective, (of teeth) adapted for shearing flesh.
reclaimant
noun, a person who makes appeals to reclaim.
interclass
adjective, between classes; involving different classes.
scarlatina
noun, scarlet fever.
centralism
noun, a centralizing system; centralization.
miscreants
noun, a vicious or depraved person; villain.
Claretian
noun, a member of the “Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,” founded in Spain in 1849, and devoted chiefly to missionary work.
Martinmas
noun, a church festival, November 11, in honor of St. Martin.
Manassite
noun, a member of the tribe of Manasseh.
cameraman
noun, a person who operates a camera, especially a movie or television camera.
air-lance
noun, a lance using an air blast.
sectarian
noun, a member of a sect.
sacristan
noun, Also called sacrist [sak-rist, sey-krist] /ˈsæk rɪst, ˈseɪ krɪst/ (Show IPA). an official in charge of the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., of a church or a religious house.
trailsman
noun, a person who follows a trail.
classmate
noun, a member of the same class at a school or college.
semantics
noun, Linguistics. the study of meaning. the study of linguistic development by classifying and examining changes in meaning and form.
canisters
noun, a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
sacrament
noun, Ecclesiastical. a visible sign of an inward grace, especially one of the solemn Christian rites considered to have been instituted by Jesus Christ to symbolize or confer grace: the sacraments of the Protestant churches are baptism and the Lord's Supper; the sacraments of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches are baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, penance, holy orders, and extreme unction.
claimsmen
noun, an insurance adjuster, especially one dealing with casualty-insurance claims; claims adjuster.
Messalina
noun, Valeria, died a.d. 48, third wife of Claudius I.
catalases
noun, an enzyme that decomposes hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water.
Centralia
noun, a city in central Illinois.
materials
noun, the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed:
estancias
noun, (in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
ceramists
noun, a person who makes ceramics.
scenarist
noun, a writer of motion-picture or television scenarios.
Americana
noun, (often used with a plural verb) books, papers, maps, etc., relating to America, especially to its history, culture, and geography.
catamenia
noun, menses.
talismans
noun, a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
mentalism
noun, the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
Messalian
noun, Euchite.
amnesiacs
noun, a person affected by amnesia.
tailraces
noun, the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
analcites
noun, a white or slightly colored zeolite mineral, Na(AlSi 2 O 6)⋅H 2 O, generally found in crystalline form.
analemmas
noun, a scale shaped like the figure 8, showing the declination of the sun and the equation of time for each day of the year.
alarmists
noun, a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
Cartesian
noun, a follower of Cartesian thought.
ancestral
adjective, pertaining to ancestors; descending or claimed from ancestors:
seatrains
noun, a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
staircase
noun, a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.
clarinets
noun, a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
trailsmen
noun, a person who follows a trail.
near-miss
noun, a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
calamines
noun, a pink, water-insoluble powder consisting of zinc oxide and about 0.5 percent ferric oxide, used in ointments, lotions, or the like, for the treatment of inflammatory conditions of the skin.
Lamartine
noun, Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de [al-fawns ma-ree lwee duh pra duh] /alˈfɔ̃s maˈri lwi də pra də/ (Show IPA), 1790–1869, French poet, historian, and statesman.
craniates
noun, a craniate animal.
claimsman
noun, an insurance adjuster, especially one dealing with casualty-insurance claims; claims adjuster.
Caesarism
noun, absolute government; imperialism.
tramlines
noun, a streetcar system.
calamints
noun, any of several aromatic plants belonging to the genus Calamintha (or Satureja) of the mint family, having simple, opposite leaves and drooping clusters of flowers.
arsenical
noun, any of a group of pesticides, drugs, or other compounds containing arsenic.
Samaritan
noun, an inhabitant of Samaria.
laitances
noun, a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
marcasite
noun, Also called white iron pyrites. a common mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , chemically similar to pyrite but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.
Calamites
noun, any fossil plant of the genus Calamites and related genera of the Carboniferous Period, resembling oversized horsetails and constituting much of the coal used as fuel.
marinates
verb (used with object), to steep (food) in a marinade.
ascertain
verb (used with object), to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine:
lamisters
noun, lamster.
miscreant
noun, a vicious or depraved person; villain.
racemisms
noun, (of a compound) the state of being optically inactive and separable into two other substances of the same chemical composition as the original substance, one of which is dextrorotatory and the other levorotatory, as racemic acid.
assailant
noun, a person who attacks.
artisanal
adjective, pertaining to or noting a person skilled in an applied art:
salariats
noun, the class of workers in an economy who receive salaries.
laminates
noun, a laminated product; lamination.
Ammanati
noun, Bartolommeo [bahr-taw-lawm-me-aw] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔmˈmɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1511–92, Italian architect and sculptor.
laitance
noun, a milky deposit on the surface of new cement or concrete, usually caused by too much water.
amnesiac
noun, a person affected by amnesia.
anaemias
noun, anemia.
Amratian
adjective, of, relating to, or belonging to the predynastic Chalcolithic culture that flourished in Upper Egypt about 3800 b.c., characterized by the working of raw gold, the use of copper, and the burial of the dead in shallow graves.
sealants
noun, a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
realisms
noun, interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
tailrace
noun, the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
amirates
noun, emirate.
Castries
noun, a port in and the capital of the state of St. Lucia, on the NW coast.
imamates
noun, the office of an imam.
catalase
noun, an enzyme that decomposes hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water.
amnesias
noun, loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
asternal
adjective, not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
melismas
noun, an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
McMaster
noun, John Bach, 1852–1932, U.S. historian and educator.
lamsters
noun, a fugitive from the law.
Estancia
noun, (in Spanish America) a landed estate or a cattle ranch.
saltiers
noun, saltire.
Matralia
noun, an annual festival of ancient Rome celebrated by women in honor of the goddess Matuta.
amanitas
noun, any agaricaceous fungus of the genus Amanita, comprised chiefly of poisonous species.
macrames
noun, an elaborately patterned lacelike webbing made of hand-knotted cord, yarn, or the like, and used for wall decorations, hanging baskets, garments, accessories, etc.
lamister
noun, lamster.
slammers
noun, a person or thing that slams.
matrices
noun, something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
tamarins
noun, any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
melanism
noun, Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
re-claim
verb (used with object), to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
laminate
noun, a laminated product; lamination.
McNamara
noun, Robert Strange, 1916–2009, U.S. business executive and government official: Secretary of Defense 1961–68; president of World Bank 1968–81.
Caterina
noun, a female given name, form of Catherine.
caterans
noun, (formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
amentias
noun, lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
American
noun, a citizen of the United States of America.
asterism
noun, Astronomy. a group of stars. a constellation.
smartens
Verb phrases, smarten up, to groom oneself: to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
talisman
noun, a stone, ring, or other object, engraved with figures or characters supposed to possess occult powers and worn as an amulet or charm.
analcite
noun, a white or slightly colored zeolite mineral, Na(AlSi 2 O 6)⋅H 2 O, generally found in crystalline form.
atresias
noun, the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
analects
plural noun, selected passages from the writings of an author or of different authors.
canastas
noun, a variety of rummy in which the main object is to meld sets of seven or more cards.
misnames
verb (used with object), to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.
calamite
noun, any fossil plant of the genus Calamites and related genera of the Carboniferous Period, resembling oversized horsetails and constituting much of the coal used as fuel.
armament
noun, the arms and equipment with which a military unit or military apparatus is supplied.
caramels
noun, a liquid made by cooking sugar until it changes color, used for coloring and flavoring food.
metrical
adjective, pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
cantalas
noun, a cordage fiber obtained from the leaves of a tropical plant, Agave cantala.
mismates
verb (used with or without object), to mate unsuitably or wrongly.
minarets
noun, a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
canister
noun, a small box or jar, often one of a kitchen set, for holding tea, coffee, flour, and sugar.
Canaries
noun, any of several Old World finches of the genus Serinus, especially S. canaria (common canary) native to the Canary Islands and often kept as a pet, in the wild being greenish with brown streaks above and yellow below and in domesticated varieties usually bright yellow or pale yellow.
stearins
noun, Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
arcanist
noun, a person professing special secret knowledge concerning ceramics, especially concerning the making of porcelain.
mineral.
stammrel
adjective, noun, staumrel.
stammers
noun, a stammering mode of utterance.
staminas
noun, strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
staminal
adjective, of or relating to stamens.
raiments
noun, clothing; apparel; attire.
minsters
noun, a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
minstrel
noun, a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour.
semantic
adjective, of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols:
Tarascan
noun, a member of an American Indian people of Michoacán state, in southwestern Mexico.
analemma
noun, a scale shaped like the figure 8, showing the declination of the sun and the equation of time for each day of the year.
lactases
noun, an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
smarties
noun, a smart aleck.
ratlines
noun, any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
Artesian
adjective, noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
anatases
noun, a naturally occurring crystalline form of titanium dioxide, TiO 2 .
sea-salt
noun, table salt produced through the evaporation of seawater.
seasnail
noun, any of several snailfishes of the genus Liparis, of the North Atlantic.
sea-star
noun, starfish.
seatrain
noun, a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
mistrals
noun, a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
arsenics
meticals
noun, a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
carmines
noun, a crimson or purplish-red color.
racemism
noun, (of a compound) the state of being optically inactive and separable into two other substances of the same chemical composition as the original substance, one of which is dextrorotatory and the other levorotatory, as racemic acid.
Carmania
noun, a province of the ancient Persian empire, on the Gulf of Oman.
calamari
noun, squid.
animates
adjective, alive; possessing life:
carlines
noun, an old woman.
calamine
noun, a pink, water-insoluble powder consisting of zinc oxide and about 0.5 percent ferric oxide, used in ointments, lotions, or the like, for the treatment of inflammatory conditions of the skin.
calamint
noun, any of several aromatic plants belonging to the genus Calamintha (or Satureja) of the mint family, having simple, opposite leaves and drooping clusters of flowers.
carinate
adjective, Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.
centrals
noun, a main telephone exchange. a telephone operator at such an exchange.
talesman
noun, a person summoned as one of the tales.
Altamira
noun, a cave in northern Spain, near Santander, noted for its Upper Paleolithic polychrome paintings of bison, deer, and pigs.
Alastair
noun, a male given name.
trammels
noun, Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
marmites
noun, a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
Salesian
noun, a member of the Society of St. Francis de Sales, a congregation founded in Turin in 1845 and engaged chiefly in missionary and educational work.
retsinas
noun, a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
terminal
noun, a terminal part of a structure; end or extremity.
maltases
noun, an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
claimers
noun, a person who makes a claim; claimant.
alarmist
noun, a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
mascaras
noun, a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
claimant
noun, a person who makes a claim.
craniate
noun, a craniate animal.
salesman
noun, a man who sells goods, services, etc.
Alcestis
noun, Also, Alkestis. Classical Mythology. the wife of Admetus who gave up her life in order that the Fates might save the life of Admetus and later was brought back from Hades by Hercules.
Satanism
noun, the worship of Satan or the powers of evil.
retinals
noun, an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
massacre
noun, the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
cisterna
noun, cistern (def 2).
malarias
noun, Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
acarines
noun, any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
salients
noun, a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
marascas
noun, a wild cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, yielding a small, bitter fruit, from which maraschino is made.
tramline
noun, a streetcar system.
Alicante
noun, a seaport in SE Spain, on the Mediterranean.
Clarissa
noun, a female given name, form of Clara.
elastins
noun, a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
Santeria
noun, (sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
mantissa
noun, Mathematics. the decimal part of a common logarithm. Compare characteristic (def 3a).
Clematis
noun, any of numerous plants or woody vines of the genus Clematis, including many species cultivated for their showy, variously colored flowers.
Santarem
noun, a city in N Brazil, on the Amazon River.
marsalas
noun, a seaport in W Sicily.
saracens
noun, History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
trailman
noun, trailsman.
elastics
noun, webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
clarinet
noun, a woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a single reed attached to its mouthpiece.
manacles
noun, a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
salariat
noun, the class of workers in an economy who receive salaries.
maniacal
adjective, of or relating to mania or a maniac.
martians
noun, a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
marantas
noun, any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
sanicles
noun, any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
sarcinas
noun, any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
acrasins
noun, a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
salaries
noun, a fixed compensation periodically paid to a person for regular work or services.
Sarmatia
noun, the ancient name of a region in E Europe, between the Vistula and the Volga.
sarmenta
noun, a slender running stem; runner.
trenails
noun, treenail.
cremains
plural noun, the ashes of a cremated corpse.
trilemma
noun, a situation, analogous to a dilemma, in which there are three almost equally undesirable alternatives:
Cinerama
Erastian
noun, an advocate of Erastianism.
Tasmania
noun, an island S of Australia: a state of the commonwealth of Australia. 26,382 sq. mi. (68,330 sq. km). Capital: Hobart.
Erasmian
noun, a follower of Erasmus.
material
noun, the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed:
mainmast
noun, the second mast from forward in any ship having two or more masts, except for a yawl, ketch, or dandy.
tsarinas
noun, czarina.
salterns
noun, a saltworks.
ceramals
noun, cermet.
Alsatian
noun, a native or inhabitant of Alsace.
maternal
adjective, of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother:
ceramist
noun, a person who makes ceramics.
aliments
noun, that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
scalares
noun, any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
saltines
noun, a crisp, salted cracker.
cerimans
noun, a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
malaises
noun, a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
entrails
plural noun, the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
marlines
noun, small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
almemars
noun, bimah.
scanties
noun, scanties, very brief underpants, especially for women.
marinate
verb (used with object), to steep (food) in a marinade.
saltires
noun, an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
scarlets
noun, a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
racists
noun, a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
slammer
noun, a person or thing that slams.
Setaria
noun, any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
Astaire
noun, Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
racisms
noun, a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
sanicle
noun, any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
calesas
noun, (in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
camails
noun, aventail (def 1).
saltier
noun, saltire.
cameral
adjective, of or relating to a judicial or legislative chamber or the privacy of such a chamber.
Santali
noun, the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
canasta
noun, a variety of rummy in which the main object is to meld sets of seven or more cards.
saltire
noun, an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
ramenta
noun, a scraping, shaving, or particle.
elastin
noun, a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
lamster
noun, a fugitive from the law.
serials
noun, anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
camlets
noun, a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.
Salters
noun, a person who makes or sells salt.
camises
noun, a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
raiment
noun, clothing; apparel; attire.
sestina
noun, a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
elastic
noun, webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
salaams
noun, a salutation meaning “peace,” used especially in Islamic countries.
Salamis
noun, an island off the SE coast of Greece, W of Athens, in the Gulf of Aegina: Greeks defeated Persians in a naval battle 480 b.c. 39 sq. mi. (101 sq. km).
cranial
adjective, of or relating to the cranium or skull.
atlases
noun, a bound collection of maps.
astasia
noun, inability to stand due to a limitation or absence of muscular coordination.
lactams
noun, any of a group of cyclic amides characterized by the NHCO group, derived from aminocarboxylic acids by the intramolecular elimination of water from the amino and carboxylic groups.
samlets
noun, a young salmon.
ramstam
noun, a stubborn or thoughtless person.
salient
noun, a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
salines
noun, a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
Lacerta
noun, the Lizard, a northern constellation between Cepheus and Pegasus.
Caelian
noun, the southeastern hill of the seven hills of ancient Rome.
nectars
noun, the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
lactase
noun, an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
caesars
noun, Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
samites
noun, a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
simmers
noun, the state or process of simmering.
samisen
noun, a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
Eastman
noun, George, 1854–1932, U.S. philanthropist and inventor in the field of photography.
Salinas
noun, a city in W California.
atresia
noun, the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
Sinatra
noun, Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
Natalie
noun, a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
sinters
noun, siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
Aterian
adjective, of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
laminas
noun, a thin plate, scale, or layer.
eclairs
noun, a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
saltern
noun, a saltworks.
laminar
adjective, composed of, or arranged in, laminae.
cretins
noun, a person suffering from cretinism.
laments
noun, an expression of grief or sorrow.
samaras
noun, an indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the elm or maple.
atamans
noun, the elected chief of a Cossack village or military force.
crissal
adjective, of or relating to the crissum.
samsara
noun, Buddhism. the process of coming into existence as a differentiated, mortal creature. Compare nirvana (def 1).
silents
noun, Usually, silents. silent films.
Samaria
noun, a district in ancient Palestine: later part of the Roman province of Syria; taken by Jordan 1948; occupied by Israel 1967.
Raamses
noun, a city that was built for the Pharaoh by the Israelites and from which the Exodus began. Ex. 1:11.
silanes
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.
Nicetas
noun, Saint Ignatius (def 2).
caimans
noun, any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
Lamaism
noun, the Buddhism of Tibet and Mongolia, a Mahayana form including non-Buddhist Indian elements as well as elements of the preexisting Bön shamanism.
nematic
adjective, noting a mesomorphic state in which the arrangement of the molecules is linear.
nasties
noun, Informal. a nasty person or thing.
santims
noun, a former coin of Latvia, the 100th part of a lat.
inserts
noun, something inserted or to be inserted.
ramtils
noun, Niger seed.
realism
noun, interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
asramas
noun, any of the four phases of the ideally conducted life: education, work, withdrawal from society, and asceticism.
Catalan
noun, a native or inhabitant of Catalonia.
screams
noun, a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
castles
noun, a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
Castile
noun, Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
casters
noun, a person or thing that casts.
realist
noun, a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
entrail
plural noun, the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
retinal
noun, an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
entasis
noun, a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
cinemas
noun, Chiefly British. motion picture.
Cassite
noun, Kassite.
cassina
noun, dahoon.
imamate
noun, the office of an imam.
entails
noun, the act of entailing.
cistern
noun, a reservoir, tank, or container for storing or holding water or other liquid.
cassena
noun, dahoon.
casitas
noun, a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
sealant
noun, a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
Caserta
noun, a city in S Italy, near Naples.
caserns
noun, a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
Catalin
scalare
noun, any of three deep-bodied, cichlid fishes, Pterophyllum scalare, P. altum, and P. eimekei, inhabiting northern South American rivers, often kept in aquariums.
caseins
noun, Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
reliant
adjective, having or showing dependence:
Scarlet
noun, a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
ceramal
noun, cermet.
central
noun, a main telephone exchange. a telephone operator at such an exchange.
estamin
noun, a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
centals
noun, hundredweight (def 1).
estrins
noun, estrone.
remains
noun, Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
relicts
noun, Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
ceriman
noun, a climbing, tropical American plant, Monstera deliciosa, of the arum family, characterized by cordlike, aerial roots and large, perforated leaves.
resails
verb (used without object), to sail back or again.
Catania
noun, a seaport in E Sicily.
certain
Idioms, for certain, without a doubt; surely:
reclaim
noun, reclamation:
scleras
noun, a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
recital
noun, a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
retails
noun, the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
scalers
noun, a person or thing that scales.
retains
verb (used with object), to keep possession of.
cateran
noun, (formerly) a freebooter or marauder of the Scottish Highlands.
recasts
noun, a recasting.
recants
verb (used with object), to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
imarets
noun, (in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
satanic
adjective, of Satan.
sailers
noun, a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
seminar
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.
carinas
noun, Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
inseams
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.
Insecta
noun, the class comprising the insects.
cariama
noun, seriema.
centri-
Sarcina
noun, any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
sarcasm
noun, harsh or bitter derision or irony.
sematic
adjective, serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.
seminal
adjective, pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
caramel
noun, a liquid made by cooking sugar until it changes color, used for coloring and flavoring food.
caritas
noun, charity.
Saracen
noun, History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
instals
verb (used with object), install.
instars
noun, an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
cantles
noun, the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
canters
noun, an easy gallop.
rascals
noun, a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
cantala
noun, a cordage fiber obtained from the leaves of a tropical plant, Agave cantala.
santirs
noun, a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
climant
adjective, rampant, as a goat:
climate
noun, the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years.
claries
noun, any of several aromatic herbs of the genus Salvia, especially S. sclarea, having hairy, heart-shaped leaves and open clusters of lilac or blue flowers, used as a seasoning, a wine flavoring, and an ingredient in perfumes.
clarets
noun, the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
enlists
verb (used with object), to engage for military service:
carnets
noun, a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
citrals
noun, a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
claimer
noun, a person who makes a claim; claimant.
ratline
noun, any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
ratines
noun, a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
cartels
noun, an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
incases
verb (used with object), encase.
retsina
noun, a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
marital
carnies
noun, a person employed by a carnival.
incests
noun, sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
Carline
noun, an old woman.
claires
noun, Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
clamant
adjective, clamorous; noisy.
Riesman
noun, David, 1909–2002, U.S. sociologist.
Carmine
noun, a crimson or purplish-red color.
Carmela
noun, a female given name, form of Carmel.
inlaces
verb (used with object), enlace.
clarain
noun, the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
secants
noun, Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
Carlita
noun, a female given name.
Carlist
noun, a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
slaters
noun, a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
saltine
noun, a crisp, salted cracker.
mailmen
noun, a person employed by the post office to deliver mail; mail carrier.
mascara
noun, a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
Linares
noun, a city in S Spain.
manacle
noun, a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
messman
noun, an enlisted person who serves in the messroom.
martins
noun, Peter, born 1946, U.S. choreographer and ballet master, born in Denmark.
sternal
adjective, of or relating to the sternum.
animate
adjective, alive; possessing life:
Messina
noun, a seaport in NE Sicily.
Alamein
noun, El Alamein.
linters
noun, linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
2,4,5-t
noun, a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
anlaces
noun, anelace.
maltase
noun, an enzyme that converts maltose into glucose and causes similar cleavage of many other glucosides.
mescals
noun, an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
anemias
noun, Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
strains
noun, any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
listens
Verb phrases, listen in, to listen to a radio or television broadcast: to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
streams
noun, a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
listers
noun, Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
Malines
noun, Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
anatase
noun, a naturally occurring crystalline form of titanium dioxide, TiO 2 .
malices
noun, desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
Linacre
noun, Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
stencil
noun, a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
merlins
noun, a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
mailman
noun, a person employed by the post office to deliver mail; mail carrier.
Aramean
noun, a Semite of the division associated with Aram.
Mansart
noun, Jules Hardouin [zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/ (Show IPA), (Jules Hardouin) 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
Aramaic
noun, Also, Aramean, Aramaean. a northwest Semitic language that from c300 b.c.–a.d. 650 was a lingua franca for nearly all of SW Asia and was the everyday speech of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Palestine. Compare Biblical Aramaic.
minaret
noun, a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
milters
noun, a male fish in breeding time.
ailment
noun, a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
tincals
noun, a former name for crude native borax.
manilas
noun, a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man. Compare Quezon City.
Antlers
noun, one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
miasmas
noun, noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
antiars
noun, the upas tree.
Martina
noun, a female given name.
Martens
noun, any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
airless
adjective, lacking air.
stearic
adjective, of or relating to suet or fat.
stearin
noun, Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
Martial
noun, (Marcus Valerius Martialis) a.d. 43?–104? Roman epigrammatist, born in Spain.
Antares
noun, a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
limmers
noun, a woman of loose morals; hussy.
Martian
noun, a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars:
limners
noun, a person who paints or draws.
metical
noun, a brass coin and monetary unit of Mozambique, equal to 100 centavos: replaced the escudo in 1980.
malates
noun, a salt or ester of malic acid.
anaemic
adjective, anemic.
stances
noun, the position or bearing of the body while standing:
macrame
noun, an elaborately patterned lacelike webbing made of hand-knotted cord, yarn, or the like, and used for wall decorations, hanging baskets, garments, accessories, etc.
tarsals
noun, a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
amentia
noun, lack of intellectual development; imbecility; severe mental retardation.
meatman
noun, a dealer in meat; butcher.
Amen-Ra
noun, a god in whom Amen and Ra were combined: the god of the universe and the supreme Egyptian god during the period of Theban political supremacy.
tamarin
noun, any South American marmoset of the genera Saguinus and Leontopithecus (Leontideus), having silky fur and a nonprehensile tail: several species are threatened or endangered.
tamaris
noun, a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
almanac
noun, an annual publication containing a calendar for the coming year, the times of such events and phenomena as anniversaries, sunrises and sunsets, phases of the moon, tides, etc., and other statistical information and related topics.
almemar
noun, bimah.
Almeria
noun, a seaport in S Spain, on the Mediterranean.
Amasias
noun, Amaziah.
tarmacs
noun, (lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
America
noun, United States.
Amanita
noun, any agaricaceous fungus of the genus Amanita, comprised chiefly of poisonous species.
tammies
noun, a fabric of mixed fibers, constructed in plain weave and often heavily glazed, used in the manufacture of linings and undergarments.
matrass
noun, a rounded, long-necked glass container, formerly used for distilling and dissolving substances.
Matisse
noun, Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1954, French painter.
tanrecs
noun, tenrec.
almsman
noun, a person supported by or receiving alms.
tansies
noun, any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
almsmen
noun, a person supported by or receiving alms.
mailers
noun, a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
Alsatia
noun, name formerly given to the Whitefriars district in London, England, which was a sanctuary for debtors and lawbreakers.
tamales
noun, a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
melanic
adjective, Pathology. melanotic.
anaemia
noun, anemia.
malaise
noun, a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease.
amtracs
noun, amphibian (def 4).
malaria
noun, Pathology. any of a group of diseases, usually intermittent or remittent, characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan, which is transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito of the genus Anopheles and which occupies and destroys red blood cells.
amritas
noun, the beverage of immortality.
Massena
noun, a city in N New York, on the St. Lawrence River.
aliases
noun, a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
Massine
noun, Léonide [ley-aw-need] /leɪ ɔˈnid/ (Show IPA), 1896–1979, U.S. ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Russia.
Mercian
noun, a native or inhabitant of Mercia.
amnesia
noun, loss of a large block of interrelated memories; complete or partial loss of memory caused by brain injury, shock, etc.
aliment
noun, that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
ammines
noun, a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
Mercast
noun, a broadcasting system used by U.S. agencies to deliver messages to government-operated ships.
Ameslan
noun, American Sign Language.
talaria
plural noun, the wings or winged sandals on the feet of Hermes, or Mercury.
malacia
noun, softening, or loss of consistency, of an organ or tissue.
amirate
noun, emirate.
tarsias
noun, intarsia.
menials
noun, a domestic servant.
mastics
noun, Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
aminate
verb (used with object), to introduce an amino group into (a compound).
aminase
noun, any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of amino compounds, releasing the amino group and liberating nitrogen.
Melissa
noun, Classical Mythology. the sister of Amalthea who nourished the infant Zeus with honey.
melisma
noun, an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
tinsels
noun, a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
aimless
adjective, without aim; purposeless.
artless
adjective, free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
acnemia
noun, a condition characterized by atrophy of the muscles of the calf of the leg.
arnicas
noun, any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
ascites
noun, accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity; dropsy of the peritoneum.
Latimer
noun, Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
marlins
noun, any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
acetins
noun, a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
Marline
noun, small stuff of two-fiber strands, sometimes tarred, laid up left-handed.
Trammel
noun, Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint:
marasca
noun, a wild cherry, Prunus cerasus marasca, yielding a small, bitter fruit, from which maraschino is made.
latices
noun, a plural of latex.
armlets
noun, an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
acrasin
noun, a chemotactic substance, identical with cAMP, secreted by myxamebas of cellular slime molds and attracting other myxamebas to aggregate and form a pseudoplasmodium.
armless
adjective, lacking an arm or arms:
latrias
noun, the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
latrine
noun, a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
smarten
Verb phrases, smarten up, to groom oneself: to become aware of one's mistakes, shortcomings, etc., and make efforts to correct them:
misname
verb (used with object), to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.
mismate
verb (used with or without object), to mate unsuitably or wrongly.
Marmite
noun, a metal or earthenware cooking pot with a cover, usually large and often having legs.
Lateran
noun, the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
Marsala
noun, a seaport in W Sicily.
Mistral
noun, a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
artisan
noun, a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
acarine
noun, any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
article
noun, a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
Artesia
noun, a city in S California.
Marcian
noun, a.d. 392?–457, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire 450–457.
ARTEMIS
noun, Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon. Compare Diana.
transl.
misters
noun, (initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
trenail
noun, treenail.
lascars
noun, an East Indian sailor.
Smetana
noun, Bedřich [Czech be-drzhikh] /Czech ˈbɛ drʒɪx/ (Show IPA), 1824–84, Czech composer.
Ascaris
noun, any parasitic roundworm of the genus Ascaris, found in the human small intestine and causing colic and diarrhea.
arsines
noun, Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
marcels
noun, a marcelling.
acetals
noun, Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
ascents
noun, an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
arsenal
noun, a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
Larissa
noun, a city in E Thessaly, in E Greece.
Armenia
noun, an ancient country in W Asia: now divided between Armenia, Turkey, and Iran.
Acrilan
lancets
noun, a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
Maranta
noun, any of several tropical American plants of the genus Maranta, including arrowroot and several species cultivated as ornamentals for their variegated foliage.
mantras
noun, Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
marines
noun, a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
tisanes
noun, (italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
namaste
noun, a conventional Hindu expression on meeting or parting, used by the speaker usually while holding the palms together vertically in front of the bosom.
stamin-
stamina
noun, strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
Minster
noun, a church actually or originally connected with a monastic establishment.
nailers
noun, a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
tsarina
noun, czarina.
slicers
noun, a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
tsarism
noun, czarism.
stammer
noun, a stammering mode of utterance.
lancers
noun, a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
Maritsa
noun, a river in S Europe, flowing from S Bulgaria along the boundary between Greece and European Turkey and into the Aegean. 300 miles (485 km) long.
tsimmes
noun, tzimmes.
Manteca
noun, a town in central California.
Laramie
noun, a city in SE Wyoming.
lectins
noun, any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
miscast
verb (used with object), to assign an unsuitable role to (an actor):
actinal
adjective, having tentacles or rays.
maracas
noun, a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
marinas
noun, a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
lariats
noun, a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
slimmer
noun, a person who is trying to lose weight, especially by dieting.
Staines
noun, a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
actress
noun, a woman who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc., especially professionally.
miracle
noun, an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause.
Marina
noun, a boat basin offering dockage and other service for small craft.
Matane
noun, a city in E Quebec, in SE Canada, on the St. Lawrence River.
saltie
noun, an ocean-going sailor.
maists
adjective, noun, adverb, most.
Salter
noun, a person who makes or sells salt.
resist
noun, a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
Master
noun, a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
Salten
noun, Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
retail
noun, the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
Marian
noun, a person who has a particular devotion to the Virgin Mary.
remits
noun, Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
Mastic
noun, Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
marine
noun, a member of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Marlin
noun, any large, saltwater game fish of the genera Makaira and Tetrapterus, having the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike structure.
Mariel
noun, a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
Salina
noun, a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
salmis
noun, salmi.
retain
verb (used with object), to keep possession of.
ericas
noun, any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
Renata
noun, a female given name.
rental
noun, an amount received or paid as rent.
resail
verb (used without object), to sail back or again.
Mainer
noun, a native or inhabitant of the state of Maine.
saline
noun, a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
elints
noun, the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
maline
noun, Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
Marcie
noun, a female given name, form of Marcia.
Mantle
noun, a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
r-less
adjective, r-dropping.
Salaam
noun, a salutation meaning “peace,” used especially in Islamic countries.
saints
noun, any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
maniac
noun, a raving or violently insane person; lunatic.
manias
noun, excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
maraca
noun, a gourd or a gourd-shaped rattle filled with seeds or pebbles and used, often in a pair, as a rhythm instrument.
Manila
noun, a seaport in and the capital of the Philippines, on W central Luzon. Abbreviation: Man. Compare Quezon City.
sacral
adjective, of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
mantra
noun, Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
Manisa
noun, a city in W Turkey, near the Aegean: Roman defeat of Antiochus the Great 190 b.c.
Manati
noun, a city in N Puerto Rico.
Elmira
noun, a city in S central New York.
Marten
noun, any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
Elissa
noun, Phoenician name of Dido.
saices
noun, syce.
mantis
noun, any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
mantic
adjective, of or relating to divination.
mantel
noun, a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
sailer
noun, a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
Martel
noun, a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
manses
noun, the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
salami
noun, a kind of sausage, originally Italian, often flavored with garlic.
marais
noun, a swamp or bayou.
retina
noun, the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
enlist
verb (used with object), to engage for military service:
Marcia
noun, a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “warlike.”.
malars
noun, Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
Salian
noun, a Salian Frank.
malate
noun, a salt or ester of malic acid.
entail
noun, the act of entailing.
malice
noun, desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another, either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
eclair
noun, a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
mantas
noun, (in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
maslin
noun, a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
Marcel
noun, a marcelling.
rinses
noun, an act or instance of rinsing.
masers
noun, a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
mascle
noun, a lozenge represented as having a lozenge-shaped hole at the center.
Marcan
adjective, of, relating to, or characteristic of St. Mark or of the second Gospel.
masais
noun, a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
eclats
noun, brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
enacts
verb (used with object), to make into an act or statute:
Mamers
noun, Mars.
riatas
noun, a lariat.
Manala
noun, Tuonela.
Manama
noun, a city in and the capital of Bahrain, on N Bahrain island.
Namtar
noun, the Sumerian and Akkadian demon personifying death.
realia
plural noun, Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
mailes
noun, a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
Ismael
noun, Ishmael (def 1).
Itasca
noun, Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
latria
noun, the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
misers
noun, a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
learns
verb (used with object), to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
racial
adjective, of or relating to the social construct of race:
istles
noun, a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
Racine
noun, Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
racism
noun, a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human racial groups determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to dominate others or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
learnt
verb, a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
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.
racist
noun, a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
leasts
noun, something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
lectin
noun, any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
lemans
noun, a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
Raetic
noun, an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
nitres
noun, niter.
Ramses
noun, the name of several kings of ancient Egypt.
milter
noun, a male fish in breeding time.
inter.
inters
verb (used with object), to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
intra-
ramtil
noun, Niger seed.
lentic
adjective, pertaining to or living in still water.
minces
noun, something cut up very small; mincemeat.
Lemass
noun, Seán Francis [shawn] /ʃɔn/ (Show IPA), 1899–1971, prime minister of Ireland 1959–66.
Lencas
noun, a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
ramets
noun, an individual of a clone.
miners
noun, Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
ramate
adjective, having branches; branching out or off.
Isaacs
noun, Sir Isaac Alfred, 1855–1948, Australian jurist: governor general of Australia 1931–36.
raises
noun, an increase in amount, as of wages:
latins
noun, an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
niters
noun, potassium nitrate.
Rascal
noun, a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
lariat
noun, a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
Lamesa
noun, a city in NW Texas.
nasals
noun, Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
lamias
noun, Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
lamina
noun, a thin plate, scale, or layer.
nacres
noun, mother-of-pearl.
Larine
adjective, characteristic of or resembling a gull.
nailer
noun, a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
lament
noun, an expression of grief or sorrow.
Lanier
noun, Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
Lammas
noun, a former festival in England, held on August 1, in which bread made from the first harvest of corn was blessed.
lancet
noun, a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
narial
adjective, of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
lanais
noun, a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
lancer
noun, a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
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.
NASCAR
noun, National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
Latina
noun, a woman of Latin-American descent.
Lassie
noun, a young girl; lass.
missal
noun, (sometimes initial capital letter) Roman Catholic Church. the book containing the prayers and rites used by the priest in celebrating Mass over the course of the entire year.
Nicaea
noun, an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
Mister
noun, (initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
latens
verb (used with or without object), to make or become late.
nemat-
lactam
noun, any of a group of cyclic amides characterized by the NHCO group, derived from aminocarboxylic acids by the intramolecular elimination of water from the amino and carboxylic groups.
nectar
noun, the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or birds that pollinate the flower.
Nasser
noun, Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
natals
noun, a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
miters
noun, the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
mitral
adjective, of or resembling a miter.
lascar
noun, an East Indian sailor.
nastic
adjective, of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
mitres
noun, Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
Milner
noun, Alfred, 1st Viscount, 1854–1925, British statesman and colonial administrator.
lianas
noun, any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
remiss
adjective, negligent, careless, or slow in performing one's duty, business, etc.:
lanate
adjective, woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
mensal
adjective, monthly.
iceman
noun, a man whose business is gathering, storing, selling, or delivering ice.
reatas
noun, riata.
mensas
noun, Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
mental
noun, Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
Mercia
noun, an early English kingdom in central Britain.
litres
noun, liter.
recant
verb (used with object), to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
re-act
verb (used with object), to act or perform again.
merits
noun, claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
imaret
noun, (in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
liters
noun, a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
Merlin
noun, a small, bold falcon, Falco columbarius, of the Northern Hemisphere.
immane
adjective, vast in size; enormous.
menial
noun, a domestic servant.
recast
noun, a recasting.
Mersin
noun, a seaport in S Turkey, on the NW coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
matri-
Mailer
noun, a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
maters
noun, British Informal. mother1 .
matins
noun, (often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical. the first of the seven canonical hours. the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak. Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
estral
adjective, estrous.
Estrin
noun, estrone.
remans
verb (used with object), to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
remain
noun, Usually, remains. something that remains or is left.
melan-
relict
noun, Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
macles
noun, chiastolite.
recti-
rectal
adjective, of, relating to, or for the rectum.
macers
noun, macebearer.
McNair
noun, Lesley James, 1883–1944, U.S. army officer.
merman
noun, (in folklore) a male marine creature, having the head, torso, and arms of a man and the tail of a fish.
ratine
noun, a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
milers
noun, a participant in a one-mile race.
insets
noun, something inserted; insert.
inseam
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.
metal.
insect
noun, any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
limner
noun, a person who paints or draws.
insert
noun, something inserted or to be inserted.
rassle
verb (used with or without object), wrestle.
instal
verb (used with object), install.
rastle
verb (used with or without object), wrestle.
limmer
noun, a woman of loose morals; hussy.
limens
noun, threshold (def 4).
metric
noun, Often, metrics. a standard for measuring or evaluating something, especially one that uses figures or statistics:
miasma
noun, noxious exhalations from putrescent organic matter; poisonous effluvia or germs polluting the atmosphere.
instar
noun, an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
instr.
linacs
noun, linear accelerator.
linear
adjective, of, consisting of, or using lines:
ratels
noun, a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
mesial
adjective, medial.
incase
verb (used with object), encase.
mesail
noun, a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
Lister
noun, Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
incest
noun, sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
listen
Verb phrases, listen in, to listen to a radio or television broadcast: to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
mescal
noun, an intoxicating beverage distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
ratans
noun, rattan.
liners
noun, a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
messan
noun, a lap dog; small pet dog.
linter
noun, linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
ratals
noun, the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
messin
noun, messan.
inlace
verb (used with object), enlace.
inmate
noun, a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
lances
noun, a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
Marist
noun, a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
C-star
noun, carbon star.
arnica
noun, any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
Arista
noun, Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
Arliss
noun, George, 1868–1946, English actor.
snarls
noun, the act of snarling.
snares
noun, a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
armets
noun, a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
armies
noun, the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
armlet
noun, an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
smites
Idioms, smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
smiles
noun, the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
Stacia
noun, a female given name.
arsen-
arsine
noun, Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
smelts
noun, any of various small, silvery food fishes of the family Osmeridae, of cold northern waters, as the North American rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax.
smears
noun, an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
artels
noun, (in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
smarts
noun, a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
Asante
noun, Ashanti.
ascent
noun, an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
smarms
noun, behavior or speech that is smarmy.
arises
verb (used without object), to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
stains
noun, a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
asemia
noun, inability to comprehend or use communicative symbols, as words or gestures.
Antrim
noun, a county in NE Northern Ireland. 1098 sq. mi. (2844 sq. km). County seat: Belfast.
steins
noun, a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
steams
noun, water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
antiar
noun, the upas tree.
steals
noun, Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
antler
noun, one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
Antlia
noun, Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
stares
noun, a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
antres
noun, a cavern; cave.
Aralia
noun, any of various plants of the genus Aralia and related genera, several of which are cultivated as houseplants or have been used medicinally.
ariels
noun, a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
stanes
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), stone.
arcane
adjective, known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
stance
noun, the position or bearing of the body while standing:
Arcata
noun, a town in NW California.
arecas
noun, any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
stamen
noun, the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
Stalin
noun, Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
Ariane
noun, Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
stales
adjective, not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
smalts
noun, a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
asians
noun, a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
ansate
adjective, having a handle or handlelike part.
set-in
adjective, made separately and placed within another unit.
caiman
noun, any of several tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and allied genera: some are endangered.
silent
noun, Usually, silents. silent films.
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.
Cairns
noun, a seaport in NE Australia.
siesta
noun, a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
Calais
noun, the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
Calama
noun, a city in N Chile.
calesa
noun, (in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
camail
noun, aventail (def 1).
simars
noun, Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
camass
noun, any of several plants of the genus Camassia, of the lily family, especially C. quamash, of western North America, having long clusters of blue to white flowers and edible bulbs.
camera
noun, a device for capturing a photographic image or recording a video, using film or digital memory.
serins
noun, a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
camise
noun, a lightweight, loose-fitting shirt or smock with long sleeves.
camlet
noun, a durable, waterproof cloth, especially for outerwear.
Cammie
noun, camouflage.
serial
noun, anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
Canara
noun, Kanara.
serais
noun, (in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
Caesar
noun, Gaius [gey-uh s] /ˈgeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), (or Caius) [key-uh s] /ˈkeɪ əs/ (Show IPA), Julius, c100–44 b.c, Roman general, statesman, and historian.
Simmel
noun, Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1858–1918, German sociologist and philosopher.
sliest
adjective, a superlative of sly.
slants
noun, slanting or oblique direction; slope:
aslant
adverb, at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
slices
noun, a thin, flat piece cut from something:
Asmara
noun, a city in and the capital of Eritrea, in N Ethiopia.
slicer
noun, a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
asrama
noun, any of the four phases of the ideally conducted life: education, work, withdrawal from society, and asceticism.
slates
noun, a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
assail
verb (used with object), to attack vigorously or violently; assault.
Slater
noun, a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
assent
noun, agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
assert
Idioms, assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
simmer
noun, the state or process of simmering.
astern
adverb, in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
sitars
noun, a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
Sister
noun, a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
Sisera
noun, the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
astral
adjective, pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
ataman
noun, the elected chief of a Cossack village or military force.
sirens
noun, Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
Sirena
noun, a female given name.
sinter
noun, siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
Anselm
noun, Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
stemma
noun, ocellus (def 1).
caners
noun, a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
terais
noun, a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
tilers
noun, a person who lays tiles.
airman
noun, an aviator.
airmen
noun, an aviator.
ticals
noun, a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
tiaras
noun, a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
aisles
noun, a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
Tessin
noun, French and German name of Ticino.
teslas
noun, a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
Alaric
noun, a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
tincal
noun, a former name for crude native borax.
alarms
noun, a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
tensas
noun, a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
alates
noun, the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
tenias
noun, taenia.
tenaim
noun, the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
Aleman
noun, Mateo [mah-te-aw] /mɑˈtɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1547?–1610, Spanish novelist.
alerts
noun, an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
Alesia
noun, an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
Tassie
noun, tass.
timers
noun, a person or thing that times.
tineas
noun, any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
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.
trance
noun, a half-conscious state, seemingly between sleeping and waking, in which ability to function voluntarily may be suspended.
trines
noun, a set or group of three; triad.
trinal
adjective, threefold; triple; trine.
triens
noun, a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
trices
noun, a very short time; an instant:
triacs
noun, a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
transe
noun, a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
acetal
noun, Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
acetin
noun, a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
trans.
acmite
noun, a rare pyroxene mineral, sodium-ferric iron silicate, NaFe(Si 2 O 6), found in feldspathoid rocks.
tinsel
noun, a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
tra-la
noun, nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
trains
noun, Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
actin-
actins
noun, a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
trails
noun, a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
traces
noun, a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
tmesis
noun, the interpolation of one or more words between the parts of a compound word, as be thou ware for beware.
tisane
noun, (italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
aerial
noun, a radio or television antenna.
tassel
noun, a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
alines
noun, a female given name, form of Adeline.
anlace
noun, anelace.
stream
noun, a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
amines
noun, any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
Talara
noun, a seaport in NW Peru.
ammine
noun, a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
Amrita
noun, the beverage of immortality.
amtrac
noun, amphibian (def 4).
taenia
noun, Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
Strine
noun, Australian English.
ancile
noun, a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
Anemia
noun, Pathology. a quantitative deficiency of the hemoglobin, often accompanied by a reduced number of red blood cells and causing pallor, weakness, and breathlessness.
Amiens
noun, a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
anemic
adjective, Pathology. suffering from anemia.
Strain
noun, any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
stimes
noun, the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
sterns
noun, the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
animal
noun, any member of the kingdom Animalia, comprising multicellular organisms that have a well-defined shape and usually limited growth, can move voluntarily, actively acquire food and digest it internally, and have sensory and nervous systems that allow them to respond rapidly to stimuli: some classification schemes also include protozoa and certain other single-celled eukaryotes that have motility and animallike nutritional modes.
Animas
noun, soul; life.
animes
noun, a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
steric
adjective, of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
anises
noun, a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
talers
noun, thaler.
amices
noun, an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
Alissa
noun, a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
alters
noun, David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
Tasman
noun, Abel Janszoon [ah-buh l yahn-sohn] /ˈɑ bəl ˈyɑn soʊn/ (Show IPA), 1602?–59, Dutch navigator and explorer.
tarsia
noun, intarsia.
tarsal
noun, a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
Tarmac
noun, (lowercase) a road, airport runway, parking area, etc., paved with Tarmac, tarmacadam, or a layer of tar.
Alsace
noun, a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
Tarlac
noun, a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
Altaic
noun, the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
Altair
noun, a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
altern
adjective, alternate; following one another.
Altman
noun, Robert, 1925–2006, U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Talien
noun, Wade-Giles. Dalian.
tanrec
noun, tenrec.
Amalia
noun, a female given name.
Amarna
adjective, of or relating to the period in ancient Egyptian history described on cuneiform tablets (Amarna tablets) that were found in 1887 at Tell el Amarna and contain the correspondence (Amarna letters) from neighboring kings and governors to Amenhotep IV and his father Amenhotep III.
Tamils
noun, a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
Amelia
noun, the congenital absence of one or more limbs.
tamari
noun, a rich, naturally fermented soybean sauce containing little or no wheat and thicker than soy sauce.
Tamara
noun, a powdered mixture of cinnamon, cloves, coriander, aniseed, and fennel seed.
aments
noun, catkin.
Tamale
noun, a Mexican dish made of minced and seasoned meat packed in cornmeal dough, wrapped in corn husks, and steamed.
seracs
noun, a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
slimes
noun, thin, glutinous mud.
Cantal
noun, a department in S central France. 2231 sq. mi. (5780 sq. km). Capital: Aurillac.
cerat-
scenas
noun, an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
scarts
verb (used with or without object), to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
cental
noun, hundredweight (def 1).
centas
noun, a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
centi-
centr-
centra
noun, a plural of centrum.
scares
noun, a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
sclent
noun, any slanting surface, as a slope.
scants
adverb, Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
cestas
noun, a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
Scales
noun, Zoology. one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins. one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
scaler
noun, a person or thing that scales.
cinema
noun, Chiefly British. motion picture.
scalar
noun, Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude. Compare vector (def 1a).
satire
noun, the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
scents
noun, a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
scler-
citral
noun, a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
scries
verb (used without object), to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
casein
noun, Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
casern
noun, a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
casita
noun, a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
scrims
noun, a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
Cassel
noun, Kassel.
Cassia
noun, Also called cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon. a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree.
Cassie
noun, huisache.
Caster
noun, a person or thing that casts.
sclera
noun, a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
castes
noun, Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
Castle
noun, a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
scream
noun, a loud, sharp, piercing cry:
scrams
noun, the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
catena
noun, a chain or connected series, especially of extracts from the writings of the fathers of the Christian church.
caters
verb (used with object), to provide food and service for:
Catlin
noun, George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
satins
noun, a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
claims
noun, a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
Seaman
noun, a person skilled in seamanship.
samite
noun, a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
Crania
noun, the skull of a vertebrate.
crasis
noun, composition; constitution; makeup.
sancta
noun, a sacred or holy place.
Sammie
noun, a sandwich.
crates
noun, a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
creams
noun, the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
samlet
noun, a young salmon.
crests
noun, the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
sanies
noun, a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
Cretan
noun, a native or inhabitant of Crete.
cretin
noun, a person suffering from cretinism.
Samian
noun, a native or inhabitant of Samos.
Crimea
noun, the, a peninsula in SE Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Crista
noun, a crest or ridge.
Samara
noun, an indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the elm or maple.
Samain
noun, Samhain.
craals
noun, kraal.
cnemis
noun, the tibia or shin.
Claire
noun, Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
cleans
sarsen
noun, any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
Sarnia
noun, a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
clares
noun, a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
claret
noun, the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
class.
clasts
noun, a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
sarans
noun, a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
clears
noun, a clear or unobstructed space.
sansei
noun, a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
cleats
noun, a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
client
noun, a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
santir
noun, a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
clines
noun, Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
clints
noun, a male given name, form of Clinton.
clites
noun, Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
Santal
noun, sandalwood.
Casals
noun, Pablo [pah-bloh;; Spanish pah-vlaw] /ˈpɑ bloʊ;; Spanish ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1973, Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer; in France after 1936; in Puerto Rico after 1956.
cerias
noun, a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
carats
noun, a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
cartel
noun, an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
Carmen
noun, Ciudad del Carmen.
Carmel
noun, Mount, a mountain range in NW Israel, near the Mediterranean coast. Highest point, 1818 feet (554 meters). 14 miles (23 km) long.
caress
noun, an act or gesture expressing affection, as an embrace or kiss, especially a light stroking or touching.
carets
noun, a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
carnal
adjective, pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
Carian
noun, a native or inhabitant of Caria.
secant
noun, Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
cantle
noun, the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
Canter
noun, an easy gallop.
cantar
noun, a poem consisting of four-line stanzas, each line having eight syllables.
caries
noun, decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
carnet
noun, a customs document allowing an automobile to be driven at no cost across international borders.
carses
noun, bottom land.
Senlac
noun, a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
Carman
noun, one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
Carina
noun, Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
cartes
noun, (italics) French. menu; bill of fare. Compare à la carte.
rials
noun, a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
tarns
noun, a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
seti-
Saran
noun, a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
saice
noun, syce.
Selma
noun, a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
masts
noun, Nautical. a spar or structure rising above the hull and upper portions of a ship or boat to hold sails, spars, rigging, booms, signals, etc., at some point on the fore-and-aft line, as a foremast or mainmast. any of a number of individual spars composing such a structure, as a topmast supported on trestletrees at the head of a lower mast. any of various portions of a single spar that are beside particular sails, as a top-gallant mast and royal mast formed as a single spar.
talcs
noun, Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
Tarne
noun, (in the Iliad) Sardis.
Talca
noun, a city in central Chile.
sarc-
mater
noun, British Informal. mother1 .
Mensa
noun, Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
sials
noun, the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
Satan
noun, the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
mast-
serin
noun, a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
semi-
Saint
noun, any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
raias
noun, rayah.
temin
noun, Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
Massa
noun, marse.
telic
adjective, Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
masse
noun, a stroke made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held almost or quite perpendicular to the table.
talas
noun, a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
telia
noun, the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
tares
noun, any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
sains
verb (used with object), to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
menta
noun, Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
tears
sails
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.
teams
noun, a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
teals
noun, any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
Tarim
noun, a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
Siena
noun, a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
Sices
noun, syce.
Mears
noun, mere3 .
seism
noun, an earthquake.
menat
noun, an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
McRae
noun, Carmen, 1920–94, U.S. jazz singer and songwriter.
Menam
noun, a former name of Chao Phraya.
MEANS
noun, Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
meant
verb, simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
Tamar
noun, the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
taler
noun, thaler.
riata
noun, a lariat.
riant
adjective, laughing; smiling; cheerful.
melts
noun, the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
Melas
noun, a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
sasin
noun, blackbuck.
Melia
rices
noun, the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
riels
noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
melic
adjective, intended to be sung.
matr-
Tarai
noun, Terai.
rises
noun, an act or instance of rising.
saris
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.
matin
noun, (often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical. the first of the seven canonical hours. the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak. Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
rinse
noun, an act or instance of rinsing.
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).
tenia
noun, taenia.
Tamas
noun, See under guna.
Tanis
noun, an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
Rimas
noun, a female given name.
riles
verb (used with object), to irritate or vex.
Tamis
noun, a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
races
noun, a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
Tamil
noun, a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
tames
adjective, changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
Nasca
adjective, Nazca.
Santa
noun, Santa Claus.
rails
noun, a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
sensa
noun, plural of sensum.
Samas
noun, the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
trams
noun, British. a streetcar.
Marne
noun, a river in NE France, flowing W to the Seine near Paris: battles 1914, 1918, 1944. 325 miles (525 km) long.
trama
noun, a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.
serai
noun, (in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
train
noun, Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
ramie
noun, an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
trail
noun, a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
serac
noun, a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
marse
noun, (used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
Salic
adjective, of or relating to the Salian Franks.
Trace
noun, a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
ramet
noun, an individual of a clone.
T-man
noun, a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
seral
adjective, of or relating to a sere.
tirls
noun, a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
salmi
noun, a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
salsa
noun, a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
Tiran
noun, Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
Samar
noun, an island in the E central Philippines. 5309 sq. mi. (13,750 sq. km).
tsars
noun, czar.
Tsana
noun, Lake. Tana, Lake.
sents
noun, a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
trine
noun, a set or group of three; triad.
Saman
noun, a Persian noble who lived in the 8th century a.d., progenitor of the Samanid dynasty.
trims
noun, the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
tries
noun, plural of try.
rants
noun, ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
Salta
noun, a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
trice
noun, a very short time; an instant:
trial
noun, Law. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact. the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
ranis
noun, ranee.
triac
noun, a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
marls
noun, Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
tress
noun, Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
treas
trass
noun, a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
tires
noun, British Dialect. fatigue.
Marta
noun, a female given name.
rases
verb (used with object), raze.
Masan
noun, a seaport in SE South Korea.
Tesla
noun, a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
terns
noun, any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
Terni
noun, a city in central Italy.
marts
noun, market; trading center; trade center.
Masai
noun, a member of an African people inhabiting the highlands of Kenya and Tanzania and having a largely pastoral economy and a society based on the patrilineal clan.
terna
noun, a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
terms
noun, a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
masc.
Sans.
term.
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).
Saite
noun, a native or citizen of Saïs.
Terai
noun, a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
Merca
noun, a city in S Somalia.
tera-
MASER
noun, a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
raise
noun, an increase in amount, as of wages:
sanit
Raman
noun, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata [chuhn-druh-shey-ker-uh veng-kuh-tuh] /ˈtʃʌn drəˈʃeɪ kər ə ˈvɛŋ kə tə/ (Show IPA), 1888–1970, Indian physicist: Nobel prize 1930.
tiles
noun, a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
tines
noun, a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
ramal
adjective, of or relating to a ramus.
tinea
noun, any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
rales
noun, an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
times
noun, the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
Salem
noun, a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
timer
noun, a person or thing that times.
salat
noun, prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
tiara
noun, a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
Tiler
noun, a person who lays tiles.
Marti
noun, José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
Salas
noun, a large hall, living room, or reception room.
sanes
noun, a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
tiers
noun, one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
Seric
tical
noun, a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
semis
noun, a copper coin of ancient Rome, the half part of an as.
sect.
Taine
noun, Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
Taira
noun, a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
natl.
snail
noun, any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
Simms
noun, William Gilmore [gil-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈgɪl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1806–70, U.S. author.
nears
Recit
smile
noun, the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
SCRAM
noun, the rapid shutdown of a nuclear reactor in an emergency.
sinal
adjective, of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
smear
noun, an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
seats
noun, something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
Mists
noun, a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
miter
noun, the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
smite
Idioms, smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
Sinas
noun, a female given name.
mites
noun, any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
Mitra
noun, the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
since
adverb, from then till now (often preceded by ever):
snare
noun, a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
rect.
Smart
noun, a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
Srta.
mires
noun, a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
misc.
stain
noun, a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
scent
noun, a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
reist
verb (used without object), reest2 .
misce
verb, (in prescriptions) mix.
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.
miser
noun, a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
recta
noun, a plural of rectum.
snits
noun, an agitated or irritated state.
mises
noun, a settlement or agreement.
Reims
noun, a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
ratan
noun, rattan.
snarl
noun, the act of snarling.
simas
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.
Miss.
Missa
noun, Mass.
Mitre
noun, Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
reata
noun, riata.
stair
noun, one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
seals
noun, an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
narcs
noun, a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
sires
noun, the male parent of a quadruped.
nares
plural noun, the nostrils or the nasal passages.
react
verb (used with object), to act or perform again.
slate
noun, a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
Siret
noun, a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
nasal
noun, Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
SISAL
noun, Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
Siren
noun, Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
slant
noun, slanting or oblique direction; slope:
slams
noun, a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
slain
noun, sley.
sites
noun, the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
seams
noun, the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
sitar
noun, a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
rates
noun, the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
slice
noun, a thin, flat piece cut from something:
Natal
noun, a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
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)
slims
noun, a garment size meant for a thin person.
smarm
noun, behavior or speech that is smarmy.
MSEnt
nacre
noun, mother-of-pearl.
reals
noun, real number.
smalt
noun, a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
realm
noun, a royal domain; kingdom:
Smail
noun, snail mail.
salts
noun, a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
scrim
noun, a cotton or linen fabric of open weave used for bunting, curtains, etc.
sines
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.
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.
slime
noun, thin, glutinous mud.
Naima
noun, a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “benevolent.”.
naira
noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
ratel
noun, a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
slier
adjective, a comparative of sly.
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.
relic
noun, a surviving memorial of something past.
simar
noun, Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Merci
interjection, thank you.
rests
noun, the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
stile
noun, a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
sties
noun, a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
Nimes
noun, a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
scams
noun, a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
scans
noun, an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
Niles
noun, a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
Stern
noun, the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
meta-
Niter
noun, potassium nitrate.
resit
noun, a test or examination that is retaken.
ster.
scant
adverb, Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
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.
metas
noun, (in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
metic
noun, an alien resident of an ancient Greek city who paid a tax for the right to live there.
stela
noun, stele (defs 1–3).
stime
noun, the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
mesic
adjective, of, relating to, or adapted to an environment having a balanced supply of moisture.
scare
noun, a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
satin
noun, a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
satem
adjective, belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
tains
noun, a thin tin plate.
Sears
noun, Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
merit
noun, claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
sates
noun, a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
tails
noun, tail1 (def 6).
Satie
noun, Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
taels
noun, liang.
stirs
noun, the act of stirring or moving.
taces
noun, tasset.
stria
noun, a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
nitre
noun, niter.
satis
noun, a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
nitr-
mesas
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.
ratal
noun, the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
scale
noun, Zoology. one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins. one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
Silas
noun, a male given name.
rents
noun, a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
stale
adjective, not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
silts
noun, earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
mimes
noun, the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
neral
noun, citral b. See under citral.
Stans
noun, a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
minas
noun, an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
MINCE
noun, something cut up very small; mincemeat.
stane
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), stone.
Miner
noun, Also called mineworker. a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
Neils
noun, a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
milts
noun, the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
Mines
noun, an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
scat-
reman
verb (used with object), to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
scats
noun, scat singing.
sceat
noun, a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
scena
noun, an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
mints
noun, any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint. Compare mint family.
Mimas
noun, Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
stare
noun, a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
Stein
noun, a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
Miass
noun, a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ural Mountains, W of Chelyabinsk.
senti
noun, a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
steam
noun, water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
Metis
noun, any person of mixed ancestry.
metr-
reni-
steal
noun, Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
renal
adjective, of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
micas
noun, any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
nerts
interjection, nuts (def 1).
micra
noun, a plural of micron.
miens
noun, air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
Milan
noun, an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
miler
noun, a participant in a one-mile race.
nests
noun, a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
Milne
noun, A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
remit
noun, Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
scart
verb (used with or without object), to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
nates
noun, buttocks; rump.
malts
noun, germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
Maris
noun, Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
Asian
noun, a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
lact-
asst.
assn.
asset
noun, a useful and desirable thing or quality:
Asser
noun, Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
Assam
noun, a state in NE India. 30,285 sq. mi. (78,438 sq. km). Capital: Dispur.
assai
noun, any of several slender Brazilian palms of the genus Euterpe, especially E. edulis, a species bearing a purple fruit from which a beverage is made by infusion.
laics
noun, one of the laity.
Asine
noun, an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
Lamar
noun, Joseph R. 1857–1916, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1911–16.
laces
noun, a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
Lamas
noun, Carlos Saavedra [kahr-laws sah-ah-ve-drah] /ˈkɑr lɔs ˌsɑ ɑˈvɛ drɑ/ (Show IPA), Saavedra Lamas, Carlos.
earns
verb (used with object), to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
lames
noun, Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
lamia
noun, Classical Mythology. one of a class of fabulous monsters, commonly represented with the head and breast of a woman and the body of a serpent, said to allure youths and children in order to suck their blood.
ASEAN
Lanai
noun, a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
lanas
noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
LANCE
noun, a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
asana
noun, any of the postures in a yoga exercise.
Artie
noun, a male given name, form of Arthur.
aster
noun, any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
astir
adjective, moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
elint
noun, the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
canal
noun, an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
carat
noun, a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
Caras
noun, a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
cants
noun, insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
Cant.
istle
noun, a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
canst
noun, a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
Ital.
canes
noun, a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
caner
noun, a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
Canea
noun, a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
camis
noun, camisole (def 1).
astr.
cames
noun, a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
Camel
noun, either of two large, humped, ruminant quadrupeds of the genus Camelus, of the Old World. Compare Bactrian camel, dromedary.
calms
noun, freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
cairn
noun, a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
iters
noun, a canal or passage.
cains
noun, Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
caine
noun, (Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
atria
noun, Architecture. Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water. a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church. a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
Atman
noun, the principle of life.
ATLAS
noun, a bound collection of maps.
artel
noun, (in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
lansa
noun, langsat.
cares
noun, a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
lasts
noun, a person or thing that is last.
antas
noun, a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
Ansar
noun, the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
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.
lases
verb (used without object), to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
Anita
noun, a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
Lassa
noun, Older Spelling. Lhasa.
anise
noun, a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
anis-
anime
noun, a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
anima
noun, soul; life.
anim.
antes
noun, Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
anils
noun, a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
laten
verb (used with or without object), to make or become late.
later
Idioms, of late, lately; recently:
anile
adjective, of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
Latin
noun, an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
anear
adverb, preposition, near.
ancre
adjective, having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
leans
noun, the act or state of leaning; inclination:
leant
noun, the act or state of leaning; inclination:
anat.
ante-
anti-
arsis
noun, Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat. Compare thesis (def 4).
Aries
noun, Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
arses
noun, ass2 (defs 1, 2).
Lares
noun, (initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
Arnel
Laris
noun, an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
armet
noun, a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
Armen
Arles
noun, a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
Arlen
noun, Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
arise
verb (used without object), to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
arils
noun, a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
Ariel
noun, a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
antic
noun, Usually, antics. a playful trick or prank; caper. a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
Arica
noun, a seaport in N Chile.
arias
noun, an air or melody.
Larsa
noun, an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
arian
noun, an adherent of Arianism.
ARENA
noun, the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
Areca
noun, any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
arces
noun, a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
Arcas
noun, a son of Zeus and Callisto, the ancestor of the Arcadians who was set among the stars with his mother as the Little Bear and the Great Bear respectively.
antre
noun, a cavern; cave.
antis
noun, a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
Caren
noun, a female given name.
caret
noun, a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
lears
noun, learning; instruction; lesson.
clast
noun, a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
Clite
noun, Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
encl.
Clint
noun, a male given name, form of Clinton.
cline
noun, Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
clime
noun, climate.
entia
noun, plural of ens.
ERICA
noun, any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.
cleat
noun, a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
clear
noun, a clear or unobstructed space.
ERISA
noun, Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
clase
craal
noun, kraal.
Clare
noun, a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
Ernst
noun, Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
Clara
noun, a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
clans
noun, a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
Clair
noun, René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
claim
noun, a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right:
cites
noun, citation (defs 7, 8).
cists
noun, a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
cires
noun, a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
etnas
noun, Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
enact
verb (used with object), to make into an act or statute:
crams
noun, Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
cine-
crine
noun, hair; head of hair.
Elisa
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
Elman
noun, Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
Elara
noun, Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
elans
noun, dash; impetuous ardor:
EMAIL
noun, a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
Eilat
noun, a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
ectal
adjective, external; outer; on the surface of.
eclat
noun, brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
easts
noun, a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
crit.
crime
noun, an action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
Crane
noun, any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
crim.
Crile
noun, George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
cries
noun, the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
crest
noun, the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
emirs
noun, a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
cress
noun, any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
cream
noun, the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
emits
verb (used with object), to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
crate
noun, a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
crass
adjective, without refinement, delicacy, or sensitivity; gross; obtuse; stupid:
cines
noun, a film; motion picture.
cetin
noun, a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
islet
noun, a very small island.
carse
noun, bottom land.
inlet
noun, an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
cases
noun, an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
inset
noun, something inserted; insert.
inst.
casas
noun, Bartolomé de las [bahr-taw-law-me th e lahs] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ ðɛ lɑs/ (Show IPA), Las Casas, Bartolomé de.
intel
noun, intelligence (defs 4, 6).
carts
noun, a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
intr.
Carte
noun, (italics) French. menu; bill of fare. Compare à la carte.
Iran.
irate
adjective, angry; enraged:
incr.
carns
noun, cairn.
carne
noun, Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
Carme
noun, a small natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.
carls
noun, Scot. a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer. a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
Carla
noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
Isaac
noun, a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
Carin
noun, a female given name.
Carie
noun, a female given name, form of Caroline.
Caria
noun, an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
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.
inert
adjective, having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
incl.
Cesti
noun, Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
celts
noun, an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
cesta
noun, a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
cert.
ceria
noun, a white-to-yellow, heavy powder, cerium dioxide, CeO 2 , usually derived from cerium nitrate by decomposition with heat: used chiefly in ceramics, glass polishing, and decolorizing.
ceras
noun, (in prescriptions) wax.
Ceram
noun, an island of the Moluccas in Indonesia, W of New Guinea. 7191 sq. mi. (18,625 sq. km).
IATSE
cents
noun, a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
cent.
Cenis
noun, Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
Icel.
Celt.
abbreviation, Celtic.
incas
noun, a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
Celia
noun, a female given name, form of Cecilia.
ceils
verb (used with object), to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
ileac
adjective, of or relating to the ileum.
Ceara
noun, Fortaleza.
imams
noun, the officiating priest of a mosque.
Imena
noun, a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
Cates
noun, a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
cater
verb (used with object), to provide food and service for:
cata-
caste
noun, Sociology. an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups. any rigid system of social distinctions.
learn
verb (used with object), to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
artal
noun, plural of rotl.
Elias
noun, Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
acmes
noun, the highest point; summit; peak:
mairs
adjective, noun, adverb, more.
alist
adjective, inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
maist
adjective, noun, adverb, most.
liras
noun, a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
Malan
noun, Daniel François [frahn-swah] /frɑnˈswɑ/ (Show IPA), 1874–1959, South African editor and political leader: prime minister 1948–54.
almas
noun, a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
lints
noun, minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
Malar
noun, Also, malar bone. zygomatic bone.
male-
liner
noun, a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
malic
adjective, pertaining to or derived from apples.
almes
noun, almah.
malms
noun, an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
linac
noun, linear accelerator.
Malta
noun, an island in the Mediterranean between Sicily and Africa. 95 sq. mi. (246 sq. km).
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.
alter
noun, David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
acari
noun, plural of acarus.
amain
adverb, with full force.
liers
noun, a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
acet-
alti-
Mamie
noun, a female given name, form of Mary.
altar
noun, an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
limns
verb (used with object), to represent in drawing or painting.
mamas
noun, Informal. mother1 .
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.
limas
noun, a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
Altai
noun, a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
limen
noun, threshold (def 4).
Alta.
mains
noun, the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
lists
noun, an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
Manat
noun, a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying fortune, sometimes considered a daughter of Allah.
Alas.
macer
noun, macebearer.
Aesir
noun, the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
alert
noun, an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
alecs
noun, a herring.
Aetna
noun, Mount. Etna, Mount.
alate
noun, the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
alarm
noun, a sudden fear or distressing suspense caused by an awareness of danger; apprehension; fright.
macle
noun, chiastolite.
Alans
noun, a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
alani
plural noun, a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
maars
noun, a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
Aisne
noun, a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
aisle
noun, a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
airts
noun, a direction.
maces
noun, a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
alias
noun, a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
Actis
noun, a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
mails
noun, letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
Aline
noun, a female given name, form of Adeline.
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.
maims
noun, a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
Alice
noun, a city in S Texas.
litas
noun, a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
aecia
noun, the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
liter
noun, a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
litre
noun, liter.
maile
noun, a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
aemia
aeri-
Maera
noun, Hecuba, after being changed into a dog for blinding Polymestor.
lites
noun, light2 (def 36).
Aeria
noun, an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
manas
noun, the rational faculty of the mind.
acnes
noun, an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
Manet
noun, Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
amin-
anal.
amens
noun, an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
ament
noun, catkin.
Marie
noun, (Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
maras
noun, a city in S Turkey, NE of Adana.
Amer.
Maria
noun, calaba.
30-30
AMICE
noun, an oblong vestment, usually of white linen, worn about the neck and shoulders and partly under the alb.
Leman
noun, a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
Manta
noun, (in Spain and Spanish America) a cloak or wrap.
amine
noun, any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
lemma
noun, a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem.
Amram
noun, the father of Aaron and Moses. Ex. 6:20.
Amman
noun, a city in and the capital of Jordan, in the W part.
marcs
noun, the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
Lenca
noun, a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
lenis
noun, a lenis consonant.
amiss
Idioms, take amiss, to be offended at or resentful of (something not meant to cause offense or resentment); misunderstand:
Marat
noun, Jean Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1743–93, French politician and journalist: leader in the French Revolution; assassinated by Charlotte Corday d'Armont.
amirs
noun, emir.
Amati
noun, Nicolò [nee-kaw-law] /ˌni kɔˈlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1596–1684, Italian violinmaker, one of a famous family of 16th- and 17th-century violinmakers: teacher of Antonio Stradivari.
Lerna
noun, a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
Liana
noun, any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
Marin
noun, John, 1870–1953, U.S. painter and etcher.
manic
adjective, pertaining to or affected by mania.
manit
noun, man-minute.
licet
mania
noun, excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze:
Amata
noun, the mother, by Latinus, of Lavinia.
lect.
amass
verb (used with object), to gather for oneself; collect as one's own:
manse
noun, the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
least
noun, something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
Aalst
noun, Flemish name of Alost.
Amasa
noun, the commander of Absalom's army and later of David's army. II Sam. 17:25; 19:13.
amate
verb (used with object), to dismay; daunt.
tile
noun, a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
elan
noun, dash; impetuous ardor:
Elam
noun, an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
Cela
noun, Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
Sean
noun, a male given name, form of John.
tire
noun, British Dialect. fatigue.
Cels
ect-
cera
noun, (in prescriptions) wax.
Casa
noun, a house.
aer-
aesc
noun, ash2 (def 3).
cen.
tirl
noun, a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
seam
noun, the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
sci.
tRNA
tier
noun, one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
airs
noun, a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
aet.
scil
cast
noun, act of casting or throwing.
Time
noun, the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
seal
noun, an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
sain
verb (used with object), to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
ains
noun, a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
Elia
noun, the pen name of Charles Lamb.
SCSI
noun, a standard for computer interface ports featuring faster data transmission and greater flexibility than normal ports.
AIMS
noun, the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
AIME
ELAS
CASE
noun, an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
Cass
noun, Lewis, 1782–1866, U.S. statesman.
Sale
noun, the act of selling.
Ceil
verb (used with object), to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
TINA
noun, a female given name.
cat.
ails
verb (used with object), to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
Cate
noun, a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
Tine
noun, a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
scr.
Aiea
noun, a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
sala
noun, a large hall, living room, or reception room.
Aire
tils
noun, the sesame plant.
tsar
noun, czar.
Sais
noun, an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
East
noun, a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
CERN
Sami
noun, Lapp.
Sam.
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.
SAMA
noun, the Sufi practice of gathering to listen to religious poetry that is sung, often accompanied by ecstatic dance or other ritual.
acr-
tics
noun, Pathology. a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face. tic douloureux.
acne
noun, an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
ARCS
noun, Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
AAAL
Clea
noun, a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
acme
noun, the highest point; summit; peak:
AAAS
same
Idioms, all the same, notwithstanding; nevertheless: of no difference; immaterial:
Clem
noun, a male given name, form of Clement.
SARA
noun, a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
ctr.
ACLS
acle
noun, the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
Acis
noun, the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
clit
noun, clitoris.
cml.
acea
Saml
CRAM
noun, Informal. the act of cramming for an examination.
ACAA
Cres
sane
noun, a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
crat
Sams
noun, a male given name, form of Samuel.
clar
clan
noun, a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
scar
noun, a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
cir.
cess
noun, British. a tax, assessment, or lien.
eats
noun, eats, Informal. food.
ACTS
noun, anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
SCAN
noun, an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
cet-
scam
noun, a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
trim
noun, the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
tri-
Ceta
noun, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
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.
Marl
noun, Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
EARN
verb (used with object), to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
Acta
plural noun, official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
cire
noun, a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
cts.
Acre
noun, a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
cis-
cist
noun, a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
sati
noun, a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
cit.
sate
noun, a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
cite
noun, citation (defs 7, 8).
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.
tram
noun, British. a streetcar.
sals
noun, salt1 .
Sat.
SALT
noun, a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
SASE
clam
noun, any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species. Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
sear
noun, a mark or scar made by searing.
Anas
airt
noun, a direction.
Tana
noun, thana.
alts
noun, in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
arse
noun, ass2 (defs 1, 2).
SMSA
Amal
Arne
noun, Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
arms
noun, the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
Tane
noun, a Polynesian god of fertility.
Arm.
art.
snit
noun, an agitated or irritated state.
Tams
noun, tam-o'-shanter.
Sra.
SRAM
sris
noun, a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
Aman
noun, Haman.
amas
noun, a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
tans
noun, the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
Tara
noun, a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
aril
noun, a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
Asia
noun, a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
alme
noun, almah.
SLIC
ASME
asis
Asir
noun, a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
SLIM
noun, a garment size meant for a thin person.
Tarn
noun, a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
alms
noun, money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
Tare
noun, any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
slit
noun, a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
alt.
Aser
noun, Asher (def 1).
asea
adjective, adverb, to or toward the sea; seaward.
asci
noun, plural of ascus.
asc-
Asat
noun, (in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons. Compare sat2 (def 1).
ARIS
Tame
adjective, changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
asse
noun, Cape fox.
str.
talc
noun, Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
Amis
noun, Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
AMLS
Tala
noun, a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
Amri
noun, Omri.
Anil
noun, a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
Stir
noun, the act of stirring or moving.
anes
adverb, once.
ansa
noun, Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
tain
noun, a thin tin plate.
amt.
ance
Taal
noun, Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
Tace
noun, tasset.
tail
noun, the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
Anam
noun, Annam.
Amir
noun, emir.
stem
noun, the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
Aria
noun, an air or melody.
Aram
noun, Biblical name of ancient Syria.
Ares
noun, the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
Amen
noun, an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
area
noun, any particular extent of space or surface; part:
Arce
noun, a daughter of Thaumas and the sister of Iris and the Harpies. Zeus took away her wings when she aided the Titans in their war against him.
Stan
noun, a male given name, form of Stanley.
arca
noun, a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
Aras
noun, Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
Star
noun, any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
tale
noun, a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
Ste.
Ames
noun, a city in central Iowa.
amic
adjective, of or relating to an amide or amine.
Amie
noun, a female friend.
ANTA
noun, a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
ant.
ANSI
tars
noun, any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
slat
noun, a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
SEAS
noun, the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
tela
noun, a seaport in N Honduras.
Alea
noun, Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
tael
noun, liang.
Cara
noun, a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
ten.
sent
noun, a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
Alec
noun, a herring.
Sera
noun, a plural of serum.
tel-
tens
noun, a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
teil
noun, Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
teas
noun, the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
cane
noun, a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
ales
noun, a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
Seri
noun, a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
Cana
noun, an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
Can.
CARE
noun, a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
ter.
Cami
noun, camisole (def 1).
alae
noun, plural of ala.
CART
noun, a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
Tess
noun, a female given name, form of Theresa.
seat
noun, something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
aits
noun, a small island, especially in a river.
Ala.
Carn
noun, cairn.
sec.
Alai
noun, a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
Sem.
Secs
noun, second2 (def 2).
tern
noun, any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
Alan
noun, a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
Carl
noun, Scot. a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer. a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
seis
noun, sei whale.
Alar
adjective, pertaining to or having wings; alary.
sels
noun, adjective, pronoun, self.
cams
noun, Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
sers
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).
Alma
noun, a town in SE Quebec, in SE Canada.
SITA
noun, (in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
sire
noun, the male parent of a quadruped.
Aten
noun, Aton.
atar
noun, attar (def 1).
atm.
sirs
noun, a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
TASS
noun, a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
ASTM
Alis
atic
Asti
noun, a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
site
noun, the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
Tasm
sits
verb, (in prescriptions) may it be.
SLAM
noun, a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
ALIT
verb, a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
ASSR
ates
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.
Sert
noun, José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
sics
adverb, so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
Seta
noun, a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
Came
noun, a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.
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.
CALS
noun, a male given name, form of Calvin.
SIAM
noun, former name of Thailand (def 1).
Sian
noun, Older Spelling. Xian.
sice
noun, syce.
calm
noun, freedom from motion or disturbance; stillness.
Atli
noun, Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
Cal.
team
noun, a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
teal
noun, any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
Cain
noun, Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
silt
noun, earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
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.
Sims
noun, William Sowden [soud-n] /ˈsaʊd n/ (Show IPA), 1858–1936, U.S. admiral, born in Canada.
Sina
noun, a female given name.
Tena
noun, Koyukon.
lame
noun, Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
Elis
noun, an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
MSME
mRNA
Mrs.
plural, a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
MSAE
MSAM
MSCE
msec
MSEM
MSIE
MSSc
MNAS
MSTS
NACA
Lars
noun, a male given name, form of Lawrence.
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.
Lari
noun, an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
LARC
noun, long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
Nair
noun, a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
Nama
noun, a member of a Khoikhoi people of Namaqualand, in SW Africa.
Lani
mrem
lasa
noun, Lhasa.
Lane
noun, a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
mise
noun, a settlement or agreement.
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.
mins
noun, a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
Leis
noun, (in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
mint
noun, any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint. Compare mint family.
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.
mire
noun, a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
mis-
LEAS
noun, a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
Lear
noun, learning; instruction; lesson.
Lean
noun, the act or state of leaning; inclination:
lase
verb (used without object), to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
lea.
lats
noun, a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
mist
noun, a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
late
Idioms, of late, lately; recently:
Lat.
Mita
noun, a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
mite
noun, any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
last
noun, a person or thing that is last.
LASS
noun, a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
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.
Nara
noun, a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
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.
NTIA
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.
Nils
noun, nothing; naught; zero.
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.
NIRA
iter
noun, a canal or passage.
item
noun, a separate article or particular:
Itea
noun, any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
nits
noun, the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
RACE
noun, a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
NICE
noun, a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
ISSN
isms
noun, a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
Raia
noun, rayah.
isls
rail
noun, a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
Isle
noun, a small island.
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).
Rais
noun, Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
Isar
noun, a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
Nier
noun, Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
nest
noun, a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
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.
lain
noun, a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
Lana
noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
NASA
noun, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
lams
noun, a hasty escape; flight.
Nasi
noun, the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
Nast
noun, Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
LAMA
noun, a priest or monk in Lamaism.
Lam.
LAIS
noun, (in medieval French literature)
lair
noun, a den or resting place of a wild animal:
NATS
noun, a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
ness
noun, a headland; promontory; cape.
NCAA
NCTE
Neal
noun, a male given name.
laic
noun, one of the laity.
neat
noun, an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
Neil
noun, a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
lacs
noun, a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter. Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
lace
noun, a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
Neri
noun, Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
MiNE
noun, an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
lent
noun, (in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
Rama
noun, (in the Ramayana) any of the three avatars of Vishnu: Balarama, Parashurama, or Ramachandra.
mean
noun, Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
mail
noun, letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
Maia
noun, the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
maes
noun, a female given name, form of Mary.
Mael
noun, a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
macs
noun, fellow; bud (a familiar term of address to a man or boy whose name is not known to the speaker).
Mace
noun, a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages.
Mac-
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.
Maat
noun, the goddess personifying law and righteousness.
Main
noun, a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
Maas
noun, Dutch name of the Meuse.
mear
noun, mere3 .
meas
meat
noun, the flesh of animals as used for food.
maar
noun, a circular volcanic landform resulting from explosive ash eruptions.
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.
Mela
noun, a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
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.
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.
maim
noun, a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
MatE
noun, a partner in marriage; spouse.
melt
noun, the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
Mana
noun, a generalized, supernatural force or power, which may be concentrated in objects or persons.
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.
MARC
noun, the grapes contained in the wine press and the residue, as skins and pips, remaining after the juice is expressed.
MARS
noun, the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
Mara
noun, Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
Mar.
Mart
noun, market; trading center; trade center.
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.
Man.
Mair
adjective, noun, adverb, more.
masa
noun, flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
Mame
noun, a female given name.
Mama
noun, Informal. mother1 .
malt
noun, germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
MALS
malm
noun, an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
Mass
noun, a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
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.
mal-
mels
noun, honey.
mem.
Mina
noun, an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
Lias
noun, Leah (def 1).
Mic.
mica
noun, any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
lier
noun, a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
MICE
noun, plural of mouse.
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.
mien
noun, air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
mil.
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).
lice
noun, plural of louse.
liar
noun, a person who tells lies.
mias
plural, missing in action.
MILR
mils
noun, a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
Milt
noun, the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
Leta
noun, a female given name, form of Latona.
LEST
conjunction, for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
MIME
noun, the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
less
noun, a smaller amount or quantity:
Mims
noun, Fort. Fort Mims.
min.
Lima
noun, a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
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.
mems
noun, the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
LIST
noun, a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
men-
ment
Merc
noun, a mercenary soldier.
lits
noun, litas.
lite
noun, light2 (def 36).
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.
lit.
mes-
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.
Lise
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
limn
verb (used with object), to represent in drawing or painting.
LISA
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
mess
noun, a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition:
Lira
noun, a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
lint
noun, minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
Lins
noun, a city in E Brazil.
met.
Line
noun, a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
Lina
noun, a female given name.
lin.
rale
noun, an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
narc
noun, a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
Irma
noun, a female given name, form of Erma.
RITA
noun, the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
emit
verb (used with object), to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
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).
Rina
noun, a female given name.
emir
noun, a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
Emil
noun, a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
IAEA
RISC
noun, reduced instruction set computer: a computer whose central processing unit recognizes a relatively small number of instructions, which it can execute very rapidly.
Rise
noun, an act or instance of rising.
recs
noun, recreation.
emic
adjective, pertaining to or being a significant unit that functions in contrast with other units in a language or other system of behavior.
rit.
iana
IATA
rile
verb (used with object), to irritate or vex.
ical
Ice.
ices
noun, the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
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)
rite
noun, a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
ile-
Ilse
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
emia
real
noun, real number.
inae
Inc.
Inca
noun, a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
Rima
noun, a female given name.
Emma
noun, a female given name, form of Erma.
RNAS
Eris
noun, the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
ESIS
rent
noun, a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
Rena
noun, a female given name, form of Marina.
rems
noun, the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
erst
adverb, before the present time; formerly.
est.
ETAS
noun, the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
etc.
etic
adjective, pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
Erna
noun, a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
Erma
noun, a female given name.
rest
noun, the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
Etna
noun, Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
Riel
noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
Erin
noun, Literary. Ireland.
Eric
noun, Eric the Red.
Ens.
rets
verb (used with object), to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
rel.
enl.
reit
noun, real-estate investment trust.
rial
noun, a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
Reis
plural noun, a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
enc.
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.
RIAS
noun, a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
Rice
noun, the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
rate
noun, the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
imam
noun, the officiating priest of a mosque.
Sacs
noun, a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
rami
noun, plural of ramus.
intl
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.
1080
rant
noun, ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
int.
rase
verb (used with object), raze.
Rani
noun, ranee.
IRAS
noun, a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
ins.
Elsa
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
Ire.
rasa
noun, (in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
Saar
noun, Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
els
noun, Informal. elevated railroad.
ACE
noun, a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
Lie
noun, a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
CNS
AAE
CNM
Sal
noun, salt1 .
CMA
rin
noun, a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
CLR
mas
noun, mother1 .
AMC
Lir
noun, Ler.
Ar.
MIE
RIM
noun, the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
AAS
noun, basaltic lava having a rough surface.
San
noun, a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
Aar
mi.
MI5
noun, the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
MI6
noun, the government's secret intelligence service.
EMR
TAR
noun, any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
LIM
Tan
noun, the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
ALS
noun, Indian mulberry.
SAC
noun, a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
AME
EMS
noun, the letter M, m.
AAM
EMT
en-
EAS
noun, the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
let
noun, British. a lease.
Ria
noun, a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
Tai
noun, any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
AMS
ac-
lei
noun, (in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
AAA
Am.
MIR
noun, a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
TSE
res
noun, an object or thing; matter.
SAE
ERT
TSI
ESA
TAE
preposition, to.
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.
Esc
TSR
noun, a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
ERS
noun, ervil.
Len
noun, a male given name, form of Leonard.
Lia
noun, Leah (def 1).
SAR
an.
ALM
TAM
noun, tam-o'-shanter.
AMI
noun, a friend, especially a male friend.
MIM
noun, the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
AMA
noun, a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.
CLI
ERA
noun, a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
TAL
al.
Les
Ler
noun, the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
AIA
ret
verb (used with object), to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
cle
Eli
noun, a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
EIS
Mam
noun, British Informal. mother.
eir
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.
ETA
noun, the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
AIR
noun, a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
MEC
noun, a pimp; mack.
Mel
noun, honey.
MAA
RMC
TIC
noun, Pathology. a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face. tic douloureux.
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.
Tim
noun, a male given name, form of Timothy.
TIA
MSC
MSL
ait
noun, a small island, especially in a river.
MS.
plural, manuscript.
TES
noun, ti1 .
MM.
MIA
plural, missing in action.
ea.
EAA
ctn
plural, carton.
MEA
noun, an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
AES
noun, any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome. Compare as2 (def 1).
MAE
noun, a female given name, form of Mary.
RSE
MCI
RSA
MCR
Rs.
AIC
ail
verb (used with object), to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
Ain
noun, a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
TLC
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.
AIM
noun, the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
RNA
tin
noun, Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
ean
tlr
EAM
rm.
plural, ream.
Me.
lis
noun, the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
TCS
CSA
CRT
AEA
CRS
ae.
tea
noun, the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
RTS
ec-
LMT
TCA
Mat
noun, a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
ACT
noun, anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
ACS
ECA
ECM
SAA
RSS
CSR
TEC
noun, detective.
cte
LST
CTA
CST
Mc-
ltr
LTA
ALC
rt.
ale
noun, a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
ESL
AEC
LSS
rte
tr.
LSM
LSI
tra
LSC
eat
noun, eats, Informal. food.
ANC
ANI
noun, any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
ane
adjective, noun, pronoun, one.
NIC
noun, a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
SIT
verb, (in prescriptions) may it be.
NES
at.
sis
noun, sister.
ATA
NET
noun, a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
ATC
NIA
SIR
noun, a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
LAC
noun, a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter. Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
Lt.
SCS
Nil
noun, nothing; naught; zero.
ATS
noun, a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
se-
Sin
noun, transgression of divine law:
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.
ca.
cr.
ina
noun, a female given name.
in.
ct.
ne-
Nat
noun, a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
ILA
noun, a town in SW Nigeria.
ILS
ASM
ASN
ASR
SLE
ASS
noun, a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
CEA
NEA
RCA
REA
SCM
Lai
noun, (in medieval French literature)
RCT
NEC
Lae
noun, a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
ast
SLA
RCN
cs.
cl.
ASI
Rai
noun, a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
ITA
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).
ist
RAS
noun, the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
ISR
CAR
noun, an automobile.
SEN
noun, a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
Rae
noun, John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
ism
noun, a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
RAN
noun, a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
CAS
verb (used with or without object), to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
Ir.
Isl
SEL
noun, adjective, pronoun, self.
IRC
ise
SEI
noun, sei whale.
IRL
ISA
Is.
noun, (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
ITC
ite
La.
nr.
CAA
sea
noun, the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
CAI
ine
nit
noun, the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
rat
noun, any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
SIC
adverb, so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
NMI
NMR
NRA
RMS
plural, ream.
CAM
noun, Machinery. a disk or cylinder having an irregular form such that its motion, usually rotary, gives to a part or parts in contact with it a specific rocking or reciprocating motion.
NRC
NSA
NSC
SES
noun, the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
RAM
noun, a male sheep.
RCS
Re.
RMA
il-
TSS
ier
CIM
MRA
MRE
ARC
noun, Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
ETR
MRI
sc.
ETS
MSA
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.
CIE
ARA
noun, the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
MSE
CIA
MSM
MSN
MST
Sta
St.
SST
SSR
SSN
Mr.
plural, mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
MNS
SSI
STI
LCT
LCM
LCI
STM
STL
IRS
LCA
ESR
ess
noun, the letter S, s.
MIT
MNE
ans
noun, the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
REM
noun, the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
ml.
MLA
Las
noun, the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
MLR
MLS
MME
MMT
MNA
SSM
MSI
SMS
ial
ICA
noun, Portuguese name of Putumayo.
ASA
noun, a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
Sr.
ian
noun, a male given name, Scottish form of John.
NAM
noun, Vietnam.
LAR
noun, (initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
NAA
ase
ics
IRA
noun, a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
SSE
ARS
Ia.
SMM
nae
adverb, no1 ; not.
MTS
IAS
mtn
SLR
REC
noun, recreation.
SSC
SSA
ss.
Mt.
MTI
SMA
SRI
noun, a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
SRS
t.
MN
RN
le
M.
IT
noun, (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
T1
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.
TA
noun, the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
AA
noun, basaltic lava having a rough surface.
et
verb, a simple past tense of eat.
ln
LR
TC
RI
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.
TE
noun, ti1 .
LI
noun, the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
RA
noun, the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
el
noun, Informal. elevated railroad.
NL
LC
er
interjection, (used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
CE
CM
ic
EI
i.
LM
E.
noun, Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
L1
TL
L.
TM
NM
RC
TN
TI
noun, the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
L2
N.
NA
adverb, no1 .
SI
noun, the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
NC
NI
R.
S.
SA
SL
SM
SN
MA
noun, mother1 .
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