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- grand-scale
-
adjective,
of large proportion, extent, magnitude, etc.:
- dalliances
-
noun,
a trifling away of time; dawdling.
- landladies
-
noun,
a woman who owns and leases an apartment, house, land, etc., to others.
- grenadilla
-
noun,
granadilla.
- dalliance
-
noun,
a trifling away of time; dawdling.
- claddings
-
noun,
the act or process of bonding one metal to another, usually to protect the inner metal from corrosion.
- englacial
-
adjective,
within the ice of a glacier.
- geranials
-
noun,
See under citral.
- landslide
-
noun,
the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope.
- canailles
-
noun,
riffraff; rabble.
- canallers
-
noun,
a freight boat built for use on canals.
- radiances
-
noun,
radiant brightness or light:
- air-lance
-
noun,
a lance using an air blast.
- grillades
-
noun,
a dish or serving of broiled or grilled meat.
- analgesic
-
noun,
a remedy that relieves or allays pain.
- Galenical
-
noun,
an herb or other vegetable drug, distinguished from a mineral or chemical drug.
- riddances
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noun,
the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- galliards
-
noun,
a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- carangids
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Carangidae, comprising the jacks, scads, pompanos, and cavallas.
- algerians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Algeria.
- gardenias
-
noun,
any evergreen tree or shrub belonging to the genus Gardenia, of the madder family, native to the warmer parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, cultivated for its usually large, fragrant white flowers.
- drainages
-
noun,
the act or process of draining.
- cardinals
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.
- Algeciras
-
noun,
a seaport in S Spain, in Andalusia, on the Strait of Gibraltar.
- cardigans
-
noun,
a usually collarless knitted sweater or jacket that opens down the front.
- arsenical
-
noun,
any of a group of pesticides, drugs, or other compounds containing arsenic.
- diallages
-
noun,
a variety of diopside with a laminated structure, found in gabbro and other igneous rocks.
- angelicas
-
noun,
Also called archangel. any plant belonging to the genus Angelica, of the parsley family, especially A. archangelica, cultivated in Europe for its aromatic odor and medicinal root and for its stalks, which are candied and eaten.
- draglines
-
noun,
a rope dragging from something; dragrope.
- radicands
-
noun,
the quantity under a radical sign.
- cedillas
-
noun,
a mark (¸) placed under a consonant letter, as under c in French, in Portuguese, and formerly in Spanish, to indicate that it is pronounced (s), under c and s in Turkish to indicate that they are pronounced, respectively, (ch) and (sh), or under t and s in Romanian to indicate that they are pronounced, respectively, (ts) and (sh).
- carnages
-
noun,
the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre.
- Gardenia
-
noun,
any evergreen tree or shrub belonging to the genus Gardenia, of the madder family, native to the warmer parts of the Eastern Hemisphere, cultivated for its usually large, fragrant white flowers.
- clangers
-
noun,
a person or thing that clangs.
- garlands
-
noun,
a wreath or festoon of flowers, leaves, or other material, worn for ornament or as an honor or hung on something as a decoration:
- cardings
-
noun,
the process in which fibers, as cotton, worsted, or wool, are manipulated into sliver form prior to spinning.
- Carlisle
-
noun,
John Griffin [grif-in] /ˈgrɪf ɪn/ (Show IPA), 1835–1910, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1883–89.
- cladding
-
noun,
the act or process of bonding one metal to another, usually to protect the inner metal from corrosion.
- carlings
-
noun,
a short fore-and-aft beam running beside a hatchway, mast hole, or other deck opening.
- Salinger
-
noun,
J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- grecians
-
noun,
a Greek.
- salaried
-
adjective,
receiving a salary:
- Algerian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Algeria.
- glanders
-
noun,
a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- ancillas
-
noun,
an accessory; auxiliary or adjunct.
- geranial
-
noun,
See under citral.
- gladdens
-
verb (used with object),
to make glad.
- clearing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that clears; the process of becoming clear.
- Clarinda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Clara.
- alcaides
-
noun,
a commander of a fortress.
- dealings
-
noun,
Usually, dealings. relations; business:
- dead-air
-
noun,
the loss or suspension of the video or audio signal during a television or radio transmission.
- decrials
-
noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- diallage
-
noun,
a variety of diopside with a laminated structure, found in gabbro and other igneous rocks.
- disgrace
-
noun,
the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame:
- Aldridge
-
noun,
Ira Frederick ("the African Roscius") 1804?–67, U.S. actor, primarily in Europe.
- dragline
-
noun,
a rope dragging from something; dragrope.
- drainage
-
noun,
the act or process of draining.
- alidades
-
noun,
(in plane-tabling) a straightedge having a telescopic sight or other means of sighting parallel to the straightedge.
- Scaliger
-
noun,
Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- Danaides
-
plural noun,
the 50 daughters of Danaus, 49 of whom were condemned to pour water forever into a leaky vessel for having murdered their husbands.
- Alcandre
-
noun,
the wife of Polybus who received Helen and Menelaus on their way home from Troy.
- alcaldes
-
noun,
a mayor having judicial powers.
- Daladier
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1884–1970, premier of France 1933, 1934, 1938–40.
- Gallinas
-
noun,
Pun·ta [poon-tah] /ˈpun tɑ/ (Show IPA) a cape in NE Colombia: northernmost point of South America.
- seladang
-
noun,
the gaur.
- allergic
-
adjective,
of or relating to allergy:
- Alliance
-
noun,
the act of allying or state of being allied.
- cringles
-
noun,
an eye or grommet formed on the boltrope of a sail to permit the attachment of lines.
- engrails
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verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- Crandall
-
noun,
a tool for dressing stone, having adjustable, pointed, steel rods held in a slot at the end of the handle.
- sanglier
-
noun,
a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- cradling
-
noun,
framework for supporting a coved or vaulted ceiling.
- Gaillard
-
noun,
galliard.
- Galilean
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Galilee.
- Galleria
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noun,
a spacious passageway, court, or indoor mall, usually with a vaulted roof and lined with commercial establishments.
- galliard
-
noun,
a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm, common in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Gallican
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adjective,
Gallic; French.
- griddles
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noun,
a frying pan with a handle and a slightly raised edge, for cooking pancakes, bacon, etc., over direct heat.
- carlines
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noun,
an old woman.
- grillade
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noun,
a dish or serving of broiled or grilled meat.
- Canaries
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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.
- Lansdale
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noun,
a city in SE Pennsylvania.
- calendar
-
noun,
a table or register with the days of each month and week in a year:
- riddance
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noun,
the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- radicles
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noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- leadings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that leads.
- radicels
-
noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- araneids
-
noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- candidas
-
noun,
any of the yeastlike fungi constituting the genus Candida, members of which may cause athlete's foot, vaginitis, thrush, or other infections.
- radicand
-
noun,
the quantity under a radical sign.
- candelas
-
noun,
a basic unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined as the luminous intensity of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10 12 hertz and that has a radiant intensity of 1/683 watt/steradian: adopted in 1979 as the international standard of luminous intensity. Abbreviation: Cd.
- radicals
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noun,
a person who holds or follows strong convictions or extreme principles; extremist.
- anglaise
-
noun,
an old English country-dance.
- angaries
-
noun,
the right of a belligerent state to seize and use the property of neutrals for purposes of warfare, subject to payment of full compensation.
- canaller
-
noun,
a freight boat built for use on canals.
- canaille
-
noun,
riffraff; rabble.
- Reginald
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “counsel and rule.”.
- calderas
-
noun,
a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.
- canaigre
-
noun,
a plant, Rumex hymenosepalus, of the buckwheat family, found from Oklahoma to California, having clustered, tuberous roots that yield tannin.
- callings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that calls.
- Redlands
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noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- sledding
-
noun,
the state of the ground permitting use of a sled:
- acarines
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- racinage
-
noun,
decorative treatment of leather with colors and acids to produce a branchlike effect.
- laniards
-
noun,
lanyard.
- radiance
-
noun,
radiant brightness or light:
- landside
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noun,
the part of a plow consisting of a sidepiece opposite the moldboard, for guiding the plow and resisting the side pressure caused by the turning of the furrow.
- Adlerian
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adjective,
of or relating to Alfred Adler or his doctrines, especially in respect to the belief that behavior is determined by compensation for feelings of inferiority.
- readings
-
noun,
the action or practice of a person who reads.
- Griselda
-
noun,
a woman of exemplary meekness and patience.
- Cardinal
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.
- Cardigan
-
noun,
a usually collarless knitted sweater or jacket that opens down the front.
- arginase
-
noun,
a liver enzyme that converts arginine to urea.
- Angelica
-
noun,
Also called archangel. any plant belonging to the genus Angelica, of the parsley family, especially A. archangelica, cultivated in Europe for its aromatic odor and medicinal root and for its stalks, which are candied and eaten.
- islander
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of an island.
- adrenals
-
noun,
adrenal gland.
- Landrace
-
noun,
one of several widely distributed strains of large, white, lop-eared swine of northern European origin.
- la-di-da
-
noun,
an affected or pretentious person.
- Cardenas
-
noun,
Lázaro [lah-sah-raw] /ˈlɑ sɑˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Mexican general and political reformer: president 1934–40.
- landlers
-
noun,
an Austrian and southern German folk dance in moderately slow triple meter, antecedent to the waltz.
- carangid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Carangidae, comprising the jacks, scads, pompanos, and cavallas.
- canellas
-
noun,
the cinnamonlike bark of a West Indian tree, Canella winterana, used as a condiment and in medicine.
- ascared
-
adjective,
afraid; scared.
- Caldera
-
noun,
a large, basinlike depression resulting from the explosion or collapse of the center of a volcano.
- dangles
-
noun,
the act of dangling.
- dallies
-
verb (used with object),
to waste (time) (usually followed by away).
- danaide
-
plural noun,
the 50 daughters of Danaus, 49 of whom were condemned to pour water forever into a leaky vessel for having murdered their husbands.
- Daniels
-
noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- Sedalia
-
noun,
a city in central Missouri.
- dandies
-
noun,
a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
- dealing
-
noun,
Usually, dealings. relations; business:
- ascarid
-
noun,
any nematode of the family Ascaridae; roundworm.
- dancers
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- Caelian
-
noun,
the southeastern hill of the seven hills of ancient Rome.
- Ariadne
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who gave Theseus the thread by which he escaped from the labyrinth: deserted by Theseus on Naxos, she became the bride of Dionysus.
- arnicas
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- darings
-
noun,
adventurous courage; boldness.
- darnels
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- danders
-
noun,
loose scales formed on the skin and shed from the coat or feathers of various animals, often causing allergic reactions in susceptible persons.
- sidecar
-
noun,
a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- dandier
-
- Darling
-
noun,
a person very dear to another; one dearly loved.
- arsenal
-
noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- dandles
-
verb (used with object),
to move (a baby, child, etc.) lightly up and down, as on one's knee or in one's arms.
- Ireland
-
noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- calends
-
noun,
the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
- clarain
-
noun,
the coal forming the bright layers in banded bituminous coal.
- carding
-
noun,
the process in which fibers, as cotton, worsted, or wool, are manipulated into sliver form prior to spinning.
- carinas
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- Carline
-
noun,
an old woman.
- Carling
-
noun,
a short fore-and-aft beam running beside a hatchway, mast hole, or other deck opening.
- cardias
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- carnage
-
noun,
the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre.
- carnies
-
noun,
a person employed by a carnival.
- seringa
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- cedilla
-
noun,
a mark (¸) placed under a consonant letter, as under c in French, in Portuguese, and formerly in Spanish, to indicate that it is pronounced (s), under c and s in Turkish to indicate that they are pronounced, respectively, (ch) and (sh), or under t and s in Romanian to indicate that they are pronounced, respectively, (ts) and (sh).
- cienaga
-
noun,
a swamp or marsh, especially one formed and fed by springs.
- canella
-
noun,
the cinnamonlike bark of a West Indian tree, Canella winterana, used as a condiment and in medicine.
- claires
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- clanger
-
noun,
a person or thing that clangs.
- candles
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- candies
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- selling
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- 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.
- candier
-
- candied
-
noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- candids
-
noun,
an unposed photograph.
- Candide
-
noun,
a philosophical novel (1759) by Voltaire.
- Candida
-
noun,
any of the yeastlike fungi constituting the genus Candida, members of which may cause athlete's foot, vaginitis, thrush, or other infections.
- candela
-
noun,
a basic unit of luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI), formally defined as the luminous intensity of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10 12 hertz and that has a radiant intensity of 1/683 watt/steradian: adopted in 1979 as the international standard of luminous intensity. Abbreviation: Cd.
- cradles
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- canards
-
noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- cranial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the cranium or skull.
- cringes
-
noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- cringle
-
noun,
an eye or grommet formed on the boltrope of a sail to permit the attachment of lines.
- calling
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that calls.
- callers
-
noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- gallies
-
verb (used with object),
to frighten or scare.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- decadal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a decade.
- lancers
-
noun,
a set of quadrilles danced in sequence.
- re-sign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- Legnica
-
noun,
a city in SW Poland: formerly in Germany.
- Leclair
-
noun,
Jean Marie [zhahn ma-ree] /ʒɑ̃ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1697–1764, French violinist and composer.
- leasing
-
noun,
lying; falsehood.
- leading
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that leads.
- lead-in
-
noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- riddles
-
noun,
a question or statement so framed as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum.
- laniard
-
noun,
lanyard.
- landler
-
noun,
an Austrian and southern German folk dance in moderately slow triple meter, antecedent to the waltz.
- Landers
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- ladings
-
noun,
the act of lading.
- Linacre
-
noun,
Thomas, 1460?–1521, English humanist, translator, scholar, and physician.
- ladders
-
noun,
a structure of wood, metal, or rope, commonly consisting of two sidepieces between which a series of bars or rungs are set at suitable distances, forming a means of climbing up or down.
- lacings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that laces.
- laagers
-
noun,
a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- inlaces
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- incages
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- Iceland
-
noun,
a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- Saddler
-
noun,
a person who makes, repairs, or sells saddlery.
- Grindle
-
noun,
bowfin.
- grilles
-
noun,
a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
- griddle
-
noun,
a frying pan with a handle and a slightly raised edge, for cooking pancakes, bacon, etc., over direct heat.
- Grenada
-
noun,
one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- ligands
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a molecule, as an antibody, hormone, or drug, that binds to a receptor.
- linages
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- grained
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- radians
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- reagins
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- Randall
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ralline
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Rallidae, comprising the rails and allied species.
- rallies
-
noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- railage
-
noun,
an amount charged for transporting goods by rail.
- raglans
-
noun,
a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
- radicle
-
noun,
Botany.
the lower part of the axis of an embryo; the primary root.
a rudimentary root; radicel or rootlet.
- radices
-
noun,
a plural of radix.
- radicel
-
noun,
a minute root; a rootlet.
- radical
-
noun,
a person who holds or follows strong convictions or extreme principles; extremist.
- radials
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- raddles
-
noun,
ruddle.
- recalls
-
noun,
an act of recalling.
- Redding
-
noun,
a city in N California.
- regains
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- regalia
-
plural noun,
the ensigns or emblems of royalty, as the crown or scepter.
- reginas
-
noun,
queen.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- re-laid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- rescind
-
verb (used with object),
to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
- lingers
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- lingala
-
noun,
a Bantu language used as a lingua franca in the N Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Grecian
-
noun,
a Greek.
- gradins
-
noun,
one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
- Decalin
-
- scaling
-
noun,
the removal of calculus and other deposits on the teeth by means of instruments.
- engilds
-
verb (used with object),
to brighten with or as with golden light:
- end-all
-
noun,
the ultimate purpose, object, or conclusion:
- sarangi
-
noun,
(in India) a violinlike instrument used to accompany classical dancing.
- Sarcina
-
noun,
any of several spherical, saprophytic bacteria of the genus Sarcina, having a cuboidal cell arrangement.
- Ardella
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scalade
-
noun,
escalade.
- scalage
-
noun,
an assessed percentage deduction, as in weight or price, granted in dealings with goods that are likely to shrink, leak, or otherwise vary in the amount or weight originally stated.
- eclairs
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- 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.
- earings
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- scandal
-
noun,
a disgraceful or discreditable action, circumstance, etc.
- engrail
-
verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- Scandia
-
noun,
scandium oxide.
- discern
-
verb (used with object),
to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend:
- discard
-
noun,
the act of discarding.
- dirndls
-
noun,
a woman's dress with a close-fitting bodice and full skirt, commonly of colorful and strikingly patterned material, fashioned after Tyrolean peasant wear.
- dingles
-
noun,
a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.
- Dillard
-
noun,
Annie, born 1945, U.S. writer.
- scleral
-
adjective,
sclerotic (def 1).
- dialers
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- derails
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- decrial
-
noun,
the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- decanal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a dean or deanery:
- engirds
-
verb (used with object),
to encircle; encompass:
- Ercilla
-
noun,
Alonso de [ah-lawn-saw th e] /ɑˈlɔn sɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1533–94, Spanish epic poet; soldier in the conquest of Chile.
- gracile
-
adjective,
gracefully slender.
- Saladin
-
noun,
(Salāh-ed-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb) 1137–93, sultan of Egypt and Syria 1175–93: opponent of Crusaders.
- gracias
-
interjection,
thank you.
- gnarled
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- gliders
-
noun,
a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
- Glidden
-
noun,
Charles Jasper, 1857–1927, U.S. businessman: a pioneer in the telephone industry.
- glances
-
noun,
a quick or brief look.
- glaires
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- gladden
-
verb (used with object),
to make glad.
- glacier
-
noun,
an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- Glacial
-
adjective,
of or relating to glaciers or ice sheets.
- girdles
-
noun,
a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- gilders
-
noun,
a person or thing that gilds.
- geladas
-
noun,
a large baboonlike cliff-dwelling monkey, Theropithecus gelada, native to mountains of Ethiopia, having a brown coat and, in the male, a luxuriant mane: an endangered species.
- Saracen
-
noun,
History/Historical. a member of any of the nomadic tribes on the Syrian borders of the Roman Empire.
- garlics
-
noun,
a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- Garland
-
noun,
a wreath or festoon of flowers, leaves, or other material, worn for ornament or as an honor or hung on something as a decoration:
- gardens
-
noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- Gardena
-
noun,
a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- ganders
-
noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- Galenic
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or containing galena.
- galenas
-
noun,
a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- gainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- Gadsden
-
noun,
James, 1788–1858, U.S. railroad promoter and diplomat.
- sangria
-
noun,
an iced drink, typically made with red wine, sugar, fruit juice, soda water, and spices, and containing fruit slices.
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- argasid
-
noun,
any of the numerous ticks of the family Argasidae, comprising the soft ticks.
- Reading
-
noun,
the action or practice of a person who reads.
- ancilla
-
noun,
an accessory; auxiliary or adjunct.
- Andrias
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- Alcalde
-
noun,
a mayor having judicial powers.
- arcaded
-
noun,
Architecture.
a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
- agnails
-
noun,
hangnail.
- Alcides
-
noun,
Hercules (def 1).
- Allegra
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Slinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that slings.
- acarids
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- acarine
-
noun,
any of numerous arachnids of the order Acarina, comprising the mites and ticks.
- anglers
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- Agenais
-
noun,
an ancient region of SW France.
- Andreas
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- adrenal
-
noun,
adrenal gland.
- aldrins
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- alidade
-
noun,
(in plane-tabling) a straightedge having a telescopic sight or other means of sighting parallel to the straightedge.
- alcaide
-
noun,
a commander of a fortress.
- Aleardi
-
noun,
Count Aleardo [ah-le-ahr-daw] /ˌɑ lɛˈɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1812–78, Italian poet and patriot.
- slander
-
noun,
defamation; calumny:
- acedias
-
noun,
sloth (def 1).
Compare deadly sins.
- agarics
-
noun,
any fungus of the family Agaricaceae, including several common edible mushrooms.
- araneid
-
noun,
a member of the order Araneae (Araneida), comprising the spiders.
- Algiers
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Algeria, in the N part.
- alegars
-
noun,
vinegar made from ale; sour ale.
- Angelic
-
adjective,
of or belonging to angels:
- anlages
-
noun,
Embryology. an embryonic area capable of forming a structure: the primordium, germ, or bud.
- anlaces
-
noun,
anelace.
- algesia
-
noun,
sensitivity to pain; hyperesthesia.
- Algeria
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly comprised 13 departments of France; gained independence 1962. 919,352 sq. mi. (2,381,122 sq. km). Capital: Algiers.
- Anglice
-
adverb,
in English; as the English would say it; according to the English way: .
- Alcaids
-
plural noun,
the descendants of Alcaeus.
- 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.
- Acrilan
-
- Arcella
-
noun,
a genus of freshwater, ameboid protozoa that secrete a hard, umbrellalike shell having a single opening through which the pseudopodia extend.
- Aladdin
-
noun,
(in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) the son of a poor widow in China. He becomes the possessor of a magic lamp and ring with which he can command a jinn to do his bidding.
- algins
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Darlan
-
noun,
Jean Louis Xavier François [zhahn lwee gza-vyey frahn-swa] /ʒɑ̃ lwi gzaˈvyeɪ frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1881–1942, French naval officer and politician.
- canard
-
noun,
a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
- daring
-
noun,
adventurous courage; boldness.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- darics
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- Dardan
-
adjective, noun,
Trojan.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- ringed
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- lasing
-
noun,
the generation of coherent light by a laser.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- 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.
- dangle
-
noun,
the act of dangling.
- danger
-
noun,
liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
- cleans
-
- danged
-
adjective, adverb,
damned (used euphemistically).
- Laager
-
noun,
a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- larges
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- Algren
-
noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- adders
-
noun,
the common European viper, Vipera berus.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- saddle
-
noun,
a seat for a rider on the back of a horse or other animal.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- sadden
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become sad.
- decals
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- Idaean
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, associated with, or inhabiting Mount Ida in Asia Minor or Crete.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- idlers
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- sacred
-
adjective,
devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated.
- clangs
-
noun,
a clanging sound.
- darned
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- ridden
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- incage
-
verb (used with object),
encage.
- Riddle
-
noun,
a question or statement so framed as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- indecl
-
- Ingles
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- dandle
-
verb (used with object),
to move (a baby, child, etc.) lightly up and down, as on one's knee or in one's arms.
- Dandie
-
- lacing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that laces.
- Langer
-
noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- dalasi
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Gambia, equal to 100 bututs.
- Laelia
-
noun,
any of several epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Laelia, having fleshy leaves and showy flowers.
- lagans
-
noun,
anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- addles
-
adjective,
mentally confused; muddled.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- lagena
-
noun,
an outpocketing of the saccule of birds, reptiles, and bony fishes corresponding to the cochlear duct of mammals.
- lagers
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- Daedal
-
adjective,
skillful; ingenious.
- lairds
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- lancer
-
noun,
a cavalry soldier armed with a lance.
- Crania
-
noun,
the skull of a vertebrate.
- Dalila
-
noun,
Delilah (def 1).
- all-in
-
adjective,
Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- cringe
-
noun,
servile or fawning deference.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- landed
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- Allies
-
noun,
plural of ally.
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- Allied
-
noun,
a person, group, or nation that is associated with another or others for some common cause or purpose:
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- ladles
-
noun,
a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- Dallan
-
noun,
dalan.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- Laddie
-
noun,
a young lad; boy.
- Adrian
-
noun,
Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- dander
-
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- aligns
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- dancer
-
noun,
a person who dances.
- ladder
-
noun,
a structure of wood, metal, or rope, commonly consisting of two sidepieces between which a series of bars or rungs are set at suitable distances, forming a means of climbing up or down.
- clings
-
noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- 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.
- Dallas
-
noun,
George Mifflin [mif-lin] /ˈmɪf lɪn/ (Show IPA), 1792–1864, U.S. diplomat: vice-president of the U.S. 1845–49.
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- adren-
-
- cradle
-
noun,
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- Dallin
-
noun,
Cyrus Earle, 1861–1944, U.S. sculptor.
- Alsace
-
noun,
a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Gallas
-
noun,
Oromo.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- dalles
-
noun,
The, a city in N Oregon.
- lading
-
noun,
the act of lading.
- Aegina
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Asopus and Metope who was abducted by Zeus and bore him a son, Aeacus.
- ardeid
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Ardeidae, comprising the herons and bitterns.
- dedans
-
noun,
a netted winning opening of rectangular shape at the service side of the court.
Compare grille (def 5), winning gallery.
- alcids
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- gelada
-
noun,
a large baboonlike cliff-dwelling monkey, Theropithecus gelada, native to mountains of Ethiopia, having a brown coat and, in the male, a luxuriant mane: an endangered species.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- scaled
-
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.
- Ealing
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- genial
-
adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- Gerald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “spear” and “rule.”.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- agnail
-
noun,
hangnail.
- aglare
-
adjective, adverb,
glaring; blazing:
- salade
-
noun,
sallet.
- Gildas
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “golden.”.
- gilded
-
Idioms,
gild the lily, to add unnecessary ornamentation, a special feature, etc., in an attempt to improve something that is already complete, satisfactory, or ideal:
- drills
-
noun,
Machinery, Building Trades.
a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation.
a tool, especially a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
- Gilder
-
noun,
a person or thing that gilds.
- Gilead
-
noun,
a district of ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan River, in present N Jordan.
- Gilels
-
noun,
Emil (Grigoryevich) [ee-mil gri-gawr-yuh-vich,, ey-mil;; Russian e-myeel gryi-gaw-ryi-vyich] /ˈi mɪl grɪˈgɔr yə vɪtʃ,, ˈeɪ mɪl;; Russian ɛˈmyil gryɪˈgɔ ryɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1916–85, Russian pianist.
- dreads
-
noun,
terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear.
- girdle
-
noun,
a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- sandal
-
noun,
a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps.
- garlic
-
noun,
a hardy plant, Allium sativum, of the amaryllis family whose strongly, pungent bulb is used in cookery and medicine.
- drails
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- signal
-
noun,
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.:
- 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.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- engird
-
verb (used with object),
to encircle; encompass:
- Sandra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alexandra.
- engild
-
verb (used with object),
to brighten with or as with golden light:
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- gadids
-
noun,
a gadid fish.
- Gaelic
-
noun,
a Celtic language that includes the speech of ancient Ireland and the dialects that have developed from it, especially those usually known as Irish, Manx, and Scottish Gaelic. Gaelic constitutes the Goidelic subbranch of Celtic.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- Galena
-
noun,
a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- Gallia
-
noun,
Latin name of Gaul.
- agric.
-
- Gallic
-
adjective,
of or containing gallium, especially in the trivalent state.
- alcaid
-
plural noun,
the descendants of Alcaeus.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- Gander
-
noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- Garand
-
noun,
John C(antius) [French kahn-tsyys] /French ˈkɑ̃ tsyüs/ (Show IPA), 1888–1974, U.S. inventor of M-1 semiautomatic rifle, born in Canada.
- Garcia
-
noun,
Jerome John ("Jerry") 1942–95, U.S. rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
- 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.
- Gardas
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy: the largest lake in Italy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 143 sq. mi. (370 sq. km).
- Garden
-
noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- single
-
noun,
one person or thing; a single one.
- glaces
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- glacis
-
noun,
a gentle slope.
- grinds
-
noun,
the act of grinding.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- grails
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- alegar
-
noun,
vinegar made from ale; sour ale.
- grand-
-
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- Grande
-
noun,
Rio. Rio Grande.
- grands
-
noun,
grand piano.
- Agadir
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Morocco: destroyed by earthquake in 1960; new town rebuilt S of original site.
- grani-
-
- design
-
noun,
an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- gradin
-
noun,
one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- dendra
-
noun,
a plural of dendron.
- dendr-
-
- adages
-
noun,
a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb.
- grides
-
noun,
a griding or grating sound.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- grille
-
noun,
a grating or openwork barrier, as for a gate, usually of metal and often of decorative design.
- Deland
-
noun,
Margaret (Margaretta Wade Campbell Deland) 1857–1945, U.S. novelist.
- grills
-
noun,
a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
- grilse
-
noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- deigns
-
verb (used with object),
to condescend to give or grant:
- Graiae
-
plural noun,
Graeae.
- grades
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- alders
-
- Glaser
-
noun,
Donald A. 1926–2013, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- agenda
-
noun,
a list, plan, outline, or the like, of things to be done, matters to be acted or voted upon, etc.:
- glades
-
noun,
an open space in a forest.
- Scilla
-
noun,
modern name of Scylla.
- scler-
-
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- glaire
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- glairs
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- dirndl
-
noun,
a woman's dress with a close-fitting bodice and full skirt, commonly of colorful and strikingly patterned material, fashioned after Tyrolean peasant wear.
- glance
-
noun,
a quick or brief look.
- glares
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- gleans
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- agaric
-
noun,
any fungus of the family Agaricaceae, including several common edible mushrooms.
- Glenda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dingle
-
noun,
a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.
- dinges
-
noun,
the condition of being dingy.
- dinger
-
noun,
humdinger.
- glider
-
noun,
a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- glides
-
noun,
a gliding movement, as in dancing.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Dinard
-
noun,
a city in W France: seaside resort.
- gnarls
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- Graces
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- cardi-
-
- Asgard
-
noun,
the home of the Aesir and location of Valhalla and the palaces of the individual gods: connected with the earth by the rainbow bridge, Bifrost.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- radian
-
noun,
the measure of a central angle subtending an arc equal in length to the radius: equal to 57.2958°. Abbreviation: rad.
- nacred
-
adjective,
lined with or resembling nacre.
- Cardin
-
noun,
Pierre, born 1922, French fashion designer.
- Angela
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “messenger.”.
- Angell
-
noun,
James Rowland [roh-luh nd] /ˈroʊ lənd/ (Show IPA), 1869–1949, U.S. educator.
- cardia
-
noun,
an opening that connects the esophagus and the upper part of the stomach.
- nacres
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- L-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- acarid
-
noun,
an acarine, especially a mite of the family Acaridae.
- radial
-
noun,
a radial section or construction.
- raddle
-
noun,
ruddle.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- Racine
-
noun,
Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1639–99, French dramatist.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- slider
-
noun,
a person or thing that slides.
- Carian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Caria.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- Andria
-
noun,
a city in Apulia, S Italy.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- arsen-
-
- Andrea
-
noun,
a male or female given name, Latinized form of Andrew.
- lineal
-
adjective,
being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- arcane
-
adjective,
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric:
- carnal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual:
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- recall
-
noun,
an act of recalling.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Andric
-
noun,
Ivo [ee-vaw] /ˈi vɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1975, Yugoslavian poet, novelist, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1961.
- siller
-
noun,
silver.
- linger
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- Raglan
-
noun,
a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
- arcade
-
noun,
Architecture.
a series of arches supported on piers or columns.
an arched, roofed-in gallery. Compare colonnade.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Carina
-
noun,
Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- Nagari
-
noun,
a group of related scripts, including Devanagari, derived from Brahmi and used for the writing of many of the languages of India.
- casing
-
noun,
a case or covering; housing.
- Calles
-
noun,
Plutarco Elías [ploo-tahr-kaw e-lee-ahs] /pluˈtɑr kɔ ɛˈli ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1877–1945, Mexican general and statesman: president of Mexico 1924–28.
- Anlage
-
noun,
Embryology. an embryonic area capable of forming a structure: the primordium, germ, or bud.
- Canad.
-
- NASCAR
-
noun,
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
- Nicaea
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Asia Minor: Nicene Creed formulated here a.d.
- regnal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- 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.
- calli-
-
- caller
-
noun,
a person or thing that calls.
- anlace
-
noun,
anelace.
- Nergal
-
noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- Callas
-
noun,
Maria Meneghini [men-i-gee-nee] /ˌmɛn ɪˈgi ni/ (Show IPA), 1923–77, U.S. soprano.
- cairds
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- calesa
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- Cairns
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Australia.
- silage
-
noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- Calder
-
noun,
Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.
- cagers
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- caners
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- naiads
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Caddie
-
noun,
Golf. a person hired to carry a player's clubs, find the ball, etc.
- caddis
-
noun,
a kind of woolen braid, ribbon, or tape.
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- angled
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- cadges
-
noun,
a frame on which hawks are carried to the field.
- 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.
- angler
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- Angles
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- acedia
-
noun,
sloth (def 1).
Compare deadly sins.
- Anglia
-
noun,
Latin name of England.
- Anglic
-
noun,
the English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings; the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet.
- candid
-
noun,
an unposed photograph.
- Candia
-
noun,
former name of Iráklion.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- cadres
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- casern
-
noun,
a lodging for soldiers in a garrison town; barracks.
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- 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.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ranged
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- Leland
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- cinder
-
noun,
a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- liangs
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- ligans
-
noun,
lagan.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- ligand
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a molecule, as an antibody, hormone, or drug, that binds to a receptor.
- Argall
-
noun,
Sir Samuel, 1572–1639, British explorer: colonial governor of Virginia 1617–19.
- rancid
-
adjective,
having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils:
- cellar
-
noun,
a room, or set of rooms, for the storage of food, fuel, etc., wholly or partly underground and usually beneath a building.
- argali
-
noun,
a wild sheep, Ovis ammon, of Asia, having long, curved horns that typically form an open, outwardly extended spiral: rare or endangered.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- lidars
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- linage
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- argals
-
noun,
argol.
- ligase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- ciders
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- cedarn
-
adjective,
resembling or made of cedar.
- arnica
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Arnica, having opposite leaves and yellow flower heads.
- Signac
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1863–1935, French painter.
- Cedars
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- lignes
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Reagan
-
noun,
Nancy Davis (Anne Francis Robbins Davis) born 1921, U.S. First Lady 1981–89 (wife of Ronald Reagan).
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- argils
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- legals
-
noun,
a person who acts in a legal manner or with legal authority.
- liards
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- ligers
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- galea
-
noun,
Botany. a part of the calyx or corolla having the form of a helmet, as the upper lip of the corolla of the monkshood.
- galas
-
noun,
a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment:
- Agena
-
noun,
a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets: also used as a docking target in the Gemini program.
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- nills
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- gains
-
- nidge
-
verb (used with object),
to dress (a stone) with a pick or kevel.
- gland
-
noun,
Anatomy.
a cell, group of cells, or organ producing a secretion.
any of various organs or structures resembling the shape but not the function of true glands.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- agars
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- 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.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- 30-30
-
- Gaddi
-
noun,
Taddeo [tahd-de-aw] /tɑdˈdɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1300–66, Italian painter and architect.
- glans
-
noun,
the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- glide
-
noun,
a gliding movement, as in dancing.
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- gadid
-
noun,
a gadid fish.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- glads
-
noun,
gladiolus (def 1).
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- sing.
-
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- Galla
-
noun,
Oromo.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Genl.
-
- genic
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, resembling, or arising from a gene or genes.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- ragas
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- gelid
-
adjective,
very cold; icy.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- salal
-
noun,
an evergreen shrub, Gaultheria shallon, of the heath family, native to the western coast of North America, having leathery, oblong leaves and clusters of pink or white flowers and purplish-black fruit.
- 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).
- g-cal
-
- gelds
-
noun,
a payment; tax.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- rall.
-
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Galle
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Sri Lanka.
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- glade
-
noun,
an open space in a forest.
- redds
-
noun,
the spawning area or nest of trout or salmon.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- galls
-
noun,
impudence; effrontery.
- Glace
-
noun,
ice placed in a drink to cool it.
- girds
-
noun,
a gibe.
- Gilda
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “golden.”.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- salad
-
noun,
a usually cold dish consisting of vegetables, as lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, covered with a dressing and sometimes containing seafood, meat, or eggs.
- Ganda
-
noun,
Luganda.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- gilds
-
noun,
guild.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- Garda
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Italy: the largest lake in Italy. 35 miles (56 km) long; 143 sq. mi. (370 sq. km).
- Snell
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- aeri-
-
- Grace
-
noun,
elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action:
Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity.
Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- lalia
-
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- acred
-
adjective,
owning many acres of land; landed.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- lign-
-
- 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.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Adlai
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Adige
-
noun,
a river in N Italy, flowing SE to the Adriatic Sea. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- lagan
-
noun,
anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- acrid
-
adjective,
sharp or biting to the taste or smell; bitterly pungent; irritating to the eyes, nose, etc.:
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lings
-
noun,
an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- 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.
- ling.
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- Lilac
-
noun,
any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- ladle
-
noun,
a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- Legis
-
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- 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.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- legal
-
noun,
a person who acts in a legal manner or with legal authority.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- adder
-
noun,
the common European viper, Vipera berus.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- adage
-
noun,
a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation; proverb.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- aden-
-
- slang
-
noun,
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- addnl
-
- lang.
-
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- addle
-
adjective,
mentally confused; muddled.
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- 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.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Addie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- ridge
-
noun,
a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- grind
-
noun,
the act of grinding.
- gride
-
noun,
a griding or grating sound.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- grill
-
noun,
a grated utensil for broiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc., over a fire; gridiron.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- narcs
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- Saida
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Lebanon: the site of ancient Sidon.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- sagan
-
noun,
Carl (Edward) 1934–96, U.S. astronomer and writer.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Nasca
-
adjective,
Nazca.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Nedda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- grade
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- grads
-
noun,
a graduate.
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Grana
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- grice
-
noun,
a pig, especially a young or suckling pig.
- nears
-
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- saiga
-
noun,
a goatlike antelope, Saiga tatarica, of western Asia and eastern Russia, having a greatly enlarged muzzle.
- Agade
-
noun,
Akkad (def 2).
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Icel.
-
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- relig
-
- nacre
-
noun,
mother-of-pearl.
- 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.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- reni-
-
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- Iran.
-
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- 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.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Naida
-
noun,
a female given name.
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- naiad
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. any of a class of nymphs presiding over rivers and springs.
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Saadi
-
noun,
(Muslih ud-Din) 1184?–1291? Persian poet.
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- 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.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- incl.
-
- incr.
-
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- 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.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- canal
-
noun,
an artificial waterway for navigation, irrigation, etc.
- cigar
-
noun,
a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf.
- dings
-
noun,
a ringing sound.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- dinge
-
noun,
the condition of being dingy.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- dangs
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- cider
-
noun,
the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- dills
-
noun,
a plant, Anethum graveolens, of the parsley family, having aromatic seeds and finely divided leaves, both of which are used for flavoring food.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- calls
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- Dania
-
noun,
a town in S Florida.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- cidal
-
- scrag
-
noun,
a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Seric
-
- Diana
-
noun,
(Princess of Wales; Lady Diana Spencer) 1961–97, former wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dirac
-
noun,
Paul Adrien Maurice, 1902–84, British physicist, in the U.S. after 1971: Nobel Prize 1933.
- dial.
-
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- Danae
-
noun,
a daughter of the king of Argos and mother, by Zeus disguised as a shower of gold, of Perseus.
- dread
-
noun,
terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear.
- Danai
-
plural noun,
the Argives.
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- drang
-
noun,
a narrow lane or alleyway.
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Aldas
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Danas
-
noun,
Danu.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- Caird
-
noun,
a traveling tinker, especially a gypsy.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- drags
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- cairn
-
noun,
a heap of stones set up as a landmark, monument, tombstone, etc.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- disc.
-
- 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.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- cine-
-
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- Cilla
-
noun,
a sister of Priam who, with her infant son, was slain by Priam because it had been prophesied that a mother and child of the royal house would cause the destruction of Troy.
- dirge
-
noun,
a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
- Canea
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Crete, on the W part.
- diag.
-
- dried
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- decl.
-
- deci-
-
- Carin
-
noun,
a female given name.
- cells
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- cella
-
noun,
the principal enclosed chamber of a classical temple.
- decd.
-
- Algar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- deca-
-
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- andr-
-
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- carne
-
noun,
Marcel [mahr-sel;; French mar-sel] /mɑrˈsɛl;; French marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1909–1996, French film director.
- carns
-
noun,
cairn.
- algia
-
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- Cedar
-
noun,
any of several Old World, coniferous trees of the genus Cedrus, having wide, spreading branches.
Compare cedar of Lebanon.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- algid
-
adjective,
cold; chilly.
- deads
-
noun,
the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.:
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- Angl.
-
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- caner
-
noun,
a person who works with cane, especially one who produces canework for chairs.
- desc.
-
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- daric
-
noun,
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Persia.
- 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.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- angi-
-
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Della
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Delia.
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- Caren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Card.
-
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- angas
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- deign
-
verb (used with object),
to condescend to give or grant:
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Degas
-
noun,
Hilaire Germain Edgar [ee-ler zher-man ed-gar] /iˈlɛr ʒɛrˈmɛ̃ ɛdˈgar/ (Show IPA), 1834–1917, French impressionist painter.
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- dedal
-
adjective,
daedal.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- cards
-
noun,
a usually rectangular piece of stiff paper, thin pasteboard, or plastic for various uses, as to write information on or printed as a means of identifying the holder:
- algae
-
plural noun,
any of numerous groups of chlorophyll-containing, mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms ranging from microscopic single-celled forms to multicellular forms 100 feet (30 meters) or more long, distinguished from plants by the absence of true roots, stems, and leaves and by a lack of nonreproductive cells in the reproductive structures: classified into the six phyla Euglenophyta, Crysophyta, Pyrrophyta, Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta, and Rhodophyta.
- dregs
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- Arnel
-
- crine
-
noun,
hair; head of hair.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- 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.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Allen
-
noun,
(Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) [blair-fin-dee] /blɛərˈfɪn di/ (Show IPA), ("Cecil Power"; "J. Arbuthnot Wilson") 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- clang
-
noun,
a clanging sound.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- drill
-
noun,
Machinery, Building Trades.
a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, especially by rotation.
a tool, especially a hand tool, for holding and operating such a tool.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- ancre
-
adjective,
having the end of each limb divided and carved outward like the flukes of an anchor; moline:
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- ASEAN
-
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- cried
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- sarc-
-
- Egadi
-
noun,
a group of islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of W Sicily. 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- anal.
-
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- cling
-
noun,
the act of clinging; adherence; attachment.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- clase
-
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- argal
-
noun,
argol.
- 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.
- engr.
-
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Craig
-
noun,
Edward Gordon, 1872–1966, English stage designer, producer, and author.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- Crane
-
noun,
any large wading bird of the family Gruidae, characterized by long legs, bill, and neck and an elevated hind toe.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- encl.
-
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Alas.
-
- egads
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- scall
-
noun,
dandruff.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- dalle
-
noun,
The, a city in N Oregon.
- sided
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- cadre
-
noun,
Military. the key group of officers and enlisted personnel necessary to establish and train a new military unit.
- 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.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Aldan
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from the Yabloni Mountains to the Lena. about 1500 miles (2415 km) long.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- Scand
-
- Dagan
-
noun,
the Mesopotamian god of agriculture and the earth: a counterpart of the Phoenician and Philistine Dagon.
- Dagda
-
noun,
a god, the chief of the Tuatha De Danann, the father of Angus Og and Brigit, and the leader of the battle against the Fomorians.
- Eagan
-
noun,
a town in SE Minnesota.
- dalan
-
noun,
(in Persian and Indian architecture) a veranda or open hall for reception of visitors.
- Allan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cadge
-
noun,
a frame on which hawks are carried to the field.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- dadas
-
noun,
the style and techniques of a group of artists, writers, etc., of the early 20th century who exploited accidental and incongruous effects in their work and who programmatically challenged established canons of art, thought, morality, etc.
- EDGAR
-
noun,
an award given annually in various categories of mystery writing.
- Dacia
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom and later a Roman province in S Europe between the Carpathian Mountains and the Danube, corresponding generally to modern Romania and adjacent regions.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- cages
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- cager
-
noun,
Informal. a basketball player.
- Eddas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- ance
-
- cis-
-
- cir.
-
- cell
-
noun,
a small room, as in a convent or prison.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- lin.
-
- Anas
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- cen.
-
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- cide
-
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- CERN
-
- Adad
-
noun,
Babylonian god of storms and wind.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- 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.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- lea.
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Rida
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Cels
-
- 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.
- leg.
-
- clar
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- CIGS
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- Adar
-
noun,
the sixth month of the Jewish calendar.
- sld.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- 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.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- asgd
-
- SLIC
-
- acad
-
- 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).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- rad.
-
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- ACDA
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- Redd
-
noun,
the spawning area or nest of trout or salmon.
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- acea
-
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Reg.
-
- NIRA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- 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.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- 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.
- Cage
-
noun,
a boxlike enclosure having wires, bars, or the like, for confining and displaying birds or animals.
- Sig.
-
- raga
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Sra.
-
- RdAc
-
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- rcd.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Arg.
-
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- 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.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- ARIS
-
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- 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).
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- asc-
-
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- 1080
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- sgd.
-
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Nada
-
noun,
nothing; zero; none:
- NACA
-
- 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.
- anga
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rel.
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- ACLS
-
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- 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.
- ands
-
- Carn
-
noun,
cairn.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- acr-
-
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Cdr.
-
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- regd
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Cal.
-
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Arad
-
noun,
a city in W Romania, on the Mures River.
- ANSI
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Call
-
noun,
a cry or shout.
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- NDSL
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- NDAC
-
- NCAA
-
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASD
-
- Cana
-
noun,
an ancient town in N Israel, in Galilee: scene of Jesus' first miracle. John 2:1, 11.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- narc
-
noun,
a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gild
-
noun,
guild.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- dreg
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- Gill
-
noun,
the respiratory organ of aquatic animals, as fish, that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- gird
-
noun,
a gibe.
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Glad
-
noun,
gladiolus (def 1).
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- sci.
-
- Ald.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- geld
-
noun,
a payment; tax.
- 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.
- Gen.
-
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- gids
-
- Ger.
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Alda
-
noun,
Frances, 1885–1952, U.S. operatic singer.
- Gerd
-
noun,
the daughter of a giant and the consort of Frey, who wooed her through his servant Skirnir.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gide
-
noun,
André (Paul Guillaume) [ahn-drey pawl gee-yohm] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pɔl giˈyoʊm/ (Show IPA), 1869–1951, French novelist, essayist, poet, and critic: Nobel Prize 1947.
- drag
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- scil
-
- 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.
- scr.
-
- digs
-
noun,
thrust; poke:
- dig.
-
- grad
-
noun,
a graduate.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- Agar
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- 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.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- agal
-
noun,
(among Arabs) a cord wound around a kaffiyeh to hold it in place.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- DIAD
-
noun, adjective,
dyad.
- dia-
-
- Dill
-
noun,
a plant, Anethum graveolens, of the parsley family, having aromatic seeds and finely divided leaves, both of which are used for flavoring food.
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- dlr.
-
- dir.
-
- dis-
-
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- aged
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the):
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- Din.
-
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- ding
-
noun,
a ringing sound.
- agas
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- geds
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- end-
-
- gads
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- gaea
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- enc.
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Eng.
-
- Aire
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Gal.
-
- Gala
-
noun,
a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment:
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- 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.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- enl.
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- ergs
-
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Esd.
-
- Ala.
-
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- egad
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Agra
-
noun,
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
- agr.
-
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- Edda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- scag
-
noun,
heroin.
- gds.
-
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Aida
-
noun,
(italics) an opera (1871) by Giuseppe Verdi.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- AInd
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- Gall
-
noun,
impudence; effrontery.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- 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.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- ELAS
-
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Gand
-
noun,
French name of Ghent.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Gard
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
- gras
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- der.
-
- Danl
-
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dana
-
noun,
Danu.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- 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.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Dang
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Dard
-
noun,
Also, Dardic. a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir, northern Pakistan, and eastern Afghanistan, and including Kashmiri.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- darg
-
noun,
Scot. and North England. a day's work.
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- 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.
- Ire.
-
- RNAS
-
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- ins.
-
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- DASD
-
noun,
an external storage device, as a magnetic disk storage unit, in which the access mechanism and storage medium can be positioned directly at the addresses sought to read or write specific data items.
- sec.
-
- Alis
-
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Crag
-
noun,
a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting part of a rock.
- Lani
-
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- Cres
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- addn
-
- adds
-
noun,
Journalism. copy added to a completed story.
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- DEng
-
- Ens.
-
- all-
-
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Dada
-
noun,
the style and techniques of a group of artists, writers, etc., of the early 20th century who exploited accidental and incongruous effects in their work and who programmatically challenged established canons of art, thought, morality, etc.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- dags
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- DCNL
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ind.
-
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- SAGA
-
noun,
a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
- 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.
- ign.
-
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- deg.
-
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dec.
-
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- Ill.
-
- idae
-
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Ice.
-
- ical
-
- iana
-
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- IAEA
-
- Alg.
-
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- ile-
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- gres
-
- grid
-
noun,
a grating of crossed bars; gridiron.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- dead
-
noun,
the period of greatest darkness, coldness, etc.:
- IndE
-
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Den.
-
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- 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.
- Inc.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- inae
-
- aer-
-
- Del.
-
- DDSc
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- se-
-
- SDA
-
- RID
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- 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).
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Sr.
-
- SAR
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SDR
-
- Rs.
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- sd.
-
- SED
-
- rnd
-
- 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).
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- red
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- SDI
-
- SLA
-
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- RNA
-
- RLD
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- RSE
-
- SAA
-
- SAE
-
- sc.
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- SLR
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- RSA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- SLE
-
- ScD
-
- CEA
-
- REA
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- Eg.
-
- DSR
-
- DSA
-
- DRG
-
- DRE
-
- Dr.
-
- DNR
-
- DNA
-
- DLS
-
- DLC
-
- DIL
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DID
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- di.
-
- DEd
-
- EAA
-
- Dag
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- DCL
-
- dd.
-
- DDS
-
- DSC
-
- DAD
-
noun,
father.
- DAE
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- DEA
-
- DAR
-
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DCS
-
- DDR
-
- de-
-
- ea.
-
- ead
-
- CSA
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- Ga.
-
- RDS
-
- en-
-
- Gad
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- GCA
-
- GCD
-
- GCE
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ean
-
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ec-
-
- ECA
-
- ECG
-
- ed.
-
- EDC
-
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- EDD
-
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- eir
-
- EIS
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- CSR
-
- CRS
-
- GCR
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ALC
-
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIC
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- AGC
-
- aga
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEC
-
- AEA
-
- ae.
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- al.
-
- ac-
-
- ad-
-
- ADC
-
- ag-
-
- AIA
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- an.
-
- ADA
-
noun,
a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
- Ar.
-
- AAE
-
- Aar
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- ACS
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ANC
-
- CNS
-
- CGS
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- CAI
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CED
-
- CGI
-
- CIA
-
- cl.
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- CIE
-
- cig
-
noun,
a cigarette.
- cle
-
- CLI
-
- CLR
-
- CAA
-
- cs.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- 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.
- ANG
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- ard
-
- ARS
-
- cr.
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ase
-
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- ASR
-
- ca.
-
- GCI
-
- gi.
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- NSC
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- NSA
-
- LDL
-
- Ldg
-
- LDC
-
- Ld.
-
- LCI
-
- LCD
-
- Gde
-
- Rd.
-
- Les
-
- LCA
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- 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).
- LSD
-
- RCS
-
- LDS
-
- LCL
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- lg.
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- NDE
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAD
-
- NAA
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NES
-
- NGC
-
- NIA
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- LSI
-
- NRC
-
- LSC
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- LNG
-
- nr.
-
- LLD
-
- ll.
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- NRA
-
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Re.
-
- La.
-
- ISR
-
- GSC
-
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- RCN
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- id.
-
- ics
-
- RDA
-
- RDC
-
- GSR
-
- GSA
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- gre
-
- Gr.
-
- Gld
-
- gl.
-
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- Gil
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Ges
-
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- Ged
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- GDR
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ide
-
- ier
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRL
-
- IRC
-
- Ir.
-
- ing
-
- RCA
-
- ine
-
- NEC
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ILS
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- in.
-
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- RI
-
- RN
-
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- RC
-
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 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.
- SN
-
- NL
-
- R.
-
- GD
-
- NI
-
- SG
-
- DN
-
- S.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SA
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SL
-
- L.
-
- IG
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ic
-
- i.
-
- GN
-
- G.
-
- GC
-
- DG
-
- LC
-
- NG
-
- ln
-
- ND
-
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- LR
-
- CE
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- rg
-
- le
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- dl
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- D.
-