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deflections
noun, the act or state of deflecting or the state of being deflected.
clandestine
adjective, characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious:
confidantes
noun, a woman to whom secrets are confided or with whom private matters and problems are discussed.
celandines
noun, Also called greater celandine, swallowwort. an Old World plant, Chelidonium majus, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers.
condensate
noun, a product of condensation, as a liquid reduced from a gas or vapor.
fieldstone
noun, unfinished stone as found in fields, especially when used for building purposes.
defoliates
adjective, (of a tree) having lost its leaves, especially by a natural process.
defoliants
noun, a preparation for defoliating plants.
deflection
noun, the act or state of deflecting or the state of being deflected.
deflations
noun, the act of deflating or the state of being deflated.
decennials
noun, a decennial anniversary.
confidante
noun, a woman to whom secrets are confided or with whom private matters and problems are discussed.
adolescent
noun, an adolescent person.
stone-deaf
adjective, totally deaf.
caen-stone
noun, a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building.
celadonite
noun, a hydrous silicate of iron and potassium; an iron-rich soft mica.
defoliant
noun, a preparation for defoliating plants.
catenoids
noun, the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
defoliate
adjective, (of a tree) having lost its leaves, especially by a natural process.
insolence
noun, contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.
latencies
noun, the state of being latent.
deletions
noun, an act or instance of deleting.
fontanels
noun, one of the spaces, covered by membrane, between the bones of the fetal or young skull.
delicates
noun, Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
denticles
noun, a small tooth or toothlike part.
octennial
adjective, occurring every eight years.
dislocate
noun, Gymnastics. a maneuver on the rings in which a gymnast in an inverted pike position turns over to swing down while pushing the arms out and turning them so that the palms are facing out when the body turns over.
selection
noun, an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
sectional
noun, a sofa composed of several independent sections that can be arranged individually or in various combinations.
toe-dance
noun, a dance performed on the tips of the toes.
Oceanside
noun, a city in SW California.
Cantonese
noun, a Chinese language spoken in Canton, the surrounding area of southern China, and Hong Kong.
indolence
noun, the quality or state of being indolent.
tendances
noun, attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
confidant
noun, a close friend or associate to whom secrets are confided or with whom private matters and problems are discussed.
coastline
noun, the outline or contour of a coast; shoreline.
canfields
noun, a game of solitaire often adapted to gambling purposes.
confident
noun, a confidant.
contained
adjective, showing restraint or calmness; controlled; poised:
tenancies
noun, a holding, as of lands, by any kind of title; occupancy of land, a house, or the like, under a lease or on payment of rent; tenure.
datelines
noun, a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
celandine
noun, Also called greater celandine, swallowwort. an Old World plant, Chelidonium majus, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers.
antinodes
noun, the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
flections
noun, the act of bending.
adenosine
noun, Biochemistry. a white, crystalline, water-soluble nucleoside, C 10 H 13 N 5 O 4 , of adenine and ribose.
Neo-Latin
noun, New Latin.
declinate
adjective, having a downward curve or slope; bending away, as from the horizontal:
defection
noun, desertion from allegiance, loyalty, duty, or the like; apostasy:
defiances
noun, a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.
decennial
noun, a decennial anniversary.
conflates
verb (used with object), to fuse into one entity; merge:
deflation
noun, the act of deflating or the state of being deflated.
tone-deaf
adjective, unable to distinguish differences in pitch in musical sounds when producing or hearing them.
falconets
noun, any of several small Asian falcons, especially of the genus Microhierax.
enfilades
noun, Military. a position of works, troops, etc., making them subject to a sweeping fire from along the length of a line of troops, a trench, a battery, etc. the fire thus directed.
nonideal
adjective, (of a gas or solution) differing in behavior from that of an ideal gas or solution.
decennia
noun, a period of ten years; a decade.
notecase
noun, billfold.
flection
noun, the act of bending.
antinode
noun, the region of maximum amplitude between two adjacent nodes in a standing wave.
acetones
noun, a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
dateline
noun, a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
astonied
adjective, dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
fondants
noun, a thick, creamy sugar paste, the basis of many candies.
sodalite
noun, a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
enfilade
noun, Military. a position of works, troops, etc., making them subject to a sweeping fire from along the length of a line of troops, a trench, a battery, etc. the fire thus directed.
folacins
noun, folic acid.
tendance
noun, attention; care; ministration, as to the sick.
lactones
noun, any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
foliated
adjective, shaped like a leaf or leaves:
foliates
adjective, covered with or having leaves.
societal
adjective, noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
declines
noun, a downward slope; declivity.
contains
verb (used with object), to hold or include within its volume or area:
andesine
noun, a mineral, intermediate in the plagioclase feldspar group, having a play of colors and usually found as crystals in igneous rocks.
finances
noun, the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
sanction
noun, authoritative permission or approval, as for an action.
delicate
noun, Archaic. a choice food; delicacy.
actinons
noun, a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
deletion
noun, an act or instance of deleting.
ancients
noun, a person who lived in ancient times.
delaines
noun, (initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
andesite
noun, a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
lanceted
adjective, having lancet-headed openings.
anecdote
noun, a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature.
deflects
verb (used with or without object), to bend or turn aside; turn from a true course or straight line; swerve.
aconites
noun, any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
endnotes
noun, a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
deflates
verb (used with object), to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon):
endocast
noun, endocranial cast.
Defiance
noun, a daring or bold resistance to authority or to any opposing force.
annelids
noun, any segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, including the earthworms, leeches, and various marine forms.
contends
verb (used with object), to assert or maintain earnestly:
confines
noun, Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
conflate
verb (used with object), to fuse into one entity; merge:
Estonian
noun, a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
cineoles
noun, a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
cineaste
noun, any person, especially a director or producer, associated professionally with filmmaking.
indolent
adjective, having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful:
infantes
noun, any son of the king of Spain or of Portugal who is not heir to the throne.
inflated
adjective, distended with air or gas; swollen.
inflates
verb (used with object), to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
catenoid
noun, the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
inflects
verb (used with object), to modulate (the voice).
indecent
adjective, offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar:
catslide
noun, (in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
instance
noun, a case or occurrence of anything:
centiles
noun, (not in technical use) a percentile.
insolent
noun, an insolent person.
insolate
verb (used with object), to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
tail-end
noun, the hinder or rear part of anything.
celadons
noun, any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
canteens
noun, a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
canonist
noun, a person who is a specialist in canon law.
denticle
noun, a small tooth or toothlike part.
ice-floe
noun, a large flat mass of floating ice.
confined
noun, Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
confides
verb (used with object), to tell in assurance of secrecy:
fontanel
noun, one of the spaces, covered by membrane, between the bones of the fetal or young skull.
condense
verb (used with object), to make more dense or compact; reduce the volume or extent of; concentrate.
fontinas
noun, a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
isolated
noun, a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
ninefold
adverb, in a ninefold manner or measure; to or by nine times as much:
Isenland
noun, (in the Nibelungenlied) the country of Brunhild, usually identified with Iceland.
lindanes
noun, a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.
codeines
noun, a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
stand-in
noun, a substitute for a motion-picture star during the preparation of lighting, cameras, etc., or in dangerous scenes.
closeted
noun, a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
close-in
adjective, near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
Canfield
noun, a game of solitaire often adapted to gambling purposes.
salience
noun, the state or condition of being salient.
neonates
noun, a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
Stefanie
noun, a female given name.
enations
noun, a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
adenines
noun, Biochemistry. a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 , one of the fundamental components of nucleic acids, as DNA, in which it forms a base pair with thymine, and RNA, in which it pairs with uracil. Symbol: A.
east-end
noun, a section of E London, England.
seicento
noun, the 17th century, with reference to the Italian art or literature of that period.
alencons
noun, a city in and the capital of Orne, in NW France: lace manufacture.
die-cast
adjective, formed by die casting.
Scotland
noun, a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
lentando
adjective, becoming slower.
sea-lion
noun, any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
fee-tail
noun, See under fee (def 4a).
D-notice
noun, a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
falconet
noun, any of several small Asian falcons, especially of the genus Microhierax.
lean-tos
noun, a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
diastole
noun, Physiology. the normal rhythmical dilatation of the heart during which the chambers are filling with blood. Compare systole (def 1).
distance
noun, the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
scandent
adjective, climbing, as a plant.
elations
noun, a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
felonies
noun, an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.
Leonidas
noun, died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
feedlots
noun, a plot of ground, often near a stockyard, where livestock are gathered to be fattened for market.
lections
noun, a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
sedation
noun, the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
fiancees
noun, a woman engaged to be married.
desolate
adjective, barren or laid waste; devastated:
fecaloid
adjective, like or resembling feces.
election
noun, the selection of a person or persons for office by vote.
fealties
noun, History/Historical. fidelity to a lord. the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal.
faiences
noun, glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
diocesan
noun, one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
Sentinel
noun, a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
toenails
noun, a nail of a toe.
Nicolet
noun, Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
Nicetas
noun, Saint Ignatius (def 2).
oilcans
noun, a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
Clinton
noun, De Witt [duh wit] /də ˈwɪt/ (Show IPA), 1769–1828, U.S. political leader and statesman: governor of New York 1817–21, 1825–28 (son of James Clinton).
Clifton
noun, a city in NE New Jersey.
standee
noun, a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
Nielsen
noun, Carl August [kahrl ou-goo st] /kɑrl ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1865–1931, Danish composer.
ideates
noun, ideatum.
stannic
adjective, of or containing tin, especially in the tetravalent state.
descant
noun, Music. a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it. (in part music) the soprano. a song or melody.
entoils
verb (used with object), to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
Seconal
faconne
noun, a fabric having a faconne pattern or motif.
elodeas
noun, any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
section
noun, a part that is cut off or separated.
sectile
adjective, capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
salient
noun, a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
entails
noun, the act of entailing.
Fontina
noun, a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
seconde
noun, the second of the eight defensive positions.
sonance
noun, the condition or quality of being sonant.
noetics
noun, the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
nodical
adjective, of or relating to a node or the nodes.
Stalino
noun, a former name of Donetsk.
entices
verb (used with object), to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
cofinal
adjective, of or relating to a subset of a set with a partial order relation, as “greater than” or “equal to,” in which corresponding to each element in the set is an element in the subset that is in relation to the given element.
coesite
noun, a rare form of silicon dioxide, a denser polymorph of quartz, originally synthesized from quartz at high temperatures and pressures: later discovered in nature.
felines
noun, an animal of the cat family.
Iceland
noun, a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
coedits
verb (used with object), to edit jointly with another.
Nilotes
noun, a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
codline
noun, an untarred cord of hemp or cotton, used for fishing and for various purposes aboard a ship.
neonate
noun, a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
codeine
noun, a white, crystalline, slightly bitter alkaloid, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , obtained from opium, used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or sedative and to inhibit coughing.
coatees
noun, a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
feedlot
noun, a plot of ground, often near a stockyard, where livestock are gathered to be fattened for market.
facient
oilseed
noun, any of several seeds, as the castor bean, sesame, or cottonseed, from which an oil is expressed.
etalons
noun, an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
cetanes
noun, a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
inflect
verb (used with object), to modulate (the voice).
elation
noun, a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
cestoid
noun, cestode.
cestode
noun, a parasitic platyhelminth or flatworm of the class Cestoda, which comprises the tapeworms.
fanions
noun, a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
infolds
verb (used with object), enfold.
Eleatic
noun, a philosopher of the Eleatic school.
centile
noun, (not in technical use) a percentile.
centals
noun, hundredweight (def 1).
elastic
noun, webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
fancies
noun, imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
inlaces
verb (used with object), enlace.
cenotes
noun, a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
inlands
noun, the interior part of a country.
Neilson
noun, William Allan, 1869–1946, U.S. educator and lexicographer, born in Scotland.
fancied
noun, imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
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).
Celesta
noun, a musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
etoiles
noun, a star or something shaped like a star.
falcons
noun, any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
elastin
noun, a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
fantods
noun, Usually, fantods. a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness; the willies; the fidgets (usually preceded by the):
cleanse
verb (used with object), to make clean.
indents
noun, a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
incense
noun, an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
inclose
verb (used with object), enclose.
inconel
confide
verb (used with object), to tell in assurance of secrecy:
oleates
noun, Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
stencil
noun, a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
citoles
noun, cittern.
citadel
noun, a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
indenes
noun, a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
olefins
noun, any member of the alkene series.
inflate
verb (used with object), to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
sainted
noun, any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
cineole
noun, a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble liquid terpene ether, C 10 H 18 O, having a camphorlike odor and a pungent, spicy, cooling taste, found in eucalyptus, cajeput, and other essential oils: used in flavoring, perfumery, and medicine chiefly as an expectorant.
scalene
adjective, Geometry. (of a cone or the like) having the axis inclined to the base. (of a triangle) having three unequal sides.
stoical
adjective, impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
Etonian
noun, a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
fascine
noun, a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.
indoles
noun, a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
infante
noun, any son of the king of Spain or of Portugal who is not heir to the throne.
Estonia
noun, a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
infects
adjective, Archaic. infected.
enolate
noun, any metallic derivative of an enol.
Fonseca
noun, Gulf of, a bay of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America, bordered by El Salvador on the W, Honduras on the NE, and Nicaragua on the S. About 700 sq. mi. (1800 sq. km).
faction
noun, a group or clique within a larger group, party, government, organization, or the like:
octanes
noun, any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
encinas
noun, the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
faience
noun, glazed earthenware or pottery, especially a fine variety with highly colored designs.
enclose
verb (used with object), to shut or hem in; close in on all sides:
encodes
verb (used with object), to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
saltine
noun, a crisp, salted cracker.
endnote
noun, a note, as of explanation, emendation, or the like, added at the end of an article, chapter, etc.
deflect
verb (used with or without object), to bend or turn aside; turn from a true course or straight line; swerve.
side-on
adverb, with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
fade-in
noun, Movies, Television. a gradual increase in the visibility of a scene.
deflate
verb (used with object), to release the air or gas from (something inflated, as a balloon):
oneidas
noun, a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
defines
verb (used with object), to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): .
defiles
noun, any narrow passage, especially between mountains.
defiant
adjective, characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging:
dilates
verb (used with object), to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
Dinesen
noun, Isak [ee-sahk] /ˈi sɑk/ (Show IPA), (pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen) 1885–1962, Danish author.
defects
noun, a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection:
enfaces
verb (used with object), to write, print, or stamp something on the face of (a note, draft, etc.).
defeats
noun, the act of overcoming in a contest:
defaces
verb (used with object), to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure:
notices
noun, an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
Finland
noun, Finnish Suomi. a republic in N Europe: formerly a province of the Russian Empire. 130,119 sq. mi. (337,010 sq. km). Capital: Helsinki.
Fiesole
noun, Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
Enfield
noun, a borough of Greater London, England.
deltaic
adjective, pertaining to or like a delta.
dentins
noun, the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
dentils
noun, any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
enation
noun, a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
descent
noun, the act, process, or fact of moving from a higher to a lower position. Synonyms: falling, sinking; fall, drop.
dentals
noun, Phonetics. a dental sound.
denotes
verb (used with object), to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
Denison
noun, a city in NE Texas.
Oceanid
noun, any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
2,4,5-t
noun, a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
finales
noun, the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
Delaine
noun, (initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
Finance
noun, the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
destain
verb (used with object), to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
delicts
noun, Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
destine
verb (used with object), to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
silence
noun, absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
details
noun, an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
detains
verb (used with object), to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
dialect
noun, Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
delates
verb (used with object), Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
Delanos
noun, a city in S California.
decline
noun, a downward slope; declivity.
flacons
noun, a small bottle or flask with a stopper, especially one used for perfume.
felsite
noun, a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
donates
verb (used with object), to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
ctenoid
adjective, comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
enlaces
verb (used with object), to interlace; intertwine:
foliate
adjective, covered with or having leaves.
fennels
noun, a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, having feathery leaves and umbels of small, yellow flowers.
fennecs
noun, a small, pale yellowish-brown fox, Fennecus zerda, of northern Africa, having large, pointed ears.
fenland
noun, a low area of marshy ground.
cotidal
adjective, pertaining to a coincidence of tides.
Costain
noun, Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
fondant
noun, a thick, creamy sugar paste, the basis of many candies.
contend
verb (used with object), to assert or maintain earnestly:
sandlot
noun, a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
Fenelon
noun, François de Salignac de La Mothe [frahn-swa duh sa lee-nyak duh la mawt] /frɑ̃ˈswa də sa liˈnyak də la ˈmɔt/ (Show IPA), 1651–1715, French theologian and writer.
enneads
noun, a group of nine persons or things.
contain
verb (used with object), to hold or include within its volume or area:
fondles
verb (used with object), to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress:
consent
noun, permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:
deontic
adjective, of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
connate
adjective, existing in a person or thing from birth or origin; inborn:
donnees
noun, a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
Seeland
noun, Zealand.
confine
noun, Usually, confines. a boundary or bound; limit; border; frontier.
folates
noun, folic acid.
selenic
adjective, of or containing selenium, especially in the hexavalent state.
deciles
noun, one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
deafens
verb (used with object), to make deaf:
diocese
noun, an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
fiances
noun, a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
deceits
noun, the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
decants
verb (used with object), to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
decanol
noun, a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
sanicle
noun, any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
Decalin
fiancee
noun, a woman engaged to be married.
oneself
Idioms, be oneself, to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition. to be unaffected and sincere:
discant
noun, Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
enfolds
verb (used with object), to wrap up; envelop:
onliest
Idioms, only too, as a matter of fact; extremely: unfortunately; very:
nonself
noun, any antigen-bearing foreign material that enters the body and normally stimulates an attack by the body's immune system (distinguished from self).
nonlife
noun, lack or absence of life.
Daniels
noun, Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
daltons
noun, atomic mass unit.
Sno-Cat
dacoits
noun, (in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
docents
noun, privatdocent.
folacin
noun, folic acid.
Docetae
plural noun, early Christian adherents of Docetism.
seleno-
decanes
noun, a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
etesian
adjective, (of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
Celaeno
noun, Classical Mythology. a Pleiad.
Alencon
noun, a city in and the capital of Orne, in NW France: lace manufacture.
tincals
noun, a former name for crude native borax.
latinos
noun, a person of Latin-American descent:
cannoli
plural noun, tubular pastry shells stuffed with a sweetened filling of whipped ricotta and often containing nuts, citron, or bits of chocolate.
neatens
verb (used with object), to make neat:
intones
verb (used with object), to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
Laodice
noun, (in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
atonics
noun, Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
Leotine
noun, a female given name.
linseed
noun, flaxseed.
canteen
noun, a small container used especially by soldiers and hikers for carrying water or other liquids.
nancies
noun, a city in and the capital of Meurthe-et-Moselle, in NE France: battles 1477, 1914, 1944.
aconite
noun, any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
Tenniel
noun, Sir John, 1820–1914, English caricaturist and illustrator.
atonies
noun, Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
calends
noun, the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
cantles
noun, the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
acetins
noun, a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
intense
adjective, existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
tensile
adjective, of or relating to tension:
aniseed
noun, the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
intens.
lactose
noun, Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
lactone
noun, any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
aediles
noun, one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
Alcides
noun, Hercules (def 1).
ancient
noun, a person who lived in ancient times.
Candiot
noun, a Cretan.
adenine
noun, Biochemistry. a purine base, C 5 H 5 N 5 , one of the fundamental components of nucleic acids, as DNA, in which it forms a base pair with thymine, and RNA, in which it pairs with uracil. Symbol: A.
acetone
noun, a colorless, volatile, water-soluble, flammable liquid, C 3 H 6 O, usually derived by oxidation of isopropyl alcohol or by bacterial fermentation of carbohydrates: used chiefly in paints and varnishes, as a general solvent, and in organic synthesis.
lectins
noun, any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
lection
noun, a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
iodates
noun, Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
Celadon
noun, any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
candies
noun, any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
Lacoste
noun, René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
canines
noun, a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
latices
noun, a plural of latex.
Tonnies
noun, Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
linnets
noun, a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
acetoin
noun, a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
tenaces
noun, a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
candent
adjective, glowing with heat; being at a white heat.
tension
noun, the act of stretching or straining.
Adeline
noun, a female given name, form of Adele.
Alceste
noun, an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.
toenail
noun, a nail of a toe.
intends
verb (used with object), to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
candles
noun, a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
anisole
noun, a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
license
noun, formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
actinon
noun, a chemically inert, gaseous, short-lived isotope of radon that is a member of the actinium series. Symbol: An; atomic number: 86; atomic weight: 219.
lindane
noun, a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.
Antoine
noun, André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
lancets
noun, a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
locates
verb (used with object), to identify or discover the place or location of:
anoints
verb (used with object), to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
talcose
adjective, containing or composed largely of talc.
Leonine
adjective, of or relating to the lion.
lineate
adjective, marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
lenient
adjective, agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent:
cations
noun, a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
lentoid
noun, a lentoid body.
tenfold
adverb, in tenfold measure:
Tenedos
noun, an island in the Aegean, near the entrance to the Dardanelles, belonging to Turkey.
Insecta
noun, the class comprising the insects.
Ladinos
noun, Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
isolate
noun, a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
Leonids
noun, any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
Na-Dene
noun, a group of North American Indian languages, comprising the Athabaskan family, Eyak, Tlingit, and Haida, hypothetically considered to be descendants of a single protolanguage: the genetic relationship of either Tlingit or Haida to Athabaskan and Eyak is now disputed.
lead-in
noun, something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
nascent
adjective, beginning to exist or develop:
AFL-CIO
lindens
noun, any tree of the genus Tilia, as T. americana (American linden) or T. europaea (European linden) having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and heart-shaped leaves, grown as an ornamental or shade tree. Compare linden family.
lean-to
noun, a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
toadies
noun, an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
actino-
Castile
noun, Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
lisente
noun, plural of sente.
Laennec
noun, René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
annelid
noun, any segmented worm of the phylum Annelida, including the earthworms, leeches, and various marine forms.
talions
noun, lex talionis.
tendons
noun, Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
instead
Idioms, instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
silent
noun, Usually, silents. silent films.
ticals
noun, a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
locate
verb (used with object), to identify or discover the place or location of:
fincas
noun, a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
elects
noun, a person or the persons chosen or worthy to be chosen.
denti-
dentes
noun, plural of dens.
denial
noun, an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
denies
Idioms, deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
adient
adjective, tending to move toward a stimulus.
delfts
noun, earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
Silone
noun, Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
elfins
noun, an elf.
aloins
noun, an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
finals
noun, that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
latins
noun, an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
delist
verb (used with object), to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
denote
verb (used with object), to be a mark or sign of; indicate:
Dennis
noun, John, 1657–1734, English dramatist and critic.
Alston
noun, a male given name.
Latino
noun, a person of Latin-American descent:
lodens
noun, a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
filose
adjective, threadlike.
delict
noun, Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
tenson
noun, a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
dental
noun, Phonetics. a dental sound.
Linton
noun, Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
Delian
noun, a native or inhabitant of Delos.
Denise
noun, a female given name: derived from Denis.
Santee
noun, a city in SW California.
tenons
noun, a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
falsie
noun, either of a pair of shaped pads, made of rubber, fabric, or the like, for wearing inside a brassiere to give the breasts a larger or more shapely appearance.
anodic
adjective, pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
defect
noun, a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection:
tenias
noun, taenia.
defeat
noun, the act of overcoming in a contest:
deface
verb (used with object), to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure:
elites
noun, (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
fiscal
noun, (in some countries) a prosecuting attorney.
lancet
noun, a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
notice
noun, an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
flacon
noun, a small bottle or flask with a stopper, especially one used for perfume.
lances
noun, a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
Elodea
noun, any of several New World submersed aquatic plants of the genus Elodea, having numerous, usually whorled leaves.
anoint
verb (used with object), to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
Landes
noun, a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
decile
noun, one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into ten groups having equal frequencies.
leones
noun, a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
decent
adjective, conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
Eloise
noun, a female given name.
anoles
noun, any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
deceit
noun, the act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating:
decant
verb (used with object), to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
Sandie
noun, a male given name, form of Sandro.
decani
adjective, of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
decane
noun, a hydrocarbon, C 10 H 22 , of the methane series, occurring in several isomeric forms.
failed
noun, Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: a person who fails in this way.
aniso-
defies
noun, a challenge; a defiance.
adeno-
Alnico
noun, a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
ancile
noun, a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
delate
verb (used with object), Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
Delano
noun, a city in S California.
latens
verb (used with or without object), to make or become late.
finest
noun, the police:
finlet
noun, a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
finned
noun, a membranous, winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes and certain other aquatic animals, used for propulsion, steering, or balancing.
deices
verb (used with object), to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
elides
verb (used with object), to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
sindon
noun, cloth of fine linen or silk, used especially for shrouds.
elints
noun, the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
lateen
adjective, pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
defile
noun, any narrow passage, especially between mountains.
aneles
verb (used with object), to administer extreme unction to.
anenst
preposition, anent (def 2).
Finsen
noun, Niels Ryberg [neels ry-ber] /nils ˈrü bɛr/ (Show IPA), 1860–1904, Danish physician: Nobel Prize 1903.
Falcon
noun, any of several birds of prey of the family Falconidae, especially of the genus Falco, usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight, typically diving to seize prey: some falcon species are close to extinction.
Lonnie
noun, a male given name, form of Alonso.
lanose
adjective, lanate.
tennis
noun, a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.
faints
noun, the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
Landon
noun, Alfred ("Alf") Mossman [maws-muh n,, mos-] /ˈmɔs mən,, ˈmɒs-/ (Show IPA), 1887–1987, U.S. politician.
define
verb (used with object), to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): .
Landis
noun, Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
dentil
noun, any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
filate
adjective, threadlike.
dentin
noun, the hard, calcareous tissue, similar to but denser than bone, that forms the major portion of a tooth, surrounds the pulp cavity, and is situated beneath the enamel and cementum.
Fenian
noun, a member of an Irish revolutionary organization founded in New York in 1858, which worked for the establishment of an independent Irish republic.
olefin
noun, any member of the alkene series.
donsie
adjective, Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
tinsel
noun, a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
tinned
noun, Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
donnee
noun, a set of artistic or literary premises or assumptions.
donnas
noun, (initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
fences
noun, a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
Donets
noun, a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
donees
noun, a person to whom a gift is made.
aedile
noun, one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
Aileen
noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
Leiden
noun, a city in W Netherlands.
donate
verb (used with object), to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
tineas
noun, any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
oilcan
noun, a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
Seidel
noun, a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
listed
noun, a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
fennec
noun, a small, pale yellowish-brown fox, Fennecus zerda, of northern Africa, having large, pointed ears.
fennel
noun, a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, having feathery leaves and umbels of small, yellow flowers.
Tindal
noun, Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
scaled
noun, Zoology. one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins. one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
Selden
noun, George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
select
adjective, chosen in preference to another or others; selected. Synonyms: preferred.
listen
Verb phrases, listen in, to listen to a radio or television broadcast: to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
selen-
festal
adjective, pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
Docile
adjective, easily managed or handled; tractable:
tincal
noun, a former name for crude native borax.
fasten
verb (used with object), to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
sedile
noun, one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
sedate
adjective, calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
Senate
noun, an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
felids
noun, any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
Aeolic
noun, the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
Aeolis
noun, an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
lionet
noun, a young or small lion.
Aeneid
noun, a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
sclent
noun, any slanting surface, as a slope.
ecoles
noun, school1 .
ediles
noun, aedile.
oldest
noun, (used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
Edison
noun, Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
eclats
noun, brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
feints
noun, a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
Felice
noun, a female given name, form of Felicia.
Scotia
noun, a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
feline
noun, an animal of the cat family.
Li-sao
noun, a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
Easton
noun, a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
toe-in
noun, the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
afield
adverb, abroad; away from home.
todies
noun, any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
seance
noun, a meeting in which a spiritualist attempts to communicate with the spirits of the dead.
scato-
felons
noun, Law. a person who has committed a felony.
secant
noun, Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
Tocsin
noun, a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
second
noun, a second part.
felsic
adjective, (of rocks) consisting chiefly of feldspars, feldspathoids, quartz, and other light-colored minerals.
Lencas
noun, a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
tisane
noun, (italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
oleate
noun, Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
docent
noun, privatdocent.
oleins
noun, Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
leaden
adjective, inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
lentic
adjective, pertaining to or living in still water.
Adonic
noun, Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
octads
noun, a group or series of eight.
Lenten
adjective, of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
Fannie
noun, a female given name, form of Frances.
Fields
noun, W. C (William Claude Dukenfield) 1880–1946, U.S. vaudeville and motion-picture comedian.
Tilden
noun, Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
dicots
noun, a dicotyledon.
elated
adjective, very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
fiends
noun, Satan; the devil.
Aletes
noun, a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
dicast
noun, (in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
fiesta
noun, any festival or festive celebration.
elates
adjective, elated.
sienna
noun, a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
Diesel
noun, diesel engine.
silane
noun, Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
toiles
noun, any of various transparent linens and cottons.
eldest
noun, (used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
detain
verb (used with object), to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
fanion
noun, a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
detail
noun, an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
leafed
noun, one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
A-line
noun, (especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
alines
noun, a female given name, form of Adeline.
Alison
noun, a female given name, form of Alice.
filets
noun, fillet (defs 1, 10).
desalt
verb (used with object), to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
elect.
Denton
noun, a city in N Texas.
dienes
noun, any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
fanons
noun, a maniple.
Sendai
noun, a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
sennit
noun, a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
sendal
noun, a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
Adonis
noun, Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
Seneca
noun, a member of the largest tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy of North American Indians, formerly inhabiting western New York and being conspicuous in the wars south and west of Lake Erie.
senile
noun, a senile person.
Senlac
noun, a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
fetial
adjective, concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
fantod
noun, Usually, fantods. a state of extreme nervousness or restlessness; the willies; the fidgets (usually preceded by the):
sennet
noun, any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
distal
adjective, situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal. Compare proximal.
fiance
noun, a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
disco-
alcids
noun, a bird of the family Alcidae.
Elaine
noun, any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
fiasco
noun, a complete and ignominious failure.
elands
noun, either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
Aldine
noun, an Aldine or other early edition.
aldose
noun, a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.
sateen
noun, a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
finale
noun, the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
lectin
noun, any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
Odense
noun, a seaport on Fyn island, in S Denmark.
elance
noun, a quick darting movement.
Octans
noun, the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
set-in
adjective, made separately and placed within another unit.
ficoes
noun, fig1 (def 4).
Alecto
noun, one of the Furies.
dilate
verb (used with object), to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
tildes
noun, a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
octane
noun, any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
decals
noun, a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
flense
verb (used with object), to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
Ondine
noun, undine.
iodate
noun, Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
closet
noun, a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
closed
noun, the act of closing.
onside
adjective, adverb, not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
Nicole
noun, a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
clones
noun, Biology. a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived. a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
neaten
verb (used with object), to make neat:
Cloete
noun, Stuart, 1897–1976, South African novelist, born in France.
Nicene
adjective, of or relating to Nicaea.
nicads
noun, nickel-cadmium battery.
clites
noun, Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
escent
clints
noun, a male given name, form of Clinton.
nestle
verb (used with object), to settle or ensconce snugly:
C-note
noun, See C (def 11).
clino-
clines
noun, Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
nested
noun, a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
clifts
noun, cliff.
canids
noun, any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
Esenin
noun, Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
client
noun, a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
canine
noun, a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
oscine
noun, an oscine bird.
cleoid
noun, a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
inanes
noun, something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
Osetic
adjective, noun, Ossetic.
canned
noun, a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
candle
noun, a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
stance
noun, the position or bearing of the body while standing:
incase
verb (used with object), encase.
nation
noun, a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own:
facile
adjective, moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality:
entice
verb (used with object), to lead on by exciting hope or desire; allure; inveigle:
teasel
noun, any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads. Compare teasel family.
stadle
noun, staddle.
isodef
noun, uniform deficiency, especially a line connecting points of equal deviation from a mean, as on a chart or graph.
nastic
adjective, of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
facies
noun, general appearance, as of an animal or vegetable group.
entoil
verb (used with object), to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
decafs
noun, decaffeinated coffee or tea.
coedit
verb (used with object), to edit jointly with another.
tonnes
noun, metric ton.
Island
noun, a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
Nilote
noun, a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
tannic
adjective, Chemistry. of, relating to, or derived from tan or tannin.
Eolian
noun, Aeolian2 (def 3).
facets
noun, one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
facete
adjective, facetious.
Stalin
noun, Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
ideals
noun, a conception of something in its perfection.
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.
ideate
noun, ideatum.
Coates
noun, Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
Calif.
coatee
noun, a close-fitting short coat, especially one with tails or skirts.
coated
noun, an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
califs
noun, caliph.
eonian
adjective, aeonian.
cleats
noun, a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
Cannes
noun, a city in SE France, on the Mediterranean Sea: resort; annual film festival.
sonnet
noun, Prosody. a poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes, being in the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octave) followed by a minor group of 6 lines (the sestet), and in a common English form into 3 quatrains followed by a couplet.
centas
noun, a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
Castle
noun, a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
talion
noun, lex talionis.
cetane
noun, a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the alkane series, C 16 H 34 , used as a solvent and in cetane number determinations.
cation
noun, a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
Catlin
noun, George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
Talien
noun, Wade-Giles. Dalian.
infold
verb (used with object), enfold.
Cesena
noun, a city in E central Italy.
instal
verb (used with object), install.
centos
noun, a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
inlace
verb (used with object), enlace.
centi-
insole
noun, the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
infest
verb (used with object), to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
cental
noun, hundredweight (def 1).
tainos
noun, a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
inland
noun, the interior part of a country.
etalon
noun, an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
cenote
noun, a deep natural well or sinkhole, especially in Central America, formed by the collapse of surface limestone that exposes ground water underneath, and sometimes used by the ancient Mayans for sacrificial offerings.
linacs
noun, linear accelerator.
tailed
noun, the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
celto-
innate
adjective, existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
insect
noun, any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
insane
adjective, not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
Celine
noun, Louis-Ferdinand [lwee-fer-dee-nahn] /lwi fɛr diˈnɑ̃/ (Show IPA), (Louis F. Destouches) 1894–1961, French novelist and physician.
Etoile
noun, a star or something shaped like a star.
Nelson
noun, a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.
infect
adjective, Archaic. infected.
cleans
cisele
adjective, noting or pertaining to velvet having a chiseled or embossed pattern produced by contrasting cut and uncut pile.
incest
noun, sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
cannot
verb, a form of ·can not.
intone
verb (used with object), to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
intoed
adjective, having inwardly turned toes.
clado-
indecl
osteal
adjective, osseous.
citole
noun, cittern.
indef.
steno-
cantle
noun, the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
stifle
noun, (in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
indene
noun, a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C 9 H 8 , obtained from coal tar by fractional distillation: used in synthesizing resins.
indent
noun, a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
tonsil
noun, a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
Ostend
noun, a seaport in NW Belgium.
Canton
noun, a small territorial district, especially one of the states of the Swiss confederation.
Cantos
noun, one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
indole
noun, a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
talons
noun, a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
casein
noun, Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
casino
noun, a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
infant
noun, a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
stolen
noun, Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
Caslon
noun, William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
stolid
adjective, not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
intend
verb (used with object), to have in mind as something to be done or brought about; plan:
stoned
noun, the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
Lindon
noun, a male given name.
Linden
noun, any tree of the genus Tilia, as T. americana (American linden) or T. europaea (European linden) having fragrant yellowish-white flowers and heart-shaped leaves, grown as an ornamental or shade tree. Compare linden family.
nitons
noun, (formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
tenace
noun, a sequence of two high cards of the same suit that lack an intervening card to be in consecutive order, as the ace and queen.
folate
noun, folic acid.
flites
noun, a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
enface
verb (used with object), to write, print, or stamp something on the face of (a note, draft, etc.).
soften
verb (used with object), to make soft or softer.
softie
noun, softy.
actins
noun, a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
flints
noun, a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
action
noun, the process or state of acting or of being active:
lacto-
cteno-
enates
noun, a person related on one's mother's side. Compare agnate, cognate.
Oneida
noun, a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
Salten
noun, Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
Deacon
noun, (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
solace
noun, comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
solate
verb (used with object), to change from a gel to a sol.
Linnet
noun, a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
Soldan
noun, the ruler of an Islamic country.
enfold
verb (used with object), to wrap up; envelop:
costal
adjective, Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
salted
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.
Solent
noun, The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
COSINE
noun, Trigonometry. (in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse. the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
telson
noun, the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
Danton
noun, Georges Jacques [zhawrzh zhahk] /ʒɔrʒ ʒɑk/ (Show IPA), 1759–94, French Revolutionary leader.
Enesco
noun, Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1881–1955, Romanian violinist, composer, and conductor: teacher of Yehudi Menuhin.
saltie
noun, an ocean-going sailor.
contin
ascend
verb (used with object), to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
Sloane
noun, Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
floats
noun, something that floats, as a raft.
Encina
noun, the live oak, Quercus virginiana.
Danite
noun, a member of the tribe of Dan.
danios
noun, any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
Antons
noun, a male given name, form of Anthony.
Daniel
noun, Bible. a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity. the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
nonfat
adjective, without fat or fat solids; having the fat solids removed, as skim milk:
dances
noun, a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
nonets
noun, a group of nine performers or instruments.
actin-
Dalton
noun, atomic mass unit.
ladens
adjective, burdened; loaded down.
encode
verb (used with object), to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
Toland
noun, Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
tolans
noun, a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
foetid
adjective, fetid.
nonces
noun, the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
foiled
noun, Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
ascent
noun, an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
encase
verb (used with object), to enclose in or as in a case:
tendon
noun, Anatomy. a cord or band of dense, tough, inelastic, white, fibrous tissue, serving to connect a muscle with a bone or part; sinew.
dacoit
noun, (in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
lesion
noun, an injury; hurt; wound.
social
noun, a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
enisle
verb (used with object), to make an island of.
sol-fa
noun, Music. the set of syllables, do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti, sung to the respective tones of the scale. All but do and ti are attributed to Guido d'Arezzo.
contes
plural, Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
Noetic
adjective, of or relating to the mind.
TEFLON
adjective, characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism:
faeces
noun, feces.
Confed
fontal
adjective, pertaining to or coming from a fountain or spring.
nasion
noun, the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
cadent
adjective, having cadence.
isotac
noun, a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
Conant
noun, James Bryant, 1893–1978, U.S. chemist and educator: president of Harvard University 1933–53.
Isolde
noun, German name of Iseult.
cadets
noun, a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
sonant
noun, a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable; a syllabic sound (opposed to consonant).
Isolda
noun, a female given name, form of Iseult.
colins
noun, any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
itself
pronoun, a reflexive form of it1 :
saline
noun, a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
deasil
adverb, clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
colies
noun, any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
Nadine
noun, a female given name.
colent
ensile
verb (used with object), to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
noctis
adjective, (in prescriptions) of the night.
Leonid
noun, any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
Colden
noun, Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
nocti-
entail
noun, the act of entailing.
nocent
adjective, harmful; injurious.
naleds
noun, a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
Naoise
noun, the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
Nantes
noun, a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
conies
noun, the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
fondle
verb (used with object), to handle or touch lovingly, affectionately, or tenderly; caress:
deafen
verb (used with object), to make deaf:
contd.
enlace
verb (used with object), to interlace; intertwine:
nances
noun, Offensive. an effeminate male.
atones
verb (used with object), to make amends for; expiate:
aceto-
atonic
noun, Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
enlist
verb (used with object), to engage for military service:
nanoid
adjective, dwarfish.
ennead
noun, a group of nine persons or things.
Connie
noun, a female given name, form of Constance.
acetin
noun, a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
fleets
noun, the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
online
adverb, with or through a computer, especially over a network.
enacts
verb (used with object), to make into an act or statute:
teleo-
confit
noun, duck or goose cooked in its own fat and preserved.
Ladino
noun, Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
ladies
noun, a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
Linda
noun, a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
fecal
adjective, of, relating to, or being feces.
oldie
noun, a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
Olean
noun, a city in SW New York.
Feast
noun, any rich or abundant meal:
linac
noun, linear accelerator.
feces
noun, waste matter discharged from the intestines through the anus; excrement.
Ostia
noun, a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
Leoni
noun, Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
olden
adjective, of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
oleic
adjective, pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
fails
noun, Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: a person who fails in this way.
Fanti
noun, a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
lento
adverb, slowly.
licet
lidos
noun, a fashionable beach resort.
fanon
noun, a maniple.
onset
noun, a beginning or start:
facet
noun, one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
fanos
noun, a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
faces
noun, the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
faced
noun, the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
Leona
noun, a female given name.
ontic
adjective, possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
Oscan
noun, one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
linen
noun, fabric woven from flax yarns.
onces
noun, a single occasion; one time only:
Leone
noun, a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
olein
noun, Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
fanes
noun, a temple.
oste-
fated
noun, something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
linns
noun, a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
Fates
noun, something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
Linos
noun, linoleum.
lints
noun, minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
fatso
noun, a fat person (used as a term of address).
faint
noun, a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
lenos
noun, Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
fades
noun, an act or instance of fading.
fecit
verb, he made (it); she made (it): formerly used on works of art after the name of the artist. Abbreviation: fe., fec.
Latin
noun, an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
Fedin
noun, Konstantin Aleksandrovich [kuh n-stuhn-tyeen uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /kən stʌnˈtyin ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1977, Russian novelist and short-story writer.
naled
noun, a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
lact-
folic
adjective, of or derived from folic acid.
folie
noun, madness; insanity.
Nolde
noun, Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
laces
noun, a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
Fonda
noun, an inn or restaurant.
nails
noun, a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
Nance
noun, Offensive. an effeminate male.
folds
noun, a part that is folded; pleat; layer:
fonds
noun, a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
noise
noun, sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
noils
noun, a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
etnas
noun, Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
Nandi
noun, a member of an agricultural people of southwestern Kenya.
nano-
Ital.
folia
noun, plural of folium.
nona-
istle
noun, a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
foals
noun, a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
Flint
noun, a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
flite
noun, a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
flits
noun, a light, swift movement; flutter.
Ladin
noun, a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
float
noun, something that floats, as a raft.
flocs
noun, Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
lades
verb (used with object), to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
focal
adjective, of or relating to a focus.
naifs
noun, a naive or inexperienced person.
nonet
noun, a group of nine performers or instruments.
nones
noun, the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
foils
noun, Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
nonce
noun, the present, or immediate, occasion or purpose (usually used in the phrase for the nonce).
foins
noun, a thrust with a weapon.
Foist
verb (used with object), to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
nonas
noun, sleeping sickness (def 2).
Laden
adjective, burdened; loaded down.
naso-
FSLIC
flied
noun, a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
Indo-
ileo-
nicad
noun, nickel-cadmium battery.
neons
noun, Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
inane
noun, something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
incas
noun, a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
incl.
needs
noun, a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
intel
noun, intelligence (defs 4, 6).
Ndola
noun, a city in N Zambia.
Nelda
noun, a female given name.
infos
noun, information.
inst.
insol
inset
noun, something inserted; insert.
inlet
noun, an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
Neils
noun, a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
ileac
adjective, of or relating to the ileum.
nides
noun, a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
noels
noun, the Christmas season; yuletide.
Icel.
nodal
adjective, pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
noct-
niton
noun, (formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
IATSE
Ninos
noun, boy; child.
nines
noun, a cardinal number, eight plus one.
isnad
noun, the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
islet
noun, a very small island.
idles
noun, the state or quality of being idle.
nates
noun, buttocks; rump.
icons
natl.
Niles
noun, a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
ideal
noun, a conception of something in its perfection.
iotas
noun, a very small quantity; jot; whit.
ideo-
niece
noun, a daughter of a person's brother or sister.
flies
noun, a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
flics
noun, a police officer; cop.
Oland
noun, an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
Leeds
noun, a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
leets
noun, a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
fetal
adjective, of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
litas
noun, a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
fetas
noun, a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
fetes
noun, a day of celebration; holiday:
feti-
fetid
adjective, having an offensive odor; stinking.
lites
noun, light2 (def 36).
Oesel
noun, German name of Saaremaa.
Odets
noun, Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
lect.
least
noun, something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
Fidel
noun, a male given name.
octan
noun, an octan fever.
fidos
noun, a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
octal
noun, octonary (def 6).
Festa
noun, a feast, festival, or holiday.
often
adverb, many times; frequently:
Field
noun, an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
felid
noun, any animal of the family Felidae, comprising the cats.
feeds
noun, food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
feels
noun, a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
oiled
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.
lenis
noun, a lenis consonant.
Lenin
noun, V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
feint
noun, a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
feist
noun, Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
lends
Idioms, lend a hand, to give help; aid:
lefts
noun, the left side or something that is on the left side.
Felis
noun, a genus of mostly small cats, including the domestic cat, margay, puma, and ocelot, sharing with certain cats of related genera an inability to roar due to ossification of the hyoid bone in the larynx.
felon
noun, Law. a person who has committed a felony.
Lenca
noun, a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
felts
noun, a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
oidea
fence
noun, a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
OIcel
fends
verb (used with object), to ward off (often followed by off):
lease
noun, a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
Fiend
noun, Satan; the devil.
Fleet
noun, the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
notes
noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
lated
adjective, belated.
lands
noun, any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
Lando
noun, died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
oaten
adjective, of, relating to, or made of oats.
Fiona
noun, a female given name.
Fionn
noun, Finn.
LANCE
noun, a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
lotas
noun, (in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
Oates
noun, Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
laics
noun, one of the laity.
lotic
adjective, pertaining to or living in flowing water.
flans
noun, Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
noted
noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
flats
noun, something flat.
Ladon
noun, a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
flees
verb (used with object), to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
finos
noun, a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
finns
noun, Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
octad
noun, a group or series of eight.
filos
leant
noun, the act or state of leaning; inclination:
octa-
filet
noun, fillet (defs 1, 10).
leans
noun, the act or state of leaning; inclination:
loads
noun, anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
leafs
noun, one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
leads
noun, the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
loafs
verb (used with object), to pass idly (usually followed by away):
laten
verb (used with or without object), to make or become late.
loans
noun, the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
loden
noun, a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
final
noun, that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
lodes
noun, a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
finca
noun, a ranch or large farm in a Spanish-speaking country, especially a plantation in tropical Spanish America.
ocean
noun, the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
finds
noun, an act of finding or discovering.
fines
noun, fines. Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e). Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
fiats
noun, an authoritative decree, sanction, or order: Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
dolce
noun, an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
telos
noun, the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
sonic
adjective, of or relating to sound.
coeds
noun, Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
coel-
coele
Andie
noun, a male or female given name.
coifs
noun, a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
stade
noun, a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
Andes
plural noun, a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
coils
noun, a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
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.
coins
noun, a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
tense
noun, a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
anele
verb (used with object), to administer extreme unction to.
Colas
noun, a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
colat
Sonia
noun, a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
colds
noun, the relative absence of heat:
Ancon
noun, the elbow.
Alton
noun, a city in SW Illinois.
Coles
noun, any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
alto-
Colet
noun, John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
alti-
Colin
noun, any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
staid
noun, the act of stopping or being stopped.
stain
noun, a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
sonde
noun, a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
clone
noun, Biology. a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived. a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
cleft
noun, a space or opening made by cleavage; a split.
Steen
noun, Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
Cleon
noun, died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
Steel
noun, any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
Clift
noun, cliff.
cline
noun, Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
Clint
noun, a male given name, form of Clinton.
steed
noun, a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
steal
noun, Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
Clite
noun, Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
Stead
noun, the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
stane
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object), stone.
codes
noun, a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
Close
noun, the act of closing.
clots
noun, a mass or lump.
cnida
noun, a nematocyst.
stand
noun, the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
coals
noun, a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
coast
noun, the land next to the sea; seashore:
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:
codas
noun, Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
anent
preposition, in regard to; about; concerning.
stale
adjective, not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
Tesla
noun, a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
tical
noun, a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
cleat
noun, a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
Sloan
noun, John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
snead
noun, Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
Dalen
noun, Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
snail
noun, any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
alifs
noun, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
sloid
noun, sloyd.
dance
noun, a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
tides
noun, the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
danes
noun, a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
danio
noun, any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
Dante
noun, (Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
alien
noun, Often Disparaging and Offensive. a resident of one country who was born in or owes allegiance to another country and has not acquired citizenship by naturalization in the country of residence (distinguished from citizen). See also resident alien, illegal alien.
snide
adjective, derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
slice
noun, a thin, flat piece cut from something:
dates
noun, a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
datos
noun, (in the Philippines) a native chief.
Alfie
noun, a male given name, form of Alfred.
sleet
noun, precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
tilde
noun, a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
Nisan
noun, the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
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.
Alene
noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
alecs
noun, a herring.
slant
noun, slanting or oblique direction; slope:
Aline
noun, a female given name, form of Adeline.
daces
noun, a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
Conan
noun, a male given name.
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.
Solti
noun, Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
Conde
noun, Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
Alost
noun, a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
conf.
Conn.
conns
noun, responsibility for the steering of a ship.
Cons.
Const
cont.
Conte
noun, count2 .
solid
noun, a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
Costa
noun, a rib or riblike part.
alist
adjective, inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
cotes
noun, a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
alone
Idioms, leave alone, to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself: to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
solan
noun, a gannet.
Aloin
noun, an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
aloft
adverb, high up; far above the ground.
softa
noun, a Turkish Muslim theological student.
SOFIA
noun, Also, Sofiya [Bulgarian saw-fee-yuh] /Bulgarian ˈsɔ fi yə/ (Show IPA). a city in and the capital of Bulgaria, in the W part.
sodic
adjective, pertaining to or containing sodium:
tidal
adjective, of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
socle
noun, a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
Soane
noun, Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
clefs
noun, a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
Stein
noun, a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
dealt
noun, a business transaction:
anon.
caine
noun, (Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
cains
noun, Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
antic
noun, Usually, antics. a playful trick or prank; caper. a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
calef
anti-
antes
noun, Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
ante-
tends
Verb phrases, tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
Tanis
noun, an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
Anson
noun, a male given name.
canes
noun, a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
caids
noun, (in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
canid
noun, any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
canoe
noun, any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
anole
noun, any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
Canon
noun, an ecclesiastical rule or law enacted by a council or other competent authority and, in the Roman Catholic Church, approved by the pope.
Canso
noun, Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
canst
noun, a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
Cant.
anode
noun, the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
canto
noun, one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
cants
noun, insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
Talos
noun, a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
teals
noun, any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
antis
noun, a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
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.
ASDIC
noun, sonar.
telo-
ation
telic
adjective, Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
telia
noun, the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
atone
verb (used with object), to make amends for; expiate:
teles
noun, television.
Aston
noun, Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
tele-
Asine
noun, an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
aside
noun, a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
Teide
noun, Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
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.
tease
noun, a person who teases or annoys.
ascon
noun, a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
teens
noun, Archaic. suffering; grief.
Teena
noun, a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
asco-
teels
noun, til.
A-one
adjective, noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
Cades
noun, a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
Cadet
noun, a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
Aoede
noun, one of the original three Muses; the Muse of song.
cadis
noun, qadi.
Anton
noun, a male given name, form of Anthony.
talon
noun, a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
tenia
noun, taenia.
stela
noun, stele (defs 1–3).
cine-
cetin
noun, a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
tacos
noun, Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
anile
adjective, of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
taces
noun, tasset.
Stone
noun, the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
Ciano
noun, Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
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).
teno-
cidal
stola
noun, a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
Aneto
noun, Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
cines
noun, a film; motion picture.
anils
noun, a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
Stoic
noun, a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
cions
noun, scion (def 2).
tenon
noun, a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
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.
cites
noun, citation (defs 7, 8).
clade
noun, a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
clads
verb, a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
stele
noun, an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
clans
noun, a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
clase
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.
cetes
noun, a number of badgers together.
anion
noun, a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
Cates
noun, a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
tails
noun, tail1 (def 6).
annot
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.
cease
noun, cessation:
Annie
noun, a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
cedes
verb (used with object), to yield or formally surrender to another:
tains
noun, a thin tin plate.
cedis
noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
Taino
noun, a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
Taine
noun, Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
Tenn.
ceils
verb (used with object), to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
Celia
noun, a female given name, form of Cecilia.
taels
noun, liang.
Celt.
abbreviation, Celtic.
celts
noun, an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
anise
noun, a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
Cenis
noun, Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
cense
verb (used with object), to burn incense near or in front of; perfume with incense.
cent.
CENTO
noun, a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
cents
noun, a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
anis-
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.
deals
noun, a business transaction:
Alice
noun, a city in S Texas.
sect.
scold
noun, a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
toils
noun, hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
enate
noun, a person related on one's mother's side. Compare agnate, cognate.
easel
noun, a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
toise
noun, an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
eaten
noun, eats, Informal. food.
Eaton
noun, Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
Scot.
Scone
noun, a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
eclat
noun, brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
ecol.
Salto
noun, a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
Ecole
noun, school1 .
econ.
ectad
adverb, outward.
aden-
ectal
adjective, external; outer; on the surface of.
ecto-
scion
noun, a descendant.
Adele
noun, a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
enact
verb (used with object), to make into an act or statute:
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.
adios
interjection, goodbye; farewell.
actos
enfin
adverb, in conclusion; finally.
doles
noun, a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
Enola
noun, a female given name.
dolia
noun, a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
Dolin
noun, Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
Seine
noun, a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
salon
noun, a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
Ennis
noun, a town in N Texas.
dolts
noun, a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
donas
noun, (initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
endo-
tiled
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.
Adolf
noun, a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “noble” and “wolf.”.
donec
conjunction, (in prescriptions) until.
donee
noun, a person to whom a gift is made.
Donna
noun, (initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: an Italian title of respect prefixed to the given name of a woman.
Donne
noun, John, 1573–1631, English poet and clergyman.
toile
noun, any of various transparent linens and cottons.
encl.
adits
noun, an entrance or a passage.
dotes
noun, decay of wood.
Sedan
noun, an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
tolan
noun, a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
scent
noun, a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
doits
noun, Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
Saone
noun, a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
Eilat
noun, a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
Satie
noun, Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
Elsie
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
Eland
noun, either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
elans
noun, dash; impetuous ardor:
Sande
noun, Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
elite
noun, (often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
elate
adjective, elated.
toles
noun, enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
Santo
noun, a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
Eifel
noun, a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
acids
noun, Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
Elena
noun, a female given name, form of Helen.
elfin
noun, an elf.
sanit
Elias
noun, Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
elide
verb (used with object), to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
elint
noun, the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
Eliot
noun, Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
tonal
adjective, pertaining to or having tonality.
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.
eidos
noun, the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
acet-
Acton
noun, a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
scene
noun, the place where some action or event occurs:
scend
noun, the heaving motion of a vessel.
edict
noun, a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
scena
noun, an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
edile
noun, aedile.
Edina
noun, a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
edit.
edits
noun, an instance of or the work of editing:
sceat
noun, a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
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.
satin
noun, a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
Ednas
noun, Adnah.
scat-
Edsel
noun, a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
scant
adverb, Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
Scand
acold
adjective, being cold or chilled.
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.
scald
noun, a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
acnes
noun, an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
Elton
noun, a male given name.
Elise
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
lifts
noun, the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
doest
noun, Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
deles
noun, a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
deice
verb (used with object), to free of ice; prevent or remove ice formation on, as the wing of an airplane.
since
adverb, from then till now (often preceded by ever):
Aisne
noun, a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
tonne
noun, metric ton.
deils
noun, devil.
deist
noun, a person who believes in deism.
Sinan
noun, 1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
sinal
adjective, of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
aisle
noun, a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
Delft
noun, earthenware having an opaque white glaze with an overglaze decoration, usually in blue.
Sadoc
noun, Zadok.
saice
noun, syce.
tonic
noun, a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
Delia
noun, a female given name, form of Cordelia.
tonia
delis
noun, a delicatessen.
Delos
noun, a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
tinea
noun, any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
Delta
noun, the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
Aedes
noun, yellow-fever mosquito.
Tosca
noun, an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
Defoe
noun, Daniel, 1659?–1731, English novelist and political journalist.
denes
noun, a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
decl.
slain
noun, sley.
sito-
Alden
noun, John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
deca-
decaf
noun, decaffeinated coffee or tea.
2,4-d
noun, a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
decal
noun, a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
decan
noun, any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
deci-
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.
Sino-
tsadi
noun, sadhe.
decos
noun, art deco.
Alcon
noun, a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
30-30
estoc
noun, a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
Sadie
noun, a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
alcid
noun, a bird of the family Alcidae.
Sinon
noun, a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
deets
plural noun, details:
tines
noun, a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
Elisa
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
dites
noun, a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
dints
noun, force; power:
diets
noun, food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
Saite
noun, a native or citizen of Saïs.
Denis
noun, a male given name.
Aedon
noun, a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
Seton
noun, a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
dines
noun, Scot. dinner.
seti-
Eolic
noun, the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
senti
noun, a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
Aides
noun, nurse's aide.
Salic
adjective, of or relating to the Salian Franks.
diols
noun, glycol (def 2).
TOEFL
Dione
noun, Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
disc.
dist.
ento-
Senna
noun, any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
aeons
noun, (in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
eosin
noun, Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
doats
verb (used without object), dote.
entia
noun, plural of ens.
dial.
dense
adjective, having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
tones
noun, any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
enols
noun, an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
dent.
dents
noun, a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
desc.
Aidos
noun, the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
Saint
noun, any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
dials
noun, a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
diene
noun, any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
Siena
noun, a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
Sidon
noun, a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
self-
dices
Idioms, no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
dicot
noun, a dicotyledon.
dict.
dicta
noun, a plural of dictum.
sidle
noun, a sidling movement.
Diels
noun, Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
Nafl
noun, a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
Ltd.
Loti
noun, a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
Line
noun, a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
Lind
noun, Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
tone
noun, any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
tend
Verb phrases, tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
tonn
naif
noun, a naive or inexperienced person.
Toni
noun, a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
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.
lote
noun, lotus.
tics
noun, Pathology. a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face. tic douloureux.
tion
Lise
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
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:
lode
noun, a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
loci
noun, plural of locus.
loca
noun, a plural of locus.
Tine
noun, a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
loan
noun, the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
tide
noun, the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
LISA
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
loaf
noun, a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
lit.
TINA
noun, a female given name.
LitD
lite
noun, light2 (def 36).
tils
noun, the sesame plant.
lits
noun, litas.
nail
noun, a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
load
noun, anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
toad
noun, any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit. Compare frog1 (def 1).
TODS
Linn
noun, a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
lone
adjective, being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
tole
noun, enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
lino
noun, linoleum.
told
verb, simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
Lins
noun, a city in E Brazil.
Lota
noun, (in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
lost
Idioms, get lost, Slang. to absent oneself: to stop being a nuisance:
Lose
Idioms, lose face. face (def 51).
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.
lint
noun, minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
lond
toea
noun, a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
Lois
noun, a female given name.
loin
noun, Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
toil
noun, hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
LOFT
noun, a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
Lofn
noun, a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
Lodi
noun, a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
Lion
noun, a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
tens
noun, a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
toed
noun, one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
Otis
noun, Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
Nils
noun, nothing; naught; zero.
Tena
noun, Koyukon.
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.
Oct.
sild
noun, (in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
sift
verb (used with object), to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
side
noun, one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
sice
noun, syce.
Sian
noun, Older Spelling. Xian.
Seta
noun, a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
silt
noun, earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
sent
noun, a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
odic
adjective, of an ode.
sene
noun, a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
send
noun, the heaving motion of a vessel.
Odin
noun, the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
OECD
OEEC
silo
noun, a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
Sina
noun, a female given name.
Seen
verb, past participle of see1 .
SITA
noun, (in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
sld.
nose
noun, the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
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.
not-
nota
noun, a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
note
noun, a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
site
noun, the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
nots
noun, a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
ocas
noun, a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
NTIA
oafs
noun, a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
Sion
noun, a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
oast
noun, a kiln for drying hops or malt.
SINE
noun, Trigonometry. (in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse. (of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
Sind
noun, a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
OATS
noun, a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
Seif
noun, a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
Seel
verb (used with object), Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
nos-
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.
once
noun, a single occasion; one time only:
sane
noun, a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
Sand
noun, the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
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.
Sale
noun, the act of selling.
sain
verb (used with object), to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
Ont.
said
noun, sayyid.
Sat.
Osee
noun, Hosea.
Safi
noun, a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
safe
noun, a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
Sadi
noun, sadhe.
Sade
noun, Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
Saco
noun, a city in SW Maine.
otic
adjective, of or relating to the ear; auricular.
Onas
noun, a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
Olin
noun, a male given name.
Seed
noun, the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
Oita
noun, a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
sec.
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.
Sean
noun, a male given name, form of John.
seal
noun, an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
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.
scil
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.
sci.
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.
Olds
noun, Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
ole-
SCAN
noun, an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
SCAD
noun, any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
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.
oles
noun, a cry of “olé.”.
sati
noun, a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
SLED
noun, a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
SLIC
ten.
tale
noun, a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
NDSL
Neal
noun, a male given name.
neat
noun, an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
Tane
noun, a Polynesian god of fertility.
need
noun, a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
Neel
noun, Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
NEFS
noun, a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
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.
NCTE
tain
noun, a thin tin plate.
Neil
noun, a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
tail
noun, the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
Taif
noun, a city in W Saudi Arabia.
tael
noun, liang.
tads
noun, a small child, especially a boy.
taco
noun, Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
NDAC
tans
noun, the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
nene
noun, a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
Nasi
noun, the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
nane
pronoun, adverb, adjective, none1 .
tela
noun, a seaport in N Honduras.
tel-
teil
noun, Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
Naos
noun, a temple.
Tees
noun, a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
NASD
teen
noun, Archaic. suffering; grief.
NATS
noun, a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
Nast
noun, Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
teel
noun, til.
teds
noun, British Slang. Teddy boy.
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.
teal
noun, any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
Taos
noun, a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
NATO
noun, an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
Tace
noun, tasset.
neo-
slit
noun, a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
soft
noun, something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
soln
sole
noun, the bottom or under surface of the foot.
non-
sold
noun, an act or method of selling.
Sola
noun, an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
Sol.
soil
noun, the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
sofa
noun, a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
sone
noun, a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
soda
noun, sodium hydroxide.
snot
noun, Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
snod
adjective, smooth; sleek.
snit
noun, an agitated or irritated state.
none
noun, nones1 .
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.
sloe
noun, the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
noil
noun, a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
noes
noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
STOL
noun, a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
Stan
noun, a male given name, form of Stanley.
stoa
noun, Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
neon
noun, Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
nest
noun, a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
NICE
noun, a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
Ste.
Nida
noun, a female given name, form of Nydia.
nide
noun, a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
Nile
noun, a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
Noel
noun, the Christmas season; yuletide.
std.
Nina
noun, girl; child.
Nine
noun, a cardinal number, eight plus one.
Nino
noun, boy; child.
nits
noun, the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
Soni
node
noun, a knot, protuberance, or knob.
Lina
noun, a female given name.
1080
lin.
cite
noun, citation (defs 7, 8).
fail
noun, Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: a person who fails in this way.
fain
adverb, gladly; willingly:
CLEF
noun, a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
fane
noun, a temple.
Clea
noun, a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
Fano
noun, a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
FAST
noun, a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
clan
noun, a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
fate
noun, something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
fats
noun, (used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
clad
verb, a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
FDIC
fads
noun, a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
cit.
feal
adjective, Archaic. faithful; loyal.
feat
noun, a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
fec.
Fed.
cist
noun, a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
fedn
cis-
feds
noun, (sometimes initial capital letter) Slang. a federal official or law-enforcement officer.
cion
noun, scion (def 2).
feed
noun, food, especially for farm animals, as cattle, horses or chickens.
Cleo
noun, a female given name.
fado
noun, a Portuguese folk song typically of doleful or fatalistic character and usually accompanied on the guitar.
fees
noun, a charge or payment for professional services:
Eton
noun, a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
etc.
Col.
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.
coin
noun, a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
coil
noun, a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
coif
noun, a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn beneath a veil, as by nuns.
Etna
noun, Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
coed
noun, Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
cods
noun, any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
code
noun, a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
coda
noun, Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
coat
noun, an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
fade
noun, an act or instance of fading.
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.
CLOS
noun, a walled vineyard.
Cloe
noun, a female given name, form of Chloe.
clod
noun, a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
fac.
face
noun, the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
FACS
fact
noun, something that actually exists; reality; truth:
clit
noun, clitoris.
Clio
noun, Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
feel
noun, a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
feet
noun, a plural of foot.
ETAS
noun, the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
FITS
noun, the manner in which a thing fits:
dia-
Cela
noun, Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
fist
noun, the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
Ceil
verb (used with object), to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
cees
noun, the letter C.
cedi
noun, a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
cede
verb (used with object), to yield or formally surrender to another:
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.
cat.
cast
noun, act of casting or throwing.
CASE
noun, an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
cen.
Fla.
Flan
noun, Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
flat
noun, something flat.
fld.
flea
noun, any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
fled
verb, simple past tense and past participle of flee.
flee
verb (used with object), to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
flic
noun, a police officer; cop.
flit
noun, a light, swift movement; flutter.
floc
noun, Also, flock. a tuftlike mass, as in a chemical precipitate.
floe
noun, Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
Cels
Fino
noun, a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
Felt
noun, a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
fico
noun, fig1 (def 4).
cide
fend
verb (used with object), to ward off (often followed by off):
ciao
interjection, (used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
Fens
noun, Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
fest
noun, an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
feta
noun, a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
fete
noun, a day of celebration; holiday:
fiat
noun, an authoritative decree, sanction, or order: Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
Ceto
Cete
noun, a number of badgers together.
FICA
fict
Finn
noun, Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
FIDO
noun, a system for evaporating the fog above airfield runways by the heat from burners.
fids
noun, a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
Ceta
noun, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
cet-
file
noun, a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
fils
noun, a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
filt
Fin.
find
noun, an act of finding or discovering.
FINE
noun, fines. Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e). Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
cene
COLA
noun, a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
Cold
noun, the relative absence of heat:
foci
noun, a plural of focus.
dons
noun, (initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
does
noun, a plural of doe.
def.
doit
noun, Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
dol.
Dole
noun, a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
deet
plural noun, details:
dols
noun, a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
dolt
noun, a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
dees
noun, a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
Dona
noun, (initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
done
noun, Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
dose
noun, a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
DOCS
noun, doctor.
dost
noun, Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
deco
noun, art deco.
DOTE
noun, decay of wood.
Dec.
Dean
noun, Education. the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college: an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline: the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
deal
noun, a business transaction:
deaf
noun, deaf persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
DCNL
dato
noun, (in the Philippines) a native chief.
date
noun, a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
Eads
noun, James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
defs
deft
adjective, dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever:
ease
noun, freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
Dino
Dice
noun, Machinery. any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine. a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like. one of the separate pieces of such a device. a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
diel
adjective, of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
Dies
noun, Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
Diet
noun, food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
dif-
Deni
noun, a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
Dene
noun, a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
Den.
dels
noun, a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
Din.
Dine
noun, Scot. dinner.
dins
noun, a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
doc.
plural, document.
dint
noun, force; power:
dioc
diol
noun, glycol (def 2).
dis-
dite
noun, a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
dits
noun, an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
deli
noun, a delicatessen.
dele
noun, a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
Del.
deil
noun, devil.
doat
verb (used without object), dote.
dat.
East
noun, a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
Este
noun, a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
cose
verb (used without object), coze.
Cote
noun, a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
enc.
ence
end-
ends
noun, the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
Cost
noun, the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
Enid
noun, a city in N Oklahoma.
enl.
enol
noun, an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
Enos
noun, the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
Ens.
cone
noun, Geometry. a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex. a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
Elsa
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
Cond
eons
noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
Con.
COLT
noun, a young male animal of the horse family.
Esd.
cols
noun, Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
Coln
noun, former German name of Cologne.
esne
noun, (in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
eso-
Cole
noun, any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
est.
Else
Idioms, or else, or suffer the consequences:
Elis
noun, an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
Danl
Eden
noun, the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
Dane
noun, a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
Dan.
abbreviation, Bible. Daniel (def 1).
dals
noun, a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
Dali
noun, Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
eats
noun, eats, Informal. food.
Dale
noun, a valley, especially a broad valley.
DAIS
noun, a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
eco-
ect-
daft
adjective, senseless, stupid, or foolish.
Dace
noun, a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
EDES
noun, a city in SW Nigeria.
Elia
noun, the pen name of Charles Lamb.
Edie
noun, a female given name, form of Edith.
Edna
noun, a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
EDTA
EEOC
cts.
lift
noun, the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
EFTA
efts
noun, a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
elan
noun, dash; impetuous ardor:
ELAS
elds
noun, age.
Elea
noun, an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
foal
noun, a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
fisc
noun, a royal or state treasury; exchequer.
CanF
lade
verb (used with object), to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
ales
noun, a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
alee
adverb, adjective, upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
Alec
noun, a herring.
Ald.
Alco
aits
noun, a small island, especially in a river.
lace
noun, a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
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).
ains
noun, a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
lads
noun, a boy or youth.
FOIA
AInd
ails
verb (used with object), to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
AIDS
noun, a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
aide
noun, nurse's aide.
AFSC
aet.
aesc
noun, ash2 (def 3).
laic
noun, one of the laity.
laid
noun, the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
lain
noun, a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
itol
alif
noun, the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
Land
noun, any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
Iona
noun, an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
inns
noun, a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
ins.
int.
ann.
intl
into
adjective, Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
Anil
noun, a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
anes
adverb, once.
iod-
ands
Ande
plural noun, a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
Alis
ance
ions
noun, an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
alts
noun, in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
IOTA
noun, a very small quantity; jot; whit.
alt.
Also
adverb, in addition; too; besides; as well:
Isle
noun, a small island.
iso-
aloe
noun, any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
ALIT
verb, a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
LAIS
noun, (in medieval French literature)
Lane
noun, a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
info
noun, information.
LEST
conjunction, for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
Leis
noun, (in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
acid
noun, Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
Lena
noun, a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
lend
Idioms, lend a hand, to give help; aid:
Leno
noun, Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
lens
noun, a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
lent
noun, (in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
Leon
noun, a male given name, form of Leo.
Leos
noun, Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
Leta
noun, a female given name, form of Latona.
left
noun, the left side or something that is on the left side.
Leto
noun, the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
Liao
noun, a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
Lias
noun, Leah (def 1).
lice
noun, plural of louse.
Lido
noun, a fashionable beach resort.
lied
noun, a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
Lief
adverb, gladly; willingly:
lien
noun, Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
Life
noun, the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
LIFO
noun, last-in, first-out (def 1).
Leif
noun, a male given name.
Leet
noun, a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
Lani
ACTS
noun, anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
aeon
noun, (in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
Laon
noun, a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
Laos
noun, a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
lase
verb (used without object), to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
last
noun, a person or thing that is last.
Lat.
late
Idioms, of late, lately; recently:
lats
noun, a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
adit
noun, an entrance or a passage.
Adie
noun, a female given name.
lea.
lees
noun, plural of lee2 .
Lead
noun, the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
Leaf
noun, one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
Lean
noun, the act or state of leaning; inclination:
LEAS
noun, a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
acne
noun, an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
ACLS
acle
noun, the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
Leda
noun, Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
leds
noun, light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
Acis
noun, the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
Anne
noun, 1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
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.
infl
Idas
noun, Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters). Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
ICAO
Ice.
iced
noun, the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
ices
noun, the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
idae
Inf.
IDEA
noun, any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
cade
noun, a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
ides
noun, (in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
idle
noun, the state or quality of being idle.
idol
noun, an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
Aton
noun, a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
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.
atic
ates
ical
cadi
noun, qadi.
ile-
font
noun, a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
foil
noun, Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
foin
noun, a thrust with a weapon.
fol.
fold
noun, a part that is folded; pleat; layer:
cane
noun, a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
fond
noun, a background or groundwork, especially of lace.
Fons
noun, a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
Can.
cads
noun, an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
CALS
noun, a male given name, form of Calvin.
calf
noun, the young of the domestic cow or other bovine animal.
Cal.
Cain
noun, Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
caid
noun, (in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
CAFE
noun, a restaurant, often with an enclosed or outdoor section extending onto the sidewalk.
Ind.
Aten
noun, Aton.
DIAS
noun, Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
ant.
Inc.
asci
noun, plural of ascus.
ANSI
ano-
Ilse
noun, a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
IndE
inae
Asti
noun, a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
Inca
noun, a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
asc-
SLA
ase
tee
noun, the letter T or t.
Dee
noun, a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
Ted
noun, British Slang. Teddy boy.
ACS
TEC
noun, detective.
SIT
verb, (in prescriptions) may it be.
CEF
ane
adjective, noun, pronoun, one.
cee
noun, the letter C.
CAD
noun, an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
at.
ACT
noun, anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
CEO
ae.
COD
noun, any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
cs.
ADS
noun, advertisement.
ado
noun, busy activity; bustle; fuss.
DAS
noun, hyrax.
ct.
DEA
ADF
ade
noun, George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
d-c
noun, a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
cl.
CAI
de-
SLE
CEA
TAL
AID
noun, help or support; assistance.
Tan
noun, the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
DFT
cle
TSE
DFA
DET
CAS
verb (used with or without object), to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
ac-
ad-
ans
noun, the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
ADC
Af.
CLI
STI
Sin
noun, transgression of divine law:
ton
noun, a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
ANI
noun, any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
al.
TAO
noun, (in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
ANF
an.
TCA
DEI
adverb, by the grace of God.
TCS
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.
ACE
noun, a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
Clo
CDT
Tai
noun, any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
CED
Co.
AEC
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.
CFD
ATS
noun, a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
CFO
CFL
TIC
noun, Pathology. a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face. tic douloureux.
CFI
Ain
noun, a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
ail
verb (used with object), to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
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.
COT
noun, a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
TIA
CFA
AIC
TLC
CSA
tlo
cfs
COS
noun, romaine.
CSF
St.
CIF
ATC
sot
noun, a drunkard.
ALS
noun, Indian mulberry.
Alf
noun, a male given name, form of Alfred.
CIE
CID
noun, The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
ait
noun, a small island, especially in a river.
Sta
ale
noun, a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
ast
tin
noun, Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
Son
noun, a male child or person in relation to his parents.
ALC
CIA
AFT
adverb, at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
CSO
TID
DSO
DOA
DSC
cf.
TAE
preposition, to.
AES
noun, any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome. Compare as2 (def 1).
ANC
SOC
noun, sociology or a class or course in sociology.
do.
ASI
DAE
CNS
CNO
CNN
AEF
Dal
noun, a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
sod
noun, a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
ASN
ca.
toe
noun, one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
AFS
CST
AFL
AFC
CTA
cte
Aso
noun, Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
TES
noun, ti1 .
Tad
noun, a small child, especially a boy.
ctf
ctn
plural, carton.
CAF
STL
DCL
SOF
DFC
sc.
di.
Ido
noun, a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
io-
Ia.
NOC
NNE
NLF
ial
ian
noun, a male given name, Scottish form of John.
IAS
nit
noun, the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
DCS
ICA
noun, Portuguese name of Putumayo.
IDA
noun, Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters). Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
ide
Nil
noun, nothing; naught; zero.
IDS
noun, the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
Nod
noun, a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
IFC
Ife
noun, a town in SW Nigeria.
il-
ILA
noun, a town in SW Nigeria.
ILO
NIC
noun, a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
NIA
NFS
NFL
NFD
NFC
NET
noun, a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
ILS
in.
IFS
noun, a supposition; uncertain possibility:
id.
ina
noun, a female given name.
OSD
ode
noun, a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
ODA
noun, a room within a harem.
fid
noun, a stout bar of wood or metal placed across a lower spar so as to support a higher one.
fie
interjection, (used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
fil
noun, fils.
OCS
OCD
Oca
noun, a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
FIO
OAT
noun, a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
OAS
oaf
noun, a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
OTC
OSF
Die
noun, Machinery. any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine. a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like. one of the separate pieces of such a device. a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
ics
FON
noun, a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
Noe
noun, Noah (def 1).
FTC
ft.
FSA
FOT
FOS
FOE
noun, a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
OED
Flo
noun, a female given name, form of Florence.
Fl.
NSA
NSC
FIT
noun, the manner in which a thing fits:
Oc.
NES
ine
Fia
LCT
Lai
noun, (in medieval French literature)
LTA
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.
LAO
noun, a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
LON
Las
noun, the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
LOE
noun, verb (used with or without object), love.
LCA
LCD
LCF
LCI
Ld.
NSF
LDC
LOC
LED
noun, light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
Lee
noun, protective shelter:
lei
noun, (in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
Len
noun, a male given name, form of Leonard.
lis
noun, the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
LEO
noun, Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
Les
let
noun, British. a lease.
Lia
noun, Leah (def 1).
lid
noun, a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
Lie
noun, a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
Lif
NCO
NAD
INN
noun, a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
ise
nef
noun, a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
IOC
Nee
adjective, born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
NED
noun, a male given name, form of Edward.
NEC
IOF
ion
noun, an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
NEA
ne-
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.
NDE
IOT
Is.
noun, (used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
ISA
Isl
LaF
LSD
Lae
noun, a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
nae
adverb, no1 ; not.
Lad
noun, a boy or youth.
LAC
noun, a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter. Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
Nan
noun, naan.
Lt.
LDS
Nat
noun, a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
La.
ITO
noun, Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
ite
ITC
ITA
ist
fic
OSA
ODS
noun, a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
ODT
ECF
ed.
EDA
noun, a female given name.
EDC
SCF
Ede
noun, a city in SW Nigeria.
ScD
EDO
noun, a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
EDS
noun, education:
EDT
EEC
EEL
noun, any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
EEO
ef-
eft
noun, a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
ec-
EIS
eld
noun, age.
ELF
noun, (in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
Eli
noun, a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
els
noun, Informal. elevated railroad.
en-
San
noun, a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
ene
EOE
EOF
eon
noun, an indefinitely long period of time; age.
Sal
noun, salt1 .
EOS
noun, the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
ESA
ECA
SDA
ese
SEI
noun, sei whale.
SID
noun, a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
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).
DIL
Sfc
dit
noun, an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
DLC
DLO
DLS
DNA
SEN
noun, a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
DOE
noun, the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
Doi
SEL
noun, adjective, pronoun, self.
Don
noun, (initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
See
noun, the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
SDI
DOT
noun, a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
DSA
DST
SED
eo-
ETA
noun, the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
ETD
ea.
ead
ean
EAS
noun, the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
eat
noun, eats, Informal. food.
sea
noun, the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
se-
Esc
efl
ESL
FCS
ons
FAD
noun, a temporary fashion, notion, manner of conduct, etc., especially one followed enthusiastically by a group.
ONI
ONF
one
noun, the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
Fan
noun, any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
ONA
noun, a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
SAE
FAO
FAT
noun, any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
FCA
FDA
ose
Old
noun, (used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
Ola
OIt
Fee
noun, a charge or payment for professional services:
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.
Fen
noun, low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
oid
oic
oft
adverb, often.
of-
OES
noun, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
FET
fo.
TSI
So.
sd.
ETS
ote
SAC
noun, a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
ETO
OTS
Sad
noun, the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
OTA
ot-
FAS
noun, the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
SL
SA
CE
OA
LO
adjective, an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
S.
ol
OE
noun, oy2 .
OD
noun, a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
le
TI
noun, the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
ln
SI
noun, the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
TA
noun, the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
2D
noun, a two-dimensional form or appearance:
3D
noun, a three-dimensional form or appearance:
A.
noun, Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
T1
TD
LF
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.
t.
SF
et
verb, a simple past tense of eat.
AO
IF
noun, a supposition; uncertain possibility:
DN
DT
noun, a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
O.
ee
i.
f.
noun, (Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
LI
noun, the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
LC
TC
L.
DF
TE
noun, ti1 .
L1
dl
IT
noun, (in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
FA
noun, the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
ic
FC
FI
noun, the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
DC
noun, a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
SN
EI
ND
FE
FD
N.
NA
adverb, no1 .
NC
TN
TL
L2
NF
NI
el
noun, Informal. elevated railroad.
NL
No
noun, an utterance of the word “no.”.
D.
DA
noun, a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
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