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- aerobatics
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) stunts performed in flight by an airplane, glider, or the like.
- cabriolets
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noun,
a light, two-wheeled, one-horse carriage with a folding top, capable of seating two persons.
- calibrates
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verb (used with object),
to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- bacteriol.
-
- brocatels
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noun,
a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
- aerobatic
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) stunts performed in flight by an airplane, glider, or the like.
- astrolabe
-
noun,
an astronomical instrument for taking the altitude of the sun or stars and for the solution of other problems in astronomy and navigation: used by Greek astronomers from about 200 b.c. and by Arab astronomers from the Middle Ages until superseded by the sextant.
- boracites
-
noun,
a strongly pyroelectric mineral, a borate and chloride of magnesium, Mg 6 Cl 2 B 14 O 26 , occurring in white or colorless cubic crystals or fine-grained masses.
- braciolas
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noun,
a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- barbicels
-
noun,
one of the minute processes fringing the barbules of certain feathers.
- laborites
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noun,
a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- sclerotia
-
noun,
a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
- barbitals
-
noun,
a barbiturate compound, C 7 O 3 N 2 H 12 , formerly used as a hypnotic.
- calibrate
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verb (used with object),
to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements).
- cabriolet
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noun,
a light, two-wheeled, one-horse carriage with a folding top, capable of seating two persons.
- cabrioles
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noun,
Furniture. a curved, tapering leg curving outward at the top and inward farther down so as to end in a round pad, the semblance of an animal's paw, or some other feature: used especially in the first half of the 18th century.
- Escalator
-
noun,
Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down.
- Cristobal
-
noun,
a seaport in Panama at the Atlantic end of the Panama Canal, adjacent to Colón.
- ascorbate
-
noun,
a salt or other derivative of ascorbic acid.
- albacores
-
noun,
a long-finned tuna, Thunnus alalunga, of warm or temperate seas, the flesh of which is valued for canning.
- tailraces
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noun,
the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- sectorial
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adjective,
of or relating to a sector.
- loricate
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adjective,
covered with a lorica.
- bloaters
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noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- acerolas
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noun,
the cherrylike fruit of a small tree, Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and adjacent areas, having a high concentration of vitamin C.
- Laborite
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noun,
a member of a political party promoting the interests of labor.
- bistable
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adjective,
(of an electric or electronic circuit) having two stable states.
- labiates
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noun,
a labiate plant.
- bareboat
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adjective,
providing a boat only, exclusive of crew, stores, fuel, and the like:
- barbital
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noun,
a barbiturate compound, C 7 O 3 N 2 H 12 , formerly used as a hypnotic.
- bitbrace
-
noun,
brace (def 3).
- bisector
-
noun,
a line or plane that bisects an angle or line segment.
- iceboats
-
noun,
a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- cabalist
-
noun,
a student of or expert in the cabala.
- obstacle
-
noun,
something that obstructs or hinders progress.
- orbitals
-
noun,
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital)
the electron in that state.
- orbitale
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noun,
Craniometry, Cephalometry. the lowermost point on the lower margin of the left orbit, located instrumentally on the skull or by palpation on the head.
- abristle
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adverb, adjective,
in a bristling state:
- basecoat
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noun,
a first coat of a surfacing material, as paint.
- brocatel
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noun,
a brocade in which the design is woven in high relief.
- bilobate
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adjective,
consisting of or divided into two lobes.
- belabors
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verb (used with object),
to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary:
- bibelots
-
noun,
a small object of curiosity, beauty, or rarity.
- aerobics
-
noun,
Also called aerobic exercises. (used with a plural verb) any of various sustained exercises, as jogging, rowing, swimming, or cycling, that stimulate and strengthen the heart and lungs, thereby improving the body's utilization of oxygen.
- albacore
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noun,
a long-finned tuna, Thunnus alalunga, of warm or temperate seas, the flesh of which is valued for canning.
- strobila
-
noun,
the body of a tapeworm exclusive of the head and neck region.
Compare scolex.
- Rabelais
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), c1490–1553, French satirist and humorist.
- boracite
-
noun,
a strongly pyroelectric mineral, a borate and chloride of magnesium, Mg 6 Cl 2 B 14 O 26 , occurring in white or colorless cubic crystals or fine-grained masses.
- tailrace
-
noun,
the race, flume, or channel leading away from a waterwheel or the like.
- cabarets
-
noun,
a restaurant providing food, drink, music, a dance floor, and often a floor show.
- bobtails
-
noun,
a short or docked tail.
- librates
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- Libertas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- braciola
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noun,
a flat piece of veal or beef rolled around a filling and baked in stock and wine.
- airboats
-
noun,
Also called swamp boat. a small open boat having a very shallow draft and driven by a caged airplane propeller mounted above the rear transom, capable of traveling at relatively high speeds through shallow water, swamps, etc.
- storable
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noun,
Usually, storables. articles that are storable.
- bearcats
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that fights or acts with force or fierceness.
- bricoles
-
noun,
Billiards. a shot in which the cue ball strikes a cushion after touching the object ball and before hitting the carom ball.
- basilect
-
noun,
the variety of language in a creole continuum that is most distinct from the acrolect.
- barbicel
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noun,
one of the minute processes fringing the barbules of certain feathers.
- berascal
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verb (used with object),
to call (someone) a rascal.
- abreacts
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by abreaction.
- clabbers
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noun,
milk that has soured and thickened; curdled milk.
- bacteri-
-
- babracot
-
noun,
a wooden grating used by Indians in South America for roasting and drying food.
- sailboat
-
noun,
a boat having sails as its principal means of propulsion.
- abbacies
-
noun,
the rank, rights, privileges, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
- arbalest
-
noun,
a powerful medieval crossbow with a steel bow, used to shoot stones, metal balls, arrows, etc.
- corbeils
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noun,
a sculptured ornament, especially on a capital, having the form of a basket.
- Scrabble
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noun,
a scratching or scraping, as with the claws or hands.
- carioles
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- scribble
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verb (used with object),
to write hastily or carelessly:
- societal
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- coistrel
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noun,
a scoundrel; knave.
- sociable
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noun,
Chiefly Northern and Midland U.S. an informal social gathering, especially of members of a church.
- clobbers
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noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothes.
- cloister
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noun,
a covered walk, especially in a religious institution, having an open arcade or colonnade usually opening onto a courtyard.
- coal-tar
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noun,
a thick, black, viscid liquid formed during the distillation of coal, that upon further distillation yields compounds, as benzene, anthracene, and phenol, from which are derived a large number of dyes, drugs, and other synthetic compounds, and that yields a final residuum (coal-tar pitch) which is used chiefly in making pavements.
- bacteria
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plural noun,
ubiquitous one-celled organisms, spherical, spiral, or rod-shaped and appearing singly or in chains, comprising the Schizomycota, a phylum of the kingdom Monera (in some classification systems the plant class Schizomycetes), various species of which are involved in fermentation, putrefaction, infectious diseases, or nitrogen fixation.
- satiable
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adjective,
capable of being satiated.
- cabriole
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noun,
Furniture. a curved, tapering leg curving outward at the top and inward farther down so as to end in a round pad, the semblance of an animal's paw, or some other feature: used especially in the first half of the 18th century.
- Sabatier
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noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1854–1941, French chemist: Nobel prize 1912.
- barbasco
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noun,
a shrub or small tree, Jacquinia barbasco, of tropical America, the source of a substance used to stun fish so they can be caught easily.
- Escorial
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noun,
a building in central Spain, 27 miles (43 km) NW of Madrid, containing a monastery, palace, church, and mausoleum of the Spanish sovereigns: erected 1563–84.
- calibers
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noun,
the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube:
- balestra
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noun,
a jump toward the opponent followed immediately by a lunge.
- Bactria
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noun,
an ancient country in W Asia, between the Oxus River and the Hindu Kush Mountains. Capital: Bactra.
- rabatos
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noun,
a wide, stiff collar of the 17th century, worn flat over the shoulders or open in front and standing at the back.
- rabbles
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noun,
a disorderly crowd; mob.
- bibelot
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noun,
a small object of curiosity, beauty, or rarity.
- sclero-
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- Astilbe
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noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- rabbets
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noun,
a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- bicarbs
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noun,
Informal. sodium bicarbonate.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- riblets
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- asocial
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adjective,
not sociable or gregarious; withdrawn from society.
- bilboes
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noun,
a finely tempered sword.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- ascribe
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verb (used with object),
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute:
- barbate
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adjective,
tufted or furnished with hairs; bearded.
- article
-
noun,
a written composition in prose, usually nonfiction, on a specific topic, forming an independent part of a book or other publication, as a newspaper or magazine.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- barbels
-
noun,
a slender, external process on the jaw or other part of the head of certain fishes.
- astrol.
-
- balboas
-
noun,
Vasco Núñez de [bahs-kaw noo-nyeth th e] /ˈbɑs kɔ ˈnu nyɛθ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1475?–1517, Spanish adventurer and explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
- relicts
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noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- ratable
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adjective,
capable of being rated or appraised.
- barites
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- basiate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to kiss.
- basilar
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adjective,
pertaining to or situated at the base, especially the base of the skull.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- re-coil
-
verb (used with or without object),
to coil again.
- recital
-
noun,
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
- rebatos
-
noun,
rabato.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- bearcat
-
noun,
Informal. a person or thing that fights or acts with force or fierceness.
- Babesia
-
noun,
any protozoan of the genus Babesia, certain species of which are parasitic and pathogenic for warm-blooded animals.
- bailors
-
noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- Scarlet
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noun,
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- barbets
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noun,
any of several stocky, tropical birds of the family Capitonidae, having a stout bill with bristles at the base.
- belabor
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verb (used with object),
to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary:
- scabble
-
verb (used with object),
to shape or dress (stone) roughly.
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- Belasco
-
noun,
David, 1854–1931, U.S. playwright, actor, and producer.
- coastal
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adjective,
of, relating to, bordering on, or located near a coast:
- bestial
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- 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.
- orbital
-
noun,
Physics, Chemistry.
a wave function describing the state of a single electron in an atom (atomic orbital) or in a molecule (molecular orbital)
the electron in that state.
- lobster
-
noun,
any of various large, edible, marine, usually dull-green, stalk-eyed decapod crustaceans of the family Homaridae, especially of the genus Homarus, having large, asymmetrical pincers on the first pair of legs, one used for crushing and the other for cutting and tearing: the shell turns bright red when cooked.
- blastic
-
- caritas
-
noun,
charity.
- Castile
-
noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- Caserta
-
noun,
a city in S Italy, near Naples.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- cartels
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- Carlota
-
noun,
1840–1927, wife of Maximillian: empress of Mexico 1864–67 (daughter of Leopold I of Belgium).
- Carlita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Carlist
-
noun,
a supporter of the claims of Don Carlos of Spain or of his successors to the Spanish throne.
- cariole
-
noun,
a small, open, two-wheeled vehicle.
- Celosia
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- caribes
-
noun,
piranha.
- erotica
-
noun,
written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
- erotics
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- escolar
-
noun,
a snake mackerel, especially Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
- Calorie
-
noun,
Thermodynamics.
Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal.
(usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
- caliber
-
noun,
the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube:
- cabrito
-
noun,
the meat of a young goat.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- Croatia
-
noun,
a republic in SE Europe: includes the historical regions of Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia; formerly a part of Yugoslavia. 21,835 sq. mi. (56,555 sq. km) Capital: Zagreb.
- costrel
-
noun,
a flask made of leather, earthenware, or wood, usually with an ear or ears by which to suspend it, as from the waist.
- cabbies
-
noun,
a cabdriver.
- clarets
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- coaster
-
noun,
a person or thing that coasts.
- coalers
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- cobalts
-
noun,
a silver-white metallic element with a faint pinkish tinge, occurring in compounds whose silicates afford important blue coloring substances for ceramics. Symbol: Co; atomic weight: 58.933; atomic number: 27; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- cobbers
-
noun,
a close fellow male friend; chum; pal.
- clobber
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) clothes.
- cobbler
-
noun,
a person who mends shoes.
- cobbles
-
noun,
a cobblestone.
- 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.
- Colbert
-
noun,
Claudette (Lily Claudette Chauchoin) 1903–96, U.S. actress, born in France.
- cerato-
-
- claires
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- clabber
-
noun,
milk that has soured and thickened; curdled milk.
- citrals
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- citoles
-
noun,
cittern.
- colters
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- Corbeil
-
noun,
a sculptured ornament, especially on a capital, having the form of a basket.
- corbels
-
noun,
any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
- corslet
-
noun,
corselet (def 2).
- cablets
-
noun,
a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 cm) in circumference.
- cabaret
-
noun,
a restaurant providing food, drink, music, a dance floor, and often a floor show.
- blasto-
-
- bobtail
-
noun,
a short or docked tail.
- borasca
-
noun,
(especially in the Mediterranean) a squall, usually accompanied by thunder and lightning.
- lobbers
-
noun,
clabber.
- lobbies
-
noun,
an entrance hall, corridor, or vestibule, as in a public building, often serving as an anteroom; foyer.
- bolster
-
noun,
a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- slabber
-
verb (used with or without object), noun,
slobber.
- locates
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- boilers
-
noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- bobcats
-
noun,
a North American wildcat, Lynx rufus, ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico, having a brownish coat with black spots.
- borstal
-
noun,
(in England) a school for delinquent boys that provides therapy and vocational training.
- boaters
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- boatels
-
noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- boaster
-
noun,
a person who boasts or brags.
- obelias
-
noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- oblates
-
noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- bloater
-
noun,
a herring cured by being salted and briefly smoked and dried.
- blister
-
noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- Bleriot
-
noun,
Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1872–1936, French aviator, pioneer aeronautical engineer, and inventor.
- borates
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- lictors
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- iceboat
-
noun,
a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
- lactose
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- Iobates
-
noun,
a Lycian king commissioned by his son-in-law, Proetus, to kill Bellerophon: after surviving ordeals designed to destroy him, Bellerophon was believed to be divinely protected, and Iobates gave him half his kingdom.
- Isabela
-
noun,
a city in NW Puerto Rico.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- labiate
-
noun,
a labiate plant.
- labrets
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- Lacerta
-
noun,
the Lizard, a northern constellation between Cepheus and Pegasus.
- Lacoste
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- lactase
-
noun,
an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing lactose into glucose and galactose.
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- librate
-
verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- Bristol
-
noun,
a seaport in Avon, in SW England, on the Avon River near its confluence with the Severn estuary.
- bristle
-
noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- bricole
-
noun,
Billiards. a shot in which the cue ball strikes a cushion after touching the object ball and before hitting the carom ball.
- latices
-
noun,
a plural of latex.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Brescia
-
noun,
a city in central Lombardy, in N Italy.
- Latrobe
-
noun,
Benjamin Henry, 1764–1820, U.S. architect and engineer, born in England.
- lectors
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- libbers
-
noun,
an advocate, follower, or member of a social-reform liberation movement:
- aristo-
-
- eclairs
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- stearo-
-
- Arecibo
-
noun,
a seaport in N Puerto Rico.
- Alberti
-
noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- actable
-
adjective,
capable of being acted or suitable for acting:
- triable
-
- Trebbia
-
noun,
a river in N Italy, flowing N into the Po at Piacenza: Romans defeated by Hannibal near here 218 b.c. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- abacist
-
noun,
a person skilled in using an abacus.
- stearic
-
adjective,
of or relating to suet or fat.
- albites
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- Tarasco
-
noun,
Tarascan.
- acrobat
-
noun,
a skilled performer of gymnastic feats, as walking on a tightrope or swinging on a trapeze.
- stoical
-
adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- ablator
-
noun,
See under ablation (def 3).
- ablates
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- sorbate
-
noun,
a sorbed substance.
- solaria
-
noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- talcose
-
adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- solatia
-
noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- Aetolia
-
noun,
an ancient district in W Greece, now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- airboat
-
noun,
Also called swamp boat. a small open boat having a very shallow draft and driven by a caged airplane propeller mounted above the rear transom, capable of traveling at relatively high speeds through shallow water, swamps, etc.
- arables
-
noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- Alberta
-
noun,
a province in W Canada. 255,285 sq. mi. (661,190 sq. km). Capital: Edmonton.
Abbreviation: Alba., Alta.
- slobber
-
noun,
saliva or liquid dribbling from the mouth; slaver.
- acetals
-
noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- abreast
-
adverb, adjective,
side by side; beside each other in a line:
- stabile
-
noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- areolas
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- Tabasco
-
noun,
a state in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 9783 sq. mi. (25,338 sq. km). Capital: Villahermosa.
- Alastor
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- acerola
-
noun,
the cherrylike fruit of a small tree, Malpighia glabra, of the West Indies and adjacent areas, having a high concentration of vitamin C.
- Arabist
-
noun,
a person who specializes in or studies the Arabic language or Arab culture.
- aerobia
-
noun,
aerobe.
- aerobic
-
adjective,
(of an organism or tissue) requiring the presence of air or free oxygen for life.
- abreact
-
verb (used with object),
to remove by abreaction.
- stabler
-
noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- tabbies
-
noun,
a cat with a striped or brindled coat.
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- Tarlac
-
noun,
a city on N central Luzon, in the N Philippines.
- Boreal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the north wind.
- botels
-
noun,
boatel.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Boreas
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of the north wind.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- Aeolia
-
noun,
Aeolis.
- libras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- lictor
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) one of a body of attendants on chief magistrates, who preceded them carrying the fasces and whose duties included executing the sentences of criminals.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- tarso-
-
- braces
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- lascar
-
noun,
an East Indian sailor.
- Labors
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- acetal
-
noun,
Also called diethylacetal. a colorless, volatile, sparingly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O 2 , having a nutlike aftertaste, obtained from acetaldehyde and ethyl alcohol: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes.
- aceto-
-
- broils
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- lacto-
-
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- bribes
-
noun,
money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.:
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- lector
-
noun,
a lecturer in a college or university.
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- brails
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- Braila
-
noun,
a port in E Romania, on the Danube River. 203,983.
- libber
-
noun,
an advocate, follower, or member of a social-reform liberation movement:
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- bracts
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- coarse
-
adjective,
composed of relatively large parts or particles:
- borate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of boric acid.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Olbers
-
noun,
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus [hahyn-rikh vil-helm mah-te-oo s] /ˈhaɪn rɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm mɑˈtɛ ʊs/ (Show IPA), 1758–1840, German astronomer and physician.
- oracle
-
noun,
(especially in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.
- tablas
-
noun,
an island in the Sibuyan Sea, Philippines, one of the Romblon Islands. 265 sq. mi. (686 sq. km).
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Blairs
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Alaric
-
noun,
a.d. c370–410, king of the Visigoths: captured Rome 410.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- tables
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- orbits
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- bistro
-
noun,
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or café.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- bisect
-
noun,
Also called split. Philately. a portion of a stamp, usually half, used for payment of a proportionate amount of the face value of the whole stamp.
- birota
-
noun,
a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- Osbert
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “god” and “bright.”.
- bleats
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- boiler
-
noun,
a closed vessel or arrangement of vessels and tubes, together with a furnace or other heat source, in which steam or other vapor is generated from water to drive turbines or engines, supply heat, process certain materials, etc.
Compare fire-tube boiler, water-tube boiler.
- borals
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- lobate
-
adjective,
having a lobe lobes; lobed.
- Lobber
-
noun,
clabber.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- bolita
-
noun,
a form of numbers pool.
- labio-
-
- Locris
-
noun,
either of two districts in the central part of ancient Greece.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- boites
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- lorica
-
noun,
Zoology. a hard protective case or sheath, as the protective coverings secreted by certain protists.
- tabors
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- slicer
-
noun,
a thin-bladed knife or implement used for slicing, especially food:
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- boater
-
noun,
a person who boats, especially for pleasure.
- boatel
-
noun,
a waterside hotel with dock space for persons who travel by boat.
- boarts
-
noun,
bort.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Obelia
-
noun,
a colonial hydroid of the genus Obelia, common in temperate seas and appearing as a delicate, mosslike growth on rocks, pilings, etc.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- oblast
-
noun,
(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
- oblate
-
noun,
a person offered to the service of and living in a monastery, but not under monastic vows or full monastic rule.
- bloats
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Itasca
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in N Minnesota: one of the sources of the Mississippi River.
- abatis
-
noun,
an obstacle or barricade of trees with bent or sharpened branches directed toward an enemy.
- colter
-
noun,
a sharp blade or wheel attached to the beam of a plow, used to cut the ground in advance of the plowshare.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- corals
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- traces
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- corbel
-
noun,
any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
- Cibola
-
noun,
the Seven Cities of, legendary cities of great wealth believed by earlier Spanish explorers to exist in the SW United States.
- Cibber
-
noun,
Colley [kol-ee] /ˈkɒl i/ (Show IPA), 1671–1757, English actor and dramatist: poet laureate 1730–57.
- abates
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- Corbie
-
noun,
a raven or crow.
- corita
-
noun,
a boat resembling a large, woven basket, used by Indians of the southwestern U.S.
- corset
-
noun,
Sometimes, corsets. a close-fitting undergarment, stiffened with whalebone or similar material and often capable of being tightened by lacing, enclosing the trunk: worn, especially by women, to shape and support the body; stays.
- Cortes
-
noun,
(in Spain or Portugal) the two houses constituting the national legislative body.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- 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.
- cerat-
-
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- ceorls
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- COSTAR
-
noun,
a performer, especially an actor or actress, who shares star billing with another.
- Coster
-
noun,
costermonger.
- celto-
-
- craals
-
noun,
kraal.
- Crabbe
-
noun,
George, 1754–1832, English poet.
- ceibas
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- crates
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- cresol
-
noun,
any of three isomeric compounds having the formula C 7 H 8 O, usually derived from coal tar and wood tar, and used chiefly as a disinfectant.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- Crista
-
noun,
a crest or ridge.
- cobble
-
noun,
a cobblestone.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- coaler
-
noun,
a railroad, ship, etc., used mainly to haul or supply coal.
- coalas
-
noun,
koala.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- cobalt
-
noun,
a silver-white metallic element with a faint pinkish tinge, occurring in compounds whose silicates afford important blue coloring substances for ceramics. Symbol: Co; atomic weight: 58.933; atomic number: 27; specific gravity: 8.9 at 20°C.
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- closer
-
noun,
a person or thing that closes.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- cobber
-
noun,
a close fellow male friend; chum; pal.
- Cloris
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- trices
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- citral
-
noun,
a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- tribo-
-
- cobias
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- cobles
-
noun,
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
- clears
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- cobras
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- claros
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- triacs
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- claret
-
noun,
the red table wine produced in the Bordeaux region of France: originally it was light red or yellowish.
- clares
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Claire
-
noun,
Ina, 1892–1985, U.S. actress.
- C-bias
-
noun,
grid bias.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- 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.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- ablate
-
verb (used with object),
to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.:
- Tobias
-
noun,
the son of Tobit.
- calesa
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a small, two-wheeled calash.
- escort
-
noun,
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy:
- Calais
-
noun,
the winged son of Boreas the north wind. As Argonauts he and his brother Zetes chased away the Harpies.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- 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.
- aboral
-
adjective,
opposite to or away from the mouth.
- aborts
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- Cabral
-
noun,
Pedro Álvares [pe-droo awl-vuh-ruh sh] /ˈpɛ drʊ ˈɔl və rəʃ/ (Show IPA), c1460–c1520, Portuguese navigator.
- cabots
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- cablet
-
noun,
a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 cm) in circumference.
- Tobies
-
noun,
Also, Toby, Toby jug. a mug in the form of a stout old man wearing a three-cornered hat.
- cables
-
noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- iatro-
-
- cabers
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- cabble
-
verb (used with object),
Metallurgy. to cut up (iron or steel bars) for fagoting.
- cabals
-
noun,
a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- absorb
-
verb (used with object),
to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up:
- Isabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- isobar
-
noun,
Meteorology. a line drawn on a weather map or chart that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same.
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- ablare
-
adverb, adjective,
blaring:
- tobira
-
noun,
a shrub, Pittosporum tobira, of China and Japan, having leathery leaves, fragrant, greenish-white flower clusters, densely hairy fruit, and lemon-scented foliage.
- caters
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- Carole
-
noun,
a female given name.
- C-star
-
noun,
carbon star.
- Castro
-
noun,
Cipriano [sip-ree-ah-noh;; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] /ˌsɪp riˈɑ noʊ;; Spanish ˌsi priˈɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
- Castor
-
noun,
Also, castoreum. a brownish, unctuous substance with a strong, penetrating odor, secreted by certain glands in the groin of the beaver, used in medicine and perfumery.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Caster
-
noun,
a person or thing that casts.
- earbob
-
noun,
an earring or eardrop.
- eclair
-
noun,
a finger-shaped cream puff, filled with whipped cream, custard, or pastry cream, often coated with icing.
- casita
-
noun,
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- cartes
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cartel
-
noun,
an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.
- Carola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Carol.
- carats
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- carobs
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- Carlos
-
noun,
Don [don;; Spanish dawn] /dɒn;; Spanish dɔn/ (Show IPA), (Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbón) 1788–1855, pretender to the Spanish throne.
- Abelia
-
noun,
any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Abelia, of the honeysuckle family, having clusters of small white or pink flowers.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- caries
-
noun,
decay, as of bone or of plant tissue.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- Caribs
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- caribe
-
noun,
piranha.
- carets
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- 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.
- carbo-
-
- erotic
-
noun,
an erotic poem.
- biotas
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- bobcat
-
noun,
a North American wildcat, Lynx rufus, ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico, having a brownish coat with black spots.
- scato-
-
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- scler-
-
- Bastia
-
noun,
a seaport on the NE coast of Corsica: the former capital of Corsica.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- recast
-
noun,
a recasting.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- astro-
-
- recoil
-
noun,
an act of recoiling.
- rebato
-
noun,
rabato.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- stable
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- Arbela
-
noun,
an ancient city of Assyria, E of the Tigris, on the site of modern Erbil: headquarters of Darius III before his defeat by Alexander the Great at Gaugamela 331 b.c.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- Sabbat
-
noun,
(in the 14th–16th centuries) a secret rendezvous of witches and sorcerers for worshiping the Devil, characterized by orgiastic rites, dances, feasting, etc.
- rectal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- ribose
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 10 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- scoria
-
noun,
Metallurgy. the refuse, dross, or slag left after melting or smelting metal; scum.
- Scribe
-
noun,
a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- Scoter
-
noun,
any of the large diving ducks of the genus Melanitta, inhabiting northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
- Arabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Baltic
-
noun,
the Baltic branch of the Indo-European family of languages.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- re-act
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- sclera
-
noun,
a dense, white, fibrous membrane that, with the cornea, forms the external covering of the eyeball.
- recti-
-
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- scalar
-
noun,
Mathematics, Physics. a quantity possessing only magnitude.
Compare vector (def 1a).
- Stacia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- arable
-
noun,
land that can be or is cultivated.
- barcas
-
noun,
an ancient Carthaginian family to which Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal belonged.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- barbet
-
noun,
any of several stocky, tropical birds of the family Capitonidae, having a stout bill with bristles at the base.
- Barbie
-
noun,
Also called Barbie doll. a person, especially a young woman, perceived as blandly attractive and vacuous.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Alsace
-
noun,
a region and former province of France between the Vosges and the Rhine.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Arabic
-
noun,
a Semitic language that developed out of the language of the Arabians of the time of Muhammad, now spoken in countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Abbreviation: Ar.
- Arabis
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Arabis, including the rock cresses.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- rectos
-
- Altaic
-
noun,
the Turkic, Mongolian, and Tungusic language families collectively, spoken over a broad expanse of Eurasia, from southeastern Europe to the Pacific: variously considered to be a single, genetically related family, with Japanese and Korean sometimes also included, or a group of languages with shared typologies and histories, but not genetically akin.
- steric
-
adjective,
of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- barbas
-
noun,
the beard.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- basalt
-
noun,
the dark, dense igneous rock of a lava flow or minor intrusion, composed essentially of labradorite and pyroxene and often displaying a columnar structure.
- relict
-
noun,
Ecology. a species or community living in an environment that has changed from that which is typical for it.
- barbel
-
noun,
a slender, external process on the jaw or other part of the head of certain fishes.
- barbes
-
noun,
a band or small scarf of lace, worn around the head or neck by women.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Barsac
-
noun,
a village and winegrowing district in Gironde, in SW France.
- scarab
-
noun,
any scarabaeid beetle, especially Scarabaeus sacer, regarded as sacred by the ancient Egyptians.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- barit.
-
- scaler
-
noun,
a person or thing that scales.
- scrota
-
noun,
the pouch of skin that contains the testes.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- sarco-
-
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- racist
-
noun,
a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that one's own racial group is superior or that a particular racial group is inferior to the others.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- rabats
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- balaos
-
noun,
a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.
- racial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the social construct of race:
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- rosace
-
noun,
rosette (def 3).
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- serbo-
-
- rabbet
-
noun,
a deep notch formed in or near one edge of a board, framing timber, etc., so that something else can be fitted into it or so that a door or the like can be closed against it.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- sobeit
-
conjunction,
if it be so that; provided that.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- sorbet
-
noun,
sherbet (defs 1, 3).
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- bicarb
-
noun,
Informal. sodium bicarbonate.
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- rabble
-
noun,
a disorderly crowd; mob.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- rabbit
-
noun,
any of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully developed young in the open.
- sabora
-
noun,
one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in the rabbinical academies of Babylonia during the 6th century a.d., whose editing of the work of the Babylonian amoraim constituted the final stage in the preparation of the Babylonian Gemara.
- rabbis
-
noun,
the chief religious official of a synagogue, trained usually in a theological seminary and duly ordained, who delivers the sermon at a religious service and performs ritualistic, pastoral, educational, and other functions in and related to his or her capacity as a spiritual leader of Judaism and the Jewish community.
Compare cantor (def 2).
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- Raetic
-
noun,
an extinct language of uncertain affinities that was spoken in Rhaetia and written with the Etruscan alphabet.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- robles
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- Bicols
-
noun,
Bikol.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- sabalo
-
noun,
the tarpon.
- Rascal
-
noun,
a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- Bactra
-
noun,
ancient name of Balkh.
- arecas
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- Strabo
-
noun,
63? b.c.–a.d. 21? Greek geographer and historian.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- sacro-
-
- bailor
-
noun,
a person who delivers personal property in bailment.
- Bilbao
-
noun,
a seaport in N Spain, near the Bay of Biscay.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- Robbia
-
noun,
Andrea della [ahn-dre-ah del-lah] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ ˌdɛl lɑ/ (Show IPA), 1435–1525, and his uncle, Luca della [loo-kah del-lah] /ˈlu kɑ ˌdɛl lɑ/ (Show IPA) c1400–82, Italian sculptors.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Balboa
-
noun,
Vasco Núñez de [bahs-kaw noo-nyeth th e] /ˈbɑs kɔ ˈnu nyɛθ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1475?–1517, Spanish adventurer and explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
- Beloit
-
noun,
a city in S Wisconsin.
- sector
-
noun,
Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- sacral
-
adjective,
of or relating to sacred rites or observances.
- rabato
-
noun,
a wide, stiff collar of the 17th century, worn flat over the shoulders or open in front and standing at the back.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- babies
-
noun,
an infant or very young child.
- strobe
-
noun,
Also called strobe light. stroboscope (def 2a).
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- toric
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a lens with a surface forming a portion of a torus, used for eyeglasses and contact lenses that correct astigmatism.
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- Sabra
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a person born in Israel.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- sabot
-
noun,
a shoe made of a single block of wood hollowed out, worn especially by farmers and workers in the Netherlands, France, Belgium, etc.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- ecto-
-
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- torcs
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- ecol.
-
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- 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.
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- sarc-
-
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Cobra
-
noun,
any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed.
- coel-
-
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coirs
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serac
-
noun,
a large irregularity of glacial ice, as a pinnacle found in glacial crevasses and formed by melting or movement of the ice.
- coble
-
noun,
a flat-bottomed fishing boat with a lugsail, used mainly in northern England and Scotland for salmon.
- sect.
-
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- colat
-
- triac
-
noun,
a type of thyristor designed for electronic control of the current supplied to a circuit, used especially in dimmers for lighting systems.
- sebi-
-
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- sober
-
adjective,
not intoxicated or drunk.
- cobia
-
noun,
a large, fusiform fish, Rachycentron canadum, found off the eastern coast of temperate and tropical America, in the East Indies, and in Japan.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- sito-
-
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- seti-
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- sero-
-
- trice
-
noun,
a very short time; an instant:
- Seric
-
- treas
-
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- 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.
- scare
-
noun,
a sudden fright or alarm, especially with little or no reason.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- craal
-
noun,
kraal.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- Crabb
-
noun,
George, 1778–1851, English author and philologist.
- crate
-
noun,
a slatted wooden box or framework for packing, shopping, or storing fruit, furniture, glassware, crockery, etc.
- crest
-
noun,
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- cries
-
noun,
the act or sound of crying; any loud utterance or exclamation; a shout, scream, or wail.
- Crile
-
noun,
George Washington, 1864–1943, U.S. surgeon.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- crit.
-
- Croat
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Croatia; Croatian.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- scart
-
verb (used with or without object),
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Corea
-
noun,
Armando Anthony [ahr-mahn-doh] /ɑrˈmɑn doʊ/ (Show IPA), ("Chick") born 1941, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
- Coral
-
noun,
the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Scot.
-
- score
-
noun,
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- cores
-
- scat-
-
- coria
-
noun,
plural of corium.
- Corse
-
noun,
corpse.
- Corti
-
noun,
Alfonso [al-fon-soh;; Italian ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ;; Italian ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1822–76, Italian anatomist.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- Trace
-
noun,
a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige:
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Lorca
-
noun,
García Lorca.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Talca
-
noun,
a city in central Chile.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Recit
-
- recta
-
noun,
a plural of rectum.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- lobar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a lobe, as of the lungs.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- rebab
-
noun,
a Near Eastern fiddle having one to three strings and played with a bow.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- react
-
verb (used with object),
to act or perform again.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- orial
-
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Rabbi
-
noun,
the chief religious official of a synagogue, trained usually in a theological seminary and duly ordained, who delivers the sermon at a religious service and performs ritualistic, pastoral, educational, and other functions in and related to his or her capacity as a spiritual leader of Judaism and the Jewish community.
Compare cantor (def 2).
- orbit
-
noun,
the curved path, usually elliptical, described by a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body, as the sun.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- Orcas
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- Rabat
-
noun,
a sleeveless, backless, vestlike garment extending to the waist, worn by a cleric beneath the clerical collar, especially in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- rabal
-
noun,
the measurement and computation of the speed and direction of winds aloft by theodolitic tracking of a radiosonde.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- oste-
-
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- tabla
-
noun,
a small drum or pair of drums of India tuned to different pitches and played with the hands.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- obits
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- OBrit
-
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- Ocala
-
noun,
a city in central Florida.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- ocrea
-
noun,
a sheathing part, as a pair of stipules united about a stem.
- Tabor
-
noun,
a small drum formerly used to accompany oneself on a pipe or fife.
- octa-
-
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- OIcel
-
- races
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- rabot
-
noun,
a hardwood block used for rubbing marble before polishing.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- licet
-
- to-be
-
adjective,
future; soon to be the thing specified (usually used in combination):
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Icel.
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- ileo-
-
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- OSCAR
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter O.
- Isaac
-
noun,
a son of Abraham and Sarah, and father of Jacob. Gen. 21:1–4.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rices
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Ital.
-
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- robes
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- labia
-
noun,
plural of labium.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- estab
-
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- roble
-
noun,
a Californian white oak, Quercus lobata, having a short trunk and large, spreading branches.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- Srta.
-
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- IATSE
-
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lect.
-
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- tears
-
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- ster.
-
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- relic
-
noun,
a surviving memorial of something past.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- tera-
-
- labor
-
noun,
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lact-
-
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- telo-
-
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- 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.
- 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.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- rect.
-
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- basta
-
interjection,
enough; stop.
- Arab.
-
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- actos
-
- Actor
-
noun,
a person who acts in stage plays, motion pictures, television broadcasts, etc.
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- Basra
-
noun,
a port in SE Iraq, N of the Persian Gulf.
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- BSRet
-
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- BASIC
-
noun,
Military.
basic training.
a soldier or airman receiving basic training.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- basal
-
adjective,
of, at, or forming the base.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- baro-
-
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- alto-
-
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- brios
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- Brit.
-
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- aecia
-
noun,
the fruiting body of rust fungi, which bears chainlike or stalked spores.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- aeri-
-
- Broca
-
noun,
Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist.
- broil
-
noun,
the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled.
- bros.
-
noun,
a brother.
- Brose
-
noun,
a porridge made by stirring boiling liquid into oatmeal or other meal.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- Bart.
-
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Brice
-
noun,
Fanny (Fannie Borach) 1891–1951, U.S. singer and comedian.
- Cabot
-
noun,
John (Giovanni Caboto) c1450–98? Italian navigator in the service of England: discoverer of North American mainland 1497.
- Cable
-
noun,
a heavy, strong rope.
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Balbo
-
noun,
Italo [ee-tah-law] /ˈi tɑ lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1940, Italian aviator, general, and statesman.
- 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.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- Balas
-
noun,
a rose-red variety of spinel.
- Balao
-
noun,
a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas.
- Cairo
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Egypt, in the N part on the E bank of the Nile.
- aboil
-
adverb, adjective,
boiling:
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- Caleb
-
noun,
a Hebrew leader, sent as a spy into the land of Canaan. Num. 13:6.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Caras
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- carat
-
noun,
a unit of weight in gemstones, 200 milligrams (about 3 grains of troy or avoirdupois weight). Abbreviation: c., ct.
- carb-
-
- Cabet
-
noun,
Étienne [ey-tyen] /eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.
- caber
-
noun,
a pole or beam, especially one thrown as a trial of strength.
- acro-
-
- Barbe
-
noun,
a band or small scarf of lace, worn around the head or neck by women.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- baric
-
adjective,
of or containing barium.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- acet-
-
- acerb
-
adjective,
acerbic.
- Barea
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too r-oh;; Spanish ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtʊər oʊ;; Spanish ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1957, Spanish author, critic, lecturer, and broadcaster: in England after 1939.
- Barca
-
noun,
an ancient Carthaginian family to which Hamilcar, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal belonged.
- acari
-
noun,
plural of acarus.
- 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.
- barba
-
noun,
the beard.
- abstr
-
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- Balt.
-
- balsa
-
noun,
a tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (lagopus), of the bombax family, yielding an exceedingly light wood used for life preservers, rafts, toy airplanes, etc.
- Cabal
-
noun,
a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
- abort
-
noun,
a missile, rocket, etc., that has aborted.
- besot
-
verb (used with object),
to intoxicate or stupefy with drink.
- bribe
-
noun,
money or any other valuable consideration given or promised with a view to corrupting the behavior of a person, especially in that person's performance as an athlete, public official, etc.:
- cares
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- bolar
-
adjective,
of or relating to bole or clay.
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- boils
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Boise
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Idaho, in the SW part: built on the site of an army post on the Oregon Trail.
- boite
-
noun,
a nightclub; cabaret.
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- boats
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- bolas
-
noun,
bola (def 1).
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- Boles
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- blabs
-
noun,
idle, indiscreet chattering.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- bolts
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- boers
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- boral
-
noun,
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Blois
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loire-et-Cher, in central France, on the Loire River: historic castle.
- boars
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- boart
-
noun,
bort.
- albas
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- bloat
-
noun,
Also called hoven. Veterinary Pathology. (in cattle, sheep, and horses) a distention of the rumen or paunch or of the large colon by gases of fermentation, caused by eating ravenously of green forage, especially legumes.
- Alcor
-
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- Alas.
-
- boast
-
noun,
a thing boasted of; a cause for pride:
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- blebs
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a blister or vesicle.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Bicol
-
noun,
Bikol.
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- Alta.
-
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Brale
-
- alti-
-
- bices
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- Brace
-
noun,
something that holds parts together or in place, as a clasp or clamp.
- Bible
-
noun,
the collection of sacred writings of the Christian religion, comprising the Old and New Testaments.
- Bibl.
-
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aero-
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- bract
-
noun,
a specialized leaf or leaflike part, usually situated at the base of a flower or inflorescence.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- boras
-
noun,
a city in S Sweden, near Göteborg.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- Borel
-
noun,
Félix Édouard Émile [fey-leeks ey-dwar ey-meel] /feɪˈliks eɪˈdwar eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1871–1956, French mathematician.
- Bores
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- boric
-
adjective,
of or containing boron; boracic.
- Boris
-
noun,
a male given name.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- borts
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Biota
-
noun,
the animals, plants, fungi, etc., of a region or period.
- biol.
-
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- botas
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- bilbo
-
noun,
a long iron bar or bolt with sliding shackles and a lock, formerly attached to the ankles of prisoners.
- botel
-
noun,
boatel.
- Botes
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- carbs
-
noun,
a carburetor.
- barbs
-
noun,
a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- abbes
-
noun,
a member of the secular clergy.
- Abbai
-
noun,
the part of the Blue Nile above Lake Tana.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- Arica
-
noun,
a seaport in N Chile.
- astr.
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- abbas
-
noun,
a female day name for Thursday.
See under day name.
- Babar
-
noun,
Baber.
- babas
-
noun,
a spongelike cake leavened with yeast and often containing raisins, baked in a small mold and then usually soaked with a rum syrup.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- cires
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- Clair
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1981, French motion-picture director and writer.
- Babel
-
noun,
Isaak Emmanuilovich [ahy-zuh k;; Russian ee-sahk yi-muh-noo-yee-luh-vyich] /ˈaɪ zək;; Russian iˈsɑk yɪ mə nuˈyi lə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1894–1941, Russian author.
- Abbie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Abigail.
- Abbot
-
noun,
a man who is the head or superior, usually elected, of a monastery.
- Clara
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “clear, bright.”.
- Clare
-
noun,
a county in W Republic of Ireland. 1231 sq. mi. (3190 sq. km). County seat: Ennis.
- Baber
-
noun,
(Zahir ed-Din Mohammed) 1483–1530, founder of the Mogul Empire.
- babis
-
noun,
Also called Babism. a Persian religion, originating in the 19th century, now supplanted by Bahaʾi.
- claro
-
noun,
such a cigar.
- clase
-
- carts
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Carte
-
noun,
(italics) French. menu; bill of fare.
Compare à la carte.
- cero-
-
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Ceiba
-
noun,
the silk-cotton tree, Ceiba pentandra.
- ceorl
-
noun,
churl (def 4).
- Ceara
-
noun,
Fortaleza.
- ceras
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- 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.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- cater
-
verb (used with object),
to provide food and service for:
- ceros
-
noun,
a large Atlantic and Gulf Coast mackerel game fish, Scomberomorus regalis.
- Abate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish:
- cata-
-
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- cert.
-
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Abaco
-
noun,
two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- abase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce or lower, as in rank, office, reputation, or estimation; humble; degrade.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- carob
-
noun,
a Mediterranean tree, Ceratonia siliqua, of the legume family, bearing long, leathery pods containing hard seeds and sweet, edible pulp.
- areo-
-
- coala
-
noun,
koala.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- 30-30
-
- Carib
-
noun,
a member of a group of Indian peoples formerly dominant through the Lesser Antilles, now found in small numbers in a few areas of the West Indies and in parts of Central America and northeastern South America.
- Baiae
-
noun,
an ancient resort city in SW Italy, near Naples: villas of Caesar, Nero, and Pompey.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Carol
-
noun,
a song, especially of joy.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- carls
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- Carie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- asco-
-
- carse
-
noun,
bottom land.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- clear
-
noun,
a clear or unobstructed space.
- Caria
-
noun,
an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.
- bact.
-
- caret
-
noun,
a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.
- Areca
-
noun,
any tropical Asian palm of the genus Areca, as the betel palm.
- Carla
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Caroline.
- bloc
-
noun,
a group of persons, businesses, etc., united for a particular purpose.
- blob
-
noun,
a globule of liquid; bubble.
- obs.
-
- Ste.
-
- bio-
-
- asc-
-
- scar
-
noun,
a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- ator
-
- sec.
-
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Alco
-
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Bib.
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- str.
-
- Bice
-
noun,
either of two colors, bice blue or bice green.
- SBIC
-
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- blot
-
noun,
a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- SBLI
-
- Raab
-
noun,
broccoli rabe.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- RIBA
-
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- BLit
-
- scab
-
noun,
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- alt.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- atic
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- BIOS
-
noun,
computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- orbs
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- blab
-
noun,
idle, indiscreet chattering.
- stob
-
noun,
a post, stump, or stake.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- scr.
-
- ole-
-
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- 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).
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- art.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Orca
-
noun,
the killer whale, Orcinus orca.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- ScBE
-
- ates
-
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- 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.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Oct.
-
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- sci.
-
- Alis
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- orcs
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- scil
-
- bleb
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a blister or vesicle.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- 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.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Rico
-
noun,
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: a U.S. law, enacted in 1970, allowing victims of organized crime to sue those responsible for punitive damages.
- 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.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- arca
-
noun,
a chest for valuables, used in medieval Spain and Italy.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- slob
-
noun,
a slovenly or boorish person.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- bar.
-
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Rice
-
noun,
the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Bara
-
noun,
Theda [thee-duh] /ˈθi də/ (Show IPA), (Theodosia Goodman) 1890–1955, U.S. actress.
- Babs
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Barbara.
- Barb
-
noun,
a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead.
- Babi
-
noun,
Also called Babism. a Persian religion, originating in the 19th century, now supplanted by Bahaʾi.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- obis
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ROTC
-
noun,
a body of students at some colleges and universities who are given training toward becoming officers in the armed forces. Abbreviation: ROTC, R.O.T.C.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bal.
-
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- robe
-
noun,
a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office.
- Bala
-
noun,
Bilhah.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Sol.
-
- 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.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- rocs
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- Roca
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in W Portugal, near Lisbon: the western extremity of continental Europe.
- Sab.
-
- robs
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- Saba
-
noun,
an island in the Netherlands Antilles, in the N Leeward Islands. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Babe
-
noun,
a baby or child.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- ARCO
-
adverb,
(of the performance of a passage for stringed instruments) with the bow.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Sra.
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- raob
-
noun,
Meteorology. a radiosonde or rawinsonde observation.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- ARIS
-
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Sat.
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- SATB
-
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- RACE
-
noun,
a contest of speed, as in running, riding, driving, or sailing.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- bet.
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Baal
-
noun,
any of numerous local deities among the ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with much sensuality.
- 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.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- BASc
-
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Baba
-
noun,
a spongelike cake leavened with yeast and often containing raisins, baked in a small mold and then usually soaked with a rum syrup.
- baas
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- 1080
-
- recs
-
noun,
recreation.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- 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.
- BRCS
-
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- SLIC
-
- Sorb
-
noun,
a European tree, Sorbus domestica.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- bbl.
-
plural,
barrel.
- bbls
-
plural,
barrel.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- obit
-
noun,
Informal. an obituary.
- bola
-
noun,
Also, bolas. a weapon consisting of two or more heavy balls secured to the ends of one or more strong cords, hurled by the Indians and gauchos of southern South America to entangle the legs of cattle and other animals.
- Obie
-
noun,
one of a group of awards given annually, beginning in 1956, by New York City's The Village Voice newspaper for achievement in the off-Broadway theater.
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- Cal.
-
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- etc.
-
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- abl.
-
- Tobe
-
noun,
the principal outer garment in some parts of north and central Africa, consisting of a length of cloth that is sewn into a long loose skirt or is draped around the body and fastened over one shoulder.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Tob.
-
- ABLS
-
- IAEA
-
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- IATA
-
- ible
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- ical
-
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Carl
-
noun,
Scot.
a strong, robust fellow, especially a strong manual laborer.
a miser; an extremely thrifty person.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ABCs
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- Eric
-
noun,
Eric the Red.
- CARE
-
noun,
a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern:
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Cara
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Italian word meaning “dear one.”.
- Abib
-
noun,
Aviv.
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Ibos
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ICAO
-
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- tel-
-
- acr-
-
- Acre
-
noun,
a common measure of area: in the U.S. and U.K., 1 acre equals 4,840 square yards (4,047 square meters) or 0.405 hectare; 640 acres equals one square mile.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- iso-
-
- btl.
-
- ACLS
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Acta
-
plural noun,
official records, as of acts, deeds, proceedings, transactions, or the like.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- BSRT
-
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ter.
-
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- Ice.
-
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- abos
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- abr.
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- ile-
-
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- abs-
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- acea
-
- Ire.
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- ELAS
-
- itol
-
- cire
-
noun,
a brilliant, highly glazed surface produced on fabrics by subjecting them to a wax, heat, and calendering treatment.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- cit.
-
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- Cor.
-
- Cora
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. Kore.
- cis-
-
- cir.
-
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- Ceto
-
- Cori
-
noun,
Carl Ferdinand, 1896–1984, and his wife, Gerty Theresa, 1896–1957, U.S. biochemists, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- cet-
-
- Cort
-
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Cobb
-
noun,
Howell [hou-uh l] /ˈhaʊ əl/ (Show IPA), 1815–68, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1849–51.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- clar
-
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- cobs
-
noun,
a corncob.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- coir
-
noun,
the prepared fiber of the husk of the coconut fruit, used in making rope, matting, etc.
- Col.
-
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- cera
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) wax.
- torc
-
noun,
torque (def 4).
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Abbe
-
noun,
a member of the secular clergy.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ebbs
-
noun,
the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- Ebro
-
noun,
a river flowing SE from N Spain to the Mediterranean. About 470 miles (755 km) long.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- 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.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- Casa
-
noun,
a house.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- eco-
-
- ect-
-
- CART
-
noun,
a heavy two-wheeled vehicle, commonly without springs, drawn by mules, oxen, or the like, used for the conveyance of heavy goods.
- ABBR
-
- 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.
- Abba
-
noun,
a female day name for Thursday.
See under day name.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- ARCS
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- Cels
-
- Crab
-
noun,
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having the eyes on short stalks and a short, broad, more or less flattened body, the abdomen being small and folded under the thorax.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- crat
-
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cres
-
- crib
-
noun,
a child's bed with enclosed sides.
- CBEL
-
- Abas
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- TRIB
-
- tri-
-
- cat.
-
- ctr.
-
- cts.
-
- BSOT
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Bosc
-
noun,
a large, greenish-yellow variety of pear.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- bort
-
noun,
low-quality diamond, in granular aggregate or small fragments, valuable only in crushed or powdered form, especially for industrial use as an abrasive.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Bors
-
noun,
Sir Arthurian Romance.. Also, Sir Bors de Ganis [duh gan-is] /də ˈgæn ɪs/ (Show IPA). a knight of the Round Table, cousin of Lancelot.
- Aire
-
- lit.
-
- LitB
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Bore
-
noun,
a dull, tiresome, or uncongenial person.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Bora
-
noun,
(on the Adriatic coasts) a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.
- bor.
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Bose
-
noun,
Sir Jagadis Chandre [juh-guh-dees chuhn-druh] /dʒə gəˈdis ˈtʃʌn drə/ (Show IPA), 1858–1937, Indian physicist and plant physiologist.
- lobe
-
noun,
a roundish projection or division, as of an organ or a leaf.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- bot.
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lib.
-
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- bots
-
noun,
a disease affecting various mammals, especially horses, caused by the attachment of the parasitic larvae of botflies to the stomach of the host.
- bote
-
noun,
compensation, such as for injury to person or honor.
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- bota
-
noun,
Also called bota bag. a wine bag of Spain made of untanned goatskin and usually holding 1–2 liters (1.1–2.2 quarts).
- Bolt
-
noun,
a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- lobi
-
noun,
plural of lobus.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Alb.
-
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ala.
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Alba
-
noun,
a Provençal troubadour poem or love song, typically about the parting of lovers at dawn.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Boar
-
noun,
the uncastrated male swine.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- tab.
-
- obb.
-
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Boas
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1858–1942, U.S. anthropologist, born in Germany.
- lobs
-
- Bol.
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- bole
-
noun,
the stem or trunk of a tree.
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Loeb
-
noun,
Jacques [zhahk] /ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1859–1924, German physiologist and experimental biologist in the U.S.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- boil
-
noun,
the act or an instance of boiling.
- Boer
-
noun,
a South African of Dutch extraction.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- boat
-
noun,
a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- BRCA
-
noun,
either of two genes (BRCA1 or BRCA2) that, if inherited in a mutated form, may predispose some carriers to develop breast or ovarian cancer.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- BSEc
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- brio
-
noun,
vigor; vivacity.
- aer-
-
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- BSCE
-
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- BSBA
-
- LARC
-
noun,
long-acting reversible contraceptive (or contraception):
- BSAE
-
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- BSAA
-
- brob
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped spike for securing an end of a timber butting against the side of another.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- 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).
- lea.
-
- Lab.
-
- aet.
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- BSIE
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- BSIT
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- BSIR
-
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- ABA
-
noun,
a coarse, felted fabric woven of camel's or goat's hair.
- ab-
-
- Tbi
-
- STL
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- 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).
- ac-
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- AEA
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- AEC
-
- ALC
-
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- AOA
-
- ae.
-
- Tro
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ARS
-
- TBO
-
- TSE
-
- 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.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- aor
-
- ACS
-
- TSI
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- STI
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- TBA
-
- St.
-
- Abo
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to an Australian Aborigine.
- TLC
-
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ABC
-
noun,
ABC's (defs 1, 3).
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- tr.
-
- SLR
-
- SOB
-
noun,
the act of sobbing; a convulsive catching of the breath in weeping.
- Sta
-
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- 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.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- TAL
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- tra
-
- AIA
-
- AIC
-
- al.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- TIA
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- Sr.
-
- abt
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- Ar.
-
- SRB
-
- abb
-
noun,
low-grade wool from the breech or outer edges of a fleece.
- SLA
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- AAE
-
- Aar
-
- ARC
-
noun,
Geometry. any unbroken part of the circumference of a circle or other curved line.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- SLE
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- STB
-
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- asb
-
- ise
-
- BSO
-
- Lt.
-
- La.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- BST
-
- ist
-
- Bt.
-
- ISR
-
- BTE
-
- ca.
-
- Isl
-
- CBE
-
- 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).
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
-
- IRO
-
- IRL
-
- IRC
-
- Co.
-
- Ir.
-
- cr.
-
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ior
-
- IOC
-
- BSE
-
- BSA
-
- ILS
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LST
-
- LSI
-
- LSC
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- Bob
-
noun,
a short, jerky motion:
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- LOC
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- 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).
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- BSL
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- BRT
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Bro
-
noun,
a brother.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- LBO
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- LCA
-
- LCI
-
- LCT
-
- BRE
-
- cs.
-
- ILO
-
- ltr
-
- CSA
-
- EBS
-
- ebb
-
noun,
the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- CSR
-
- CSO
-
- CRT
-
- ECA
-
- CRS
-
- CBS
-
- CEA
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- CEO
-
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CIA
-
- CIB
-
- CIE
-
- cle
-
- CLI
-
- Clo
-
- COB
-
noun,
a corncob.
- CLR
-
- ec-
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- ct.
-
- ics
-
- cl.
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ier
-
- CAA
-
- CAB
-
noun,
a taxicab.
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- Ibo
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous black people of southeastern Nigeria, renowned as traders and for their art.
- ib.
-
- IAS
-
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ETS
-
- eir
-
- ERT
-
- EIS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ESA
-
- ETR
-
- Esc
-
- CAR
-
noun,
an automobile.
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- CAI
-
- ETO
-
- LTA
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ob.
-
- rib
-
noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- So.
-
- RTS
-
- rte
-
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROI
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ROC
-
noun,
a bird of enormous size and strength.
- ROB
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Robert.
- ROA
-
- BAO
-
noun,
an African board game usually played by moving pebbles along two rows of holes.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- SAA
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- bec
-
- RBC
-
- RBI
-
- RCA
-
- RCT
-
- REA
-
- BCS
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- bbs
-
noun,
a size of shot, 0.18 inches (0.46 cm) in diameter, fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- REC
-
noun,
recreation.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- SRO
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- ASR
-
- ATC
-
- ATB
-
- ATA
-
- SCB
-
- at.
-
- ast
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- sc.
-
- ASI
-
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- ase
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- SBE
-
- Bac
-
- bl.
-
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- SAE
-
- Bab
-
noun,
abbreviated form of Bab ed-Din.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Br.
-
- BSC
-
- be-
-
- SBA
-
- SAR
-
- BCL
-
- BCE
-
- BBC
-
- BAA
-
noun,
the bleating cry of a sheep.
- sb.
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- BBA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OCR
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- orc
-
noun,
any of several cetaceans, as a grampus.
- BLA
-
- ORB
-
noun,
a sphere or globe:
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ble
-
- Ola
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- OIt
-
- OIr
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- OCS
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- obl
-
- BLS
-
- obi
-
noun,
a long, broad sash tied about the waist over a Japanese kimono.
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- boa
-
noun,
any of several nonvenomous, chiefly tropical constrictors of the family Boidae, having vestigial hind limbs at the base of the tail.
- OBE
-
- Oba
-
noun,
a hereditary tribal ruler among various peoples in the Benin region of western Africa.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- OTC
-
- OSB
-
- OSA
-
- Oc.
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- OTA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- OTB
-
- RCS
-
- bi-
-
- OTS
-
- Re.
-
- ose
-
- ote
-
- BIE
-
- ot-
-
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- i.
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TB
-
- t.
-
- O.
-
- AO
-
- CB
-
- RI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- 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.
- OA
-
- LR
-
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- CE
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- B-
-
- RC
-
- EI
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- L2
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- L1
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SL
-
- TL
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LC
-
- L.
-
- RO
-
- TC
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BB
-
noun,
a size of shot, 0.18 inches (0.46 cm) in diameter, fired from an air rifle or BB gun.
- BO
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- Eb
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- le
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- R.
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- BC
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ic
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- ol
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