Anagrams of self-generation
Word self-generation has
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- florentines
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Florence, Italy.
- generations
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noun,
the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time:
- singletree
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noun,
whiffletree.
- feneration
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noun,
the lending of money on interest.
- algerienne
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noun,
a brightly striped woolen fabric used for tents, awnings, curtains, etc.
- regelation
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noun,
a phenomenon in which the freezing point of water is lowered by the application of pressure; the melting and refreezing of ice, at constant temperature, caused by varying the pressure.
- argentines
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noun,
a silvery substance, especially one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
- eaglestone
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noun,
a concretionary lump of ironstone about the size of a walnut, formerly believed to be carried by eagles to their nests as a magical aid in laying eggs.
- generalist
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noun,
a person whose knowledge, aptitudes, and skills are applied to a field as a whole or to a variety of different fields (opposed to specialist).
- generation
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noun,
the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time:
- greenstone
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noun,
any of various altered basaltic rocks having a dark-green color caused by the presence of chlorite, epidote, etc.
- ingenerate
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adjective,
not generated; self-existent.
- greenflies
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noun,
an aphid, Coloradoa rufomaculata, that is an important pest of chrysanthemums.
- arsenolite
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trioxide, As 2 O 3 , occurring usually as a white incrustation on arsenical ores.
- telegonies
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noun,
a former belief that a sire can influence the characteristics of the progeny of the female parent and subsequent mates.
- fosterling
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noun,
foster child.
- tangerines
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noun,
Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
- eglantines
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noun,
the sweetbrier.
- Florentine
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Florence, Italy.
- easterling
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noun,
a native of a country lying to the east, especially a merchant from the Baltic.
- frontages
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noun,
the front of a building or lot.
- Arlington
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noun,
a county in NE Virginia, opposite Washington, D.C.: national cemetery.
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- neotenies
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noun,
Also called pedogenesis. the production of offspring by an organism in its larval or juvenile form; the elimination of the adult phase of the life cycle.
- negations
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noun,
the act of denying:
- gantlines
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noun,
a rope rove through a single block hung from a mast, funnel, etc., as a means of hoisting workers, tools, flags, or the like.
- flagstone
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noun,
Also called flag. a flat stone slab used especially for paving.
- free-soil
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noun,
a region, especially a U.S. territory, prohibiting slavery prior to the Civil War.
- freestone
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noun,
a fruit having a stone to which the flesh does not cling, as certain peaches and plums.
- Neo-Latin
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noun,
New Latin.
- entangles
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verb (used with object),
to make tangled; ensnarl; intertwine.
- frontenis
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noun,
a Latin American game, resembling squash, played with rackets and a hard rubber ball on a three-walled court similar to a jai alai court.
- stingaree
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noun,
a stingray.
- tanneries
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noun,
a place where tanning is carried on.
- innersole
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noun,
insole.
- filagrees
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noun, adjective, verb (used with object),
filigree.
- Firestone
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noun,
a fire-resisting stone, especially a kind of sandstone used in fireplaces, furnaces, etc.
- Negritoes
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- serotinal
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adjective,
pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- gelations
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noun,
solidification by cold; freezing.
- algerines
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noun,
Algerian.
- elongates
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adjective,
extended; lengthened.
- sortilege
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noun,
the drawing of lots for divination; divination by lot.
- felonries
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noun,
the whole body or class of felons.
- anglesite
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noun,
a mineral, lead sulfate, PbSO 4 , found in massive deposits and in colorless or variously tinted crystals: a minor ore of lead.
- sonneteer
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noun,
a composer of sonnets.
- Rosinante
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noun,
the old, worn horse of Don Quixote.
- teenagers
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noun,
a person in his or her teens.
- geraniols
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noun,
a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- nitrogens
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noun,
a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- fastening
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noun,
something that fastens, as a lock or clasp.
- Angelenos
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noun,
Also called Los Angeleno. a native or inhabitant of Los Angeles:
- farseeing
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adjective,
having foresight; sagacious; discerning.
- inelegant
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adjective,
not elegant; lacking in refinement, gracefulness, or good taste.
- sea-green
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noun,
a clear, light, bluish green.
- greenlets
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noun,
any of various small vireos of the genus Hylophilus, having greenish plumage, found in Central and South America.
- generates
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verb (used with object),
to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- Nestorian
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noun,
one of a sect of followers of Nestorius who denied the hypostatic union and were represented as maintaining the existence of two distinct persons in Christ.
- sea-front
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noun,
an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- Argentine
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noun,
a silvery substance, especially one obtained from fish scales, used in making imitation pearls.
- Orleanist
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noun,
a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- figeaters
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noun,
green June beetle.
- reasoning
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noun,
the act or process of a person who reasons.
- sloganeer
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noun,
a person who creates and uses slogans frequently.
- relegates
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verb (used with object),
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition:
- interleaf
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noun,
an additional leaf, usually blank, inserted between or bound with the regular printed leaves of a book, as to separate chapters or provide room for a reader's notes.
- Tangerine
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noun,
Also called mandarin, mandarin orange. any of several varieties of mandarin, cultivated widely, especially in the U.S.
- reflation
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noun,
restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- Eglantine
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noun,
the sweetbrier.
- Singleton
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noun,
a person or thing occurring singly, especially an individual set apart from others.
- fontanges
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noun,
Often, fontanges. commode (def 4).
- regelates
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verb (used without object),
to freeze by regelation.
- orientals
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- agentries
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noun,
the profession, business, or activities of an agent:
- florigens
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noun,
a hypothetical plant hormone produced in the leaves and transported to the apex to initiate flowering.
- regionals
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noun,
Often, regionals. a regional competition or tournament:
- legations
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noun,
a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- fontanels
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noun,
one of the spaces, covered by membrane, between the bones of the fetal or young skull.
- lannerets
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noun,
the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- Ernestine
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Ernest.
- roentgens
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noun,
Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
- nose-ring
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noun,
a ring inserted in the nose of an animal, to facilitate leading it.
- forestage
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noun,
the part of a stage in front of the proscenium or the closed curtain, as the apron or an extension of the apron.
- learnings
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noun,
knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- relations
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- internals
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noun,
Usually, internals. entrails; innards.
- aerolites
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- fosterage
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noun,
the act of fostering or rearing another's child as one's own.
- internees
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned, as a prisoner of war.
- flatirons
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noun,
a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- Fengtien
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noun,
a former name of Shenyang.
- flingers
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noun,
a person or thing that flings.
- teenager
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noun,
a person in his or her teens.
- fleeting
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adjective,
passing swiftly; vanishing quickly; transient; transitory:
- generals
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noun,
Military.
U.S. Army and Air Force. an officer ranking above a lieutenant general and below a general of the army or general of the air force.
U.S. Army. an officer of any of the five highest ranks: a brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, or general of the army.
U.S. Marine Corps. an officer holding the highest rank in the corps.
(in numerous armies) an officer in the highest, second, or third highest rank, as one ranking immediately below a field marshal in the British army.
- flotages
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noun,
an act of floating.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- genitors
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noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- generate
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verb (used with object),
to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- genitals
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plural noun,
genitalia.
- eanlings
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noun,
a young lamb; kid.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- earnings
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noun,
money earned; wages; profits.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- fenestra
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or perforation, as in a bone, especially between the middle and inner ear.
- gentries
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noun,
wellborn and well-bred people.
- antilogs
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noun,
antilogarithm.
- Salinger
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noun,
J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- resonate
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verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- felonies
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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.
- floaters
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noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- enargite
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noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- tragions
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noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- Elsinore
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noun,
Helsingør.
- floating
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noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- feltings
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noun,
felted material, either woven or felt fabric.
- tangelos
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noun,
a hybrid citrus fruit, Citrus tangelo, that is a cross between the grapefruit and the tangerine and is cultivated in several varieties.
- Starling
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noun,
a chunky, medium-sized European passerine bird, Sturnus vulgaris, of iridescent black plumage with seasonal speckles, that nests in colonies: introduced into North America.
- stealing
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noun,
the act of a person who steals.
- geraniol
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noun,
a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- resonant
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noun,
Phonetics. a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate, as, in English, (m, ng, n, l, r, y, w).
- florigen
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noun,
a hypothetical plant hormone produced in the leaves and transported to the apex to initiate flowering.
- oleaster
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noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- anserine
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adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- elongate
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adjective,
extended; lengthened.
- gentiles
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noun,
a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
- fenagles
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verb (used with object),
to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of):
- gentians
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noun,
any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe.
Compare gentian family.
- Antigone
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who defied her uncle, King Creon, by performing funeral rites over her brother, Polynices, and was condemned to be immured alive in a cave.
- foliages
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noun,
the leaves of a plant, collectively; leafage.
- gelation
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noun,
solidification by cold; freezing.
- foliates
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- resignee
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noun,
a person who has resigned or is about to resign.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- forelegs
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noun,
one of the front legs of a quadruped, an insect, etc.
- finestra
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noun,
an aperture, especially a ventilator in the wall of a tomb.
- enations
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noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- negronis
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noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- foresail
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- egestion
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noun,
the process of egesting; the voiding of the refuse of digestion.
- frosting
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noun,
a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
- frontals
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar.
- tonnages
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noun,
the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons.
- neonates
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noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- frontage
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noun,
the front of a building or lot.
- Negritos
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noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- fornenst
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preposition,
next to; near to:
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- strangle
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verb (used with object),
to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- sanglier
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noun,
a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- negatons
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noun,
(not in technical use) electron (def 1).
- flanerie
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noun,
idleness; dawdling.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- negation
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noun,
the act of denying:
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- gantline
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noun,
a rope rove through a single block hung from a mast, funnel, etc., as a means of hoisting workers, tools, flags, or the like.
- steerage
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noun,
a part or division of a ship, formerly the part containing the steering apparatus.
- filagree
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noun, adjective, verb (used with object),
filigree.
- steering
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noun,
the discriminatory practice by a real estate agent of maneuvering a client from a minority group away from considering a home in a white neighborhood.
- Stefanie
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noun,
a female given name.
- argento-
-
- organist
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noun,
a person who plays the organ.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- gelatins
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noun,
a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- nestling
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noun,
a young bird not yet old enough to leave the nest.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- figeater
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noun,
green June beetle.
- fontanel
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noun,
one of the spaces, covered by membrane, between the bones of the fetal or young skull.
- fontange
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noun,
Often, fontanges. commode (def 4).
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- Sterling
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noun,
British currency.
- gasoline
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noun,
a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
- gasolier
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noun,
a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- gasolene
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noun,
gasoline.
- flatiron
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noun,
a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- fontinas
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noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- sagenite
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noun,
a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- egalites
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noun,
equality.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- finagles
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verb (used with object),
to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of):
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- eateries
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noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- fee-tail
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noun,
See under fee (def 4a).
- relegate
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verb (used with object),
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition:
- estrogen
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noun,
any of several major female sex hormones produced primarily by the ovarian follicles of female mammals, capable of inducing estrus, developing and maintaining secondary female sex characteristics, and preparing the uterus for the reception of a fertilized egg: used, especially in synthetic form, as a component of oral contraceptives, in certain cancer treatments, and in other therapies.
- regelate
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verb (used without object),
to freeze by regelation.
- Alegrete
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noun,
a city in SW Brazil.
- entangle
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verb (used with object),
to make tangled; ensnarl; intertwine.
- estrange
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- re-lease
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noun,
a contract for re-leasing land or property.
- infernal
-
adjective,
hellish; fiendish; diabolical:
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- Faeroese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Faeroe Islands.
- infantes
-
noun,
any son of the king of Spain or of Portugal who is not heir to the throne.
- Sergeant
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noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- Tenerife
-
noun,
the largest of the Canary Islands, off the NW Coast of Africa. 794 sq. mi. (2055 sq. km). . Capital: Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
- Algerine
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noun,
Algerian.
- energies
-
noun,
the capacity for vigorous activity; available power:
- Algernon
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noun,
a male given name: from an Old North French word meaning “whiskered.”.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- isograft
-
noun,
syngraft.
- senorita
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- estragon
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noun,
tarragon.
- alienees
-
noun,
a person to whom property is alienated.
- ensilage
-
noun,
the preservation of green fodder in a silo or pit.
- learning
-
noun,
knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- internes
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noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- ignorant
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adjective,
lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned:
- inflates
-
verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- trefoils
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- Estonian
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noun,
a member of a Finnish people inhabiting Estonia, Livonia, and other districts of Russia.
- aginners
-
noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- internee
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noun,
a person who is or has been interned, as a prisoner of war.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- reflates
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verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- internal
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noun,
Usually, internals. entrails; innards.
- etageres
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noun,
a stand with a series of open shelves for small objects, bric-a-brac, etc.
- trigonal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or shaped like a triangle; having three angles; triangular.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- integral
-
noun,
an integral whole.
- entrains
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- insolent
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noun,
an insolent person.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- seraglio
-
noun,
the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
- Sentinel
-
noun,
a person or thing that watches or stands as if watching.
- ingrates
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- intrans.
-
- ailerons
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- ingrafts
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verb (used with object),
engraft.
- legators
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noun,
a person who bequeaths; a testator.
- Triangle
-
noun,
a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles.
- Leinster
-
noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- legation
-
noun,
a diplomatic minister and staff in a foreign mission.
- legatine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
- trenails
-
noun,
treenail.
- Trilafon
-
- entresol
-
noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- legatees
-
noun,
a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
- realties
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- treenail
-
noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- aglisten
-
adjective,
refulgent; glistening.
- engrafts
-
verb (used with object),
Horticulture. to insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for propagation:
- grannies
-
noun,
Informal. a grandmother.
- Langston
-
noun,
John Mercer, 1829–97, U.S. public official, diplomat, and educator.
- anergies
-
noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- Roentgen
-
noun,
Wilhelm Konrad [wil-helm kon-rad;; German vil-helm kawn-raht] /ˈwɪl hɛlm ˈkɒn ræd;; German ˈvɪl hɛlm ˈkɔn rɑt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1923, German physicist: discoverer of x-rays 1895; Nobel prize 1901.
- Teresian
-
noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- lanneret
-
noun,
the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
- engrains
-
verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- fastener
-
noun,
any of various devices for fastening.
- Angeleno
-
noun,
Also called Los Angeleno. a native or inhabitant of Los Angeles:
- ternions
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- engrails
-
verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- Solingen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr region.
- segreant
-
adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- grantees
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- nitrogen
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, gaseous element that constitutes about four-fifths of the volume of the atmosphere and is present in combined form in animal and vegetable tissues, especially in proteins: used chiefly in the manufacture of ammonia, nitric acid, cyanide, explosives, fertilizer, dyes, as a cooling agent, etc. Symbol: N; atomic weight: 14.0067; atomic number: 7; density: 1.2506 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- lineages
-
noun,
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction:
- roasting
-
noun,
a severely critical notice or review; pan.
- engineer
-
noun,
a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines, or in any of various branches of engineering:
- fatlings
-
noun,
a young animal, as a calf or a lamb, fattened for slaughter.
- Angleton
-
noun,
a town in S Texas.
- 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.
- latigoes
-
noun,
a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- Erlangen
-
noun,
a city in Bavaria, S Germany.
- serotine
-
noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- Angolese
-
noun,
a member of any of the tribes residing in Angola.
- feelings
-
noun,
the function or the power of perceiving by touch.
- notaries
-
noun,
notary public.
- Selangor
-
noun,
a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 3160 sq. mi. (8184 sq. km). Capital: Shah Alam.
- granites
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- enlarges
-
verb (used with object),
to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to:
- leanings
-
noun,
inclination; tendency:
- snot-rag
-
noun,
a handkerchief.
- Estienne
-
noun,
Also, Étienne. a family of French printers, book dealers, and scholars, including especially Henri [ahn-ree] /ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA) died 1520; his son, Robert [raw-ber] /rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA) 1503?–59; Henri, (son of Robert), 1531?–98.
- telerans
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- softener
-
noun,
Chemistry.
any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity.
water softener.
- far-gone
-
adjective,
remote.
- farinose
-
adjective,
yielding farina.
- reagents
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- aerolite
-
noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- selenite
-
noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.
- aerogels
-
noun,
a gel formed by the dispersion of air in a solidified matrix; a solid foam, as Styrofoam.
- farnesol
-
noun,
a colorless, unsaturated, liquid alcohol, C 15 H 26 O, having a slight floral odor, extracted from the flowers of the acacia, cassia oil, or the like: used in perfumery.
- ringlets
-
noun,
a curled lock of hair.
- greenlet
-
noun,
any of various small vireos of the genus Hylophilus, having greenish plumage, found in Central and South America.
- ratlines
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- regional
-
noun,
Often, regionals. a regional competition or tournament:
- enlistee
-
noun,
a person who enlists for military service.
Compare draftee.
- greatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- selenate
-
noun,
a salt or ester of selenic acid.
- estrone
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- eserine
-
noun,
physostigmine.
- 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.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- tangles
-
noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- etagere
-
noun,
a stand with a series of open shelves for small objects, bric-a-brac, etc.
- flinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that flings.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- flaring
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- negates
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- flanges
-
noun,
a projecting rim, collar, or ring on a shaft, pipe, machine housing, etc., cast or formed to give additional strength, stiffness, or supporting area, or to provide a place for the attachment of other objects.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- tension
-
noun,
the act of stretching or straining.
- neatens
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- Neogene
-
noun,
the Neogene Period or System.
- 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.
- fenster
-
noun,
an erosional break in an overthrust rock sheet, exposing the rocks that underlie the sheet.
- Nogales
-
noun,
a town in S Arizona.
- Teleran
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- Rontgen
-
noun,
Julius [yoo-lee-uh s] /ˈyu li əs/ (Show IPA), 1855–1932, Dutch pianist, conductor, and composer; born in Germany.
- Farnese
-
noun,
Alessandro [ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), Duke of Parma, 1545–92, Italian general, statesman, and diplomat.
- Faroese
-
noun,
Faeroese.
- Nielsen
-
noun,
Carl August [kahrl ou-goo st] /kɑrl ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1865–1931, Danish composer.
- fertile
-
adjective,
bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific:
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- ferlies
-
noun,
something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- teenage
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a teenager.
- fennels
-
noun,
a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, having feathery leaves and umbels of small, yellow flowers.
- fanions
-
noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- 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.
- Rosanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- telegas
-
noun,
a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- fenagle
-
verb (used with object),
to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of):
- fatling
-
noun,
a young animal, as a calf or a lamb, fattened for slaughter.
- felting
-
noun,
felted material, either woven or felt fabric.
- felsite
-
noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- feelers
-
noun,
a person or thing that feels.
- feeling
-
noun,
the function or the power of perceiving by touch.
- felines
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- telfers
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- falters
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- flagons
-
noun,
a large bottle for wine, liquors, etc.
- Tenniel
-
noun,
Sir John, 1820–1914, English caricaturist and illustrator.
- negaton
-
noun,
(not in technical use) electron (def 1).
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- Negrito
-
noun,
a member of any of various small-statured, indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
- Etienne
-
noun,
Estienne (def 1).
- etoiles
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- Negroes
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- 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).
- Negroni
-
noun,
a cocktail made from sweet vermouth, gin, and bitters.
- Etonian
-
noun,
a person who is or has been a pupil at Eton College.
- nonlife
-
noun,
lack or absence of life.
- tenners
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- safrole
-
noun,
a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 10 H 10 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- Neilson
-
noun,
William Allan, 1869–1946, U.S. educator and lexicographer, born in Scotland.
- fingers
-
noun,
any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- neonate
-
noun,
a newborn child, or one in its first 28 days.
- finales
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- lasting
-
noun,
a strong, durable, closely woven fabric for shoe uppers, coverings on buttons, etc.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- finagle
-
verb (used with object),
to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of):
- nonages
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- Falster
-
noun,
an island in SE Denmark. 198 sq. mi. (513 sq. km).
- Fiesole
-
noun,
Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
- tearing
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- teeners
-
noun,
a teenager.
- Stiegel
-
noun,
Henry William, 1729–85, German iron and glass manufacturer in America.
- natrons
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- gristle
-
noun,
cartilage, especially in meats.
- gratins
-
noun,
au gratin.
- greaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- greenie
-
noun,
Slang. an amphetamine pill, especially one that is green in color.
- liernes
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- greisen
-
noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- Selenga
-
noun,
a river in N central Asia, flowing E and N through the NW Mongolian People's Republic through the Buryat Autonomous Republic in the SE Russian Federation to Lake Baikal. About 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- seleno-
-
- soilage
-
noun,
grass or leafy plants raised as feed for fenced-in livestock.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- grantee
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- Senegal
-
noun,
a republic in W Africa: independent member of the French Community; formerly part of French West Africa. 76,084 sq. mi. (197,057 sq. km). Capital: Dakar.
- soaring
-
noun,
the sport of flying a sailplane.
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Leonine
-
adjective,
of or relating to the lion.
- snifter
-
noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- ignores
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- lentigo
-
noun,
a freckle or other pigmented spot.
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- gratine
-
verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- granite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- infante
-
noun,
any son of the king of Spain or of Portugal who is not heir to the throne.
- glories
-
noun,
very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown:
- glaires
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Gleason
-
noun,
Jackie (Herbert John Gleason"The Great One") 1916–87, U.S. comedian and actor.
- linnets
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- lingoes
-
noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- lingers
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- glisten
-
noun,
a glistening; sparkle.
- glister
-
noun,
glitter; sparkle.
- glorias
-
noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- lifters
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- goalers
-
noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- lineage
-
noun,
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction:
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- linages
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- goiters
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- Goneril
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the elder of Lear's two faithless daughters.
- solfege
-
noun,
solfeggio.
- ligates
-
verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- Grafton
-
noun,
Sue, born 1940, U.S. detective novelist.
- Slinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that slings.
- infares
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- sorting
-
noun,
the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
- Langreo
-
noun,
a city in N Spain.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- signore
-
noun,
a conventional Italian title of respect for a man, usually used separately; signor.
- Signora
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a married woman, either used separately or prefixed to the name.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- leaning
-
noun,
inclination; tendency:
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Langton
-
noun,
Stephen, c1165–1228, English theologian, historian, and poet: archbishop of Canterbury.
- singlet
-
noun,
a sleeveless athletic jersey, especially a loose-fitting top worn by runners, joggers, etc.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- lanners
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- Lansing
-
noun,
Robert, 1864–1928, U.S. lawyer and statesman: secretary of state 1915–20.
- lantern
-
noun,
a transparent or translucent, usually portable, case for enclosing a light and protecting it from the wind, rain, etc.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- latigos
-
noun,
a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- seringa
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- leasing
-
noun,
lying; falsehood.
- legatee
-
noun,
a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
- Inferno
-
noun,
hell; the infernal regions.
- ingrate
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- inflate
-
verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- lenient
-
adjective,
agreeably tolerant; permissive; indulgent:
- ingates
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- slating
-
noun,
the act or work of covering something with slates.
- ingesta
-
plural noun,
substances ingested.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- in-goal
-
noun,
the area at either end of the field between the goal line and the dead-ball line.
- ingraft
-
verb (used with object),
engraft.
- insnare
-
verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- legates
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- insofar
-
adverb,
to such an extent (usually followed by as):
- integer
-
noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- intens.
-
- intense
-
adjective,
existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree:
- interne
-
noun, verb (used without object),
intern2 .
- interns
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- intones
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- introns
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- legator
-
noun,
a person who bequeaths; a testator.
- Linsang
-
noun,
any of several civetlike carnivores of the genera Prionodon, of the East Indies, and Poiana, of Africa, having retractile claws and a long tail: some East Indies linsangs are endangered.
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- floater
-
noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- fringes
-
noun,
a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- fragile
-
adjective,
easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail:
- Frannie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- Sargent
-
noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- Freesia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Freesia, of the iris family, native to southern Africa, having fragrant white, yellow, or sometimes rose-colored, tubular flowers.
- frenate
-
adjective,
having a frenum or frenulum.
- Fresnel
-
noun,
a unit of frequency, equal to 10 12 cycles per second.
- frigate
-
noun,
a fast naval vessel of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, generally having a lofty ship rig and heavily armed on one or two decks.
- strange
-
adverb,
in a strange manner.
- Forseti
-
noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- frontal
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar.
- frontis
-
noun,
the front wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare rebote (def 1).
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- storage
-
noun,
the act of storing; state or fact of being stored:
- stinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- gainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- gaiters
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- forties
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- forints
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- galerie
-
noun,
gallery (def 8).
- foliage
-
noun,
the leaves of a plant, collectively; leafage.
- tangelo
-
noun,
a hybrid citrus fruit, Citrus tangelo, that is a cross between the grapefruit and the tangerine and is cultivated in several varieties.
- florets
-
noun,
a small flower.
- florins
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin.
- florist
-
noun,
a retailer of flowers, ornamental plants, etc.
- flotage
-
noun,
an act of floating.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- folates
-
noun,
folic acid.
- foliate
-
adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- forgets
-
Idioms,
forget oneself, to say or do something improper or unbefitting one's rank, position, or character.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- Fontina
-
noun,
a type of Italian cheese, semisoft to firm, made of cow's or sheep's milk.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- forages
-
noun,
food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- foreign
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or derived from another country or nation; not native:
- foreleg
-
noun,
one of the front legs of a quadruped, an insect, etc.
- foresee
-
verb (used with object),
to have prescience of; to know in advance; foreknow.
- longies
-
noun,
long underwear, especially for winter use.
- galiots
-
noun,
a small galley propelled by both sails and oars.
- girl-os
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- gentles
-
adjective,
kindly; amiable:
- Gennaro
-
noun,
San [san;; Italian sahn] /sæn;; Italian sɑn/ (Show IPA), Januarius.
- Genoese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Genoa.
- genoise
-
noun,
a light yellow cake made with eggs and butter and typically layered, filled, and frosted or made into petits fours for serving.
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- steelie
-
noun,
a playing marble made of steel.
- genteel
-
adjective,
belonging or suited to polite society.
- gentian
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe.
Compare gentian family.
- Gentile
-
noun,
a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
- Loafers
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- genitor
-
noun,
a parent, especially a father.
- stearo-
-
- Geraint
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- gerents
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- seating
-
noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- girasol
-
noun,
an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- Lofting
-
noun,
Hugh, 1886–1947, U.S. author of books for children, born in England.
- genito-
-
- Erigena
-
noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- gastro-
-
- longans
-
noun,
the small, one-seeded, greenish-brown fruit of a large evergreen tree, Euphoria longana, of the soapberry family, native to China and allied to the litchi.
- gannets
-
noun,
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- sterno-
-
- garnets
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- Garonne
-
noun,
a river in SW France, flowing NW from the Pyrenees to the Gironde River. 350 miles (565 km) long.
- garotes
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- gastrin
-
noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- genital
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- stereo-
-
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- gearset
-
noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- gelatin
-
noun,
a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- geneal.
-
- general
-
noun,
Military.
U.S. Army and Air Force. an officer ranking above a lieutenant general and below a general of the army or general of the air force.
U.S. Army. an officer of any of the five highest ranks: a brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, or general of the army.
U.S. Marine Corps. an officer holding the highest rank in the corps.
(in numerous armies) an officer in the highest, second, or third highest rank, as one ranking immediately below a field marshal in the British army.
- Seagirt
-
noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- Genista
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- Erigone
-
noun,
a daughter of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who hanged herself when Orestes was acquitted of the murder of her parents.
- onstage
-
adverb,
on or onto the stage (opposed to offstage): .
- alienee
-
noun,
a person to whom property is alienated.
- agonies
-
noun,
extreme and generally prolonged pain; intense physical or mental suffering.
- antings
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- reflets
-
noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- enlarge
-
verb (used with object),
to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to:
- elegant
-
adjective,
tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.:
- antilog
-
noun,
antilogarithm.
- reflate
-
verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- antigen
-
noun,
Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- engrain
-
verb (used with object), adjective,
ingrain (defs 1, 2).
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- engrail
-
verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- Orleans
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- engraft
-
verb (used with object),
Horticulture. to insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for propagation:
- agonist
-
noun,
a person engaged in a contest, conflict, struggle, etc., especially the protagonist in a literary work.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- elegies
-
noun,
a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
- antero-
-
- reneges
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- elegist
-
noun,
the author of an elegy.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- regales
-
noun,
a sumptuous feast.
- reliefs
-
noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- reagent
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- eaglets
-
noun,
a young eagle.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- elation
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- trigons
-
noun,
a triangle.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- aginner
-
noun,
a person who opposes a plan, proposed legislation, or any drastic change:
- Antoine
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1858–1943, French theatrical director, manager, and critic.
- trigone
-
noun,
Also, trigonum. Anatomy.
a triangular part or area.
the area on the floor of the urinary bladder between the opening of the urethra in front and the two ureters at the sides.
- enrages
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- tiglons
-
noun,
the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
- astrol.
-
- anglers
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- rennets
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- release
-
noun,
a freeing or releasing from confinement, obligation, pain, emotional strain, etc.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- eloigns
-
verb (used with object),
to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- trefoil
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- oleates
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- 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.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- olefins
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- eanling
-
noun,
a young lamb; kid.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Algiers
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Algeria, in the N part.
- orgeats
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- retinol
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- onagers
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- reagins
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- origans
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- trifles
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- anoints
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- earings
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- tragion
-
noun,
a point in the depth of the notch just above the tragus of the ear.
- atingle
-
adjective,
tingling; stimulated.
- elegits
-
noun,
a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- retenes
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Anglist
-
noun,
Anglicist.
- enation
-
noun,
a small outgrowth of plant tissue, usually on a leaf, caused by virus infection.
- Elenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- refines
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- triages
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- areoles
-
noun,
an areola.
- regains
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- entrees
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- eatings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- reglets
-
noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- easting
-
noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- Angeles
-
noun,
a city in the Philippines, on S central Luzon.
- tonners
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- entrain
-
verb (used with object),
to put aboard a train.
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- arseno-
-
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- aerogel
-
noun,
a gel formed by the dispersion of air in a solidified matrix; a solid foam, as Styrofoam.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- rigolet
-
noun,
a small stream; rivulet.
- regnant
-
adjective,
reigning; ruling (usually used following the noun it modifies):
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- erelong
-
adverb,
before long; soon.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ergotin
-
noun,
any of various extracts of ergot used in medicine.
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- ergates
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- aristo-
-
- Tonnies
-
noun,
Ferdinand [fer-dee-nahnt] /ˈfɛr diˌnɑnt/ (Show IPA), 1855–1936, German sociologist.
- resting
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ringent
-
adjective,
gaping.
- Reigate
-
noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- ratings
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- egalite
-
noun,
equality.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- ternion
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ringlet
-
noun,
a curled lock of hair.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- transf.
-
- transl.
-
- afreets
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- tringle
-
noun,
a narrow, straight molding, as a fillet.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- re-sign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- ensnarl
-
verb (used with object),
to entangle in or as in a snarl.
- tingles
-
noun,
a tingling sensation.
- ensnare
-
verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- Ortegal
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- oneself
-
Idioms,
be oneself,
to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition.
to be unaffected and sincere:
- rafting
-
noun,
the sport of traveling on rivers and streams by raft.
- entero-
-
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- Argolis
-
noun,
an ancient district in SE Greece.
- reginas
-
noun,
queen.
- enteron
-
noun,
the alimentary canal; the digestive tract.
- tonnage
-
noun,
the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons.
- tinners
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- grafts
-
noun,
Horticulture.
a bud, shoot, or scion of a plant inserted in a groove, slit, or the like in a stem or stock of another plant in which it continues to grow.
the plant resulting from such an operation; the united stock and scion.
the place where the scion is inserted.
- ligase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- gofers
-
noun,
an employee whose chief duty is running errands.
- goatee
-
noun,
a man's beard trimmed to a tuft or point on the chin.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- Anglo-
-
- angio-
-
- Linnet
-
noun,
a small Old World finch, Carduelis cannabina.
- lingoe
-
noun,
a metal weight attached to the cords of a Jacquard harness, for lowering the warp threads after they have been raised and for keeping the harness cords taut.
- gleets
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- ligans
-
noun,
lagan.
- 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).
- Anglos
-
noun,
a white American of non-Hispanic descent, as distinguished especially from an American of Mexican or Spanish descent.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- glints
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- ligate
-
verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Gliere
-
noun,
Reinhold Moritzovich [rahyn-hawlt maw-ryi-tsuh-vyich] /ˈraɪn hɔlt ˈmɔ ryɪ tsə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, Russian composer.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- linage
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- linger
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Angelo
-
noun,
a male given name.
- soling
-
noun,
pitching.
- lignes
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- angler
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- 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.
- goaler
-
noun,
goalkeeper in the game of ice hockey.
- ligno-
-
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- gnarls
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- goners
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- gonifs
-
noun,
ganef.
- Sontag
-
noun,
Susan, 1933–2004, U.S. critic, novelist, and essayist.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- ligers
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- Angles
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- goiter
-
noun,
an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- gorals
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- 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.
- goalie
-
noun,
a goalkeeper.
- Gloria
-
noun,
Liturgy.
Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Gloria Patri.
the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- gloats
-
noun,
an act or feeling of gloating.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- seeing
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- gleans
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- Geisel
-
noun,
Theodor Seuss [soos] /sus/ (Show IPA), ("Dr. Seuss") 1904–91, U.S. humorist, illustrator, and author of children's books.
- argons
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- argols
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- gators
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- steno-
-
- logins
-
noun,
the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- stego-
-
- Renton
-
noun,
a city in W Washington, near Seattle.
- gelati
-
noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- argils
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- Rennie
-
noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- gelees
-
noun,
a jellied substance, especially a cosmetic gel or a jellied food.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- gastr-
-
- rennet
-
noun,
the lining membrane of the fourth stomach of a calf or of the stomach of certain other young animals.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Longan
-
noun,
the small, one-seeded, greenish-brown fruit of a large evergreen tree, Euphoria longana, of the soapberry family, native to China and allied to the litchi.
- ganefs
-
noun,
a thief, swindler, crook, or rascal.
- gannet
-
noun,
any large, web-footed, seabird of the family Sulidae, having a sharply pointed bill, long wings, and a wedge-shaped tail, noted for its plunging dives for fish.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ganoin
-
noun,
a hard, shiny, enamellike substance secreted by the corium, composing the outer layer of the scales of certain fishes.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Gaston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- garote
-
noun,
a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- gaslit
-
noun,
light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- argots
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- logans
-
noun,
pokelogan.
- Glaser
-
noun,
Donald A. 1926–2013, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- girl-o
-
noun,
a girl or young woman.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- 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.
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Gilson
-
noun,
Étienne Henry [ey-tyen ahn-ree] /eɪˈtyɛn ɑ̃ˈri/ (Show IPA), 1884–1978, French historian.
- Seeger
-
noun,
Alan, 1888–1916, U.S. poet.
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- aniso-
-
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Linton
-
noun,
Ralph, 1893–1953, U.S. anthropologist.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- glaire
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- glairs
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- glares
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- genets
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- genial
-
adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- genies
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- genit.
-
- Rennes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- renins
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Antons
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- genoas
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- anting
-
noun,
the placing of ants among the feathers, done by certain birds apparently to kill parasites.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Steele
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- renege
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- 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.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- anoint
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or sprinkle on; apply an unguent, ointment, or oily liquid to.
- loafer
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- Gesner
-
noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- grails
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- grilse
-
noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- trigos
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- legato
-
adjective, adverb,
smooth and connected; without breaks between the successive tones.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- regale
-
noun,
a sumptuous feast.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- afters
-
- legate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Serene
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- sinner
-
noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- afrits
-
noun,
afreet.
- single
-
noun,
one person or thing; a single one.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- Singan
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- afreet
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- intron
-
noun,
a noncoding segment in a length of DNA that interrupts a gene-coding sequence or nontranslated sequence, the corresponding segment being removed from the RNA copy before transcription.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- legion
-
noun,
a division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 soldiers.
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- agron.
-
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- legist
-
noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instr.
-
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- reflag
-
verb (used with object),
to register (a foreign ship) so that it flies the flag of the registering nation and thereby comes under the latter's protection.
- intro.
-
- inter.
-
- intern
-
noun,
a person who is or has been interned; internee.
- trigon
-
noun,
a triangle.
- reflet
-
noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- aglint
-
adjective,
displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering:
- aglets
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- legers
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- intone
-
verb (used with object),
to utter with a particular tone or voice modulation.
- intra-
-
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- lanner
-
noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- Aeetes
-
noun,
a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- 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.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- reglet
-
noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- larges
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- latigo
-
noun,
a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- largos
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- Tsonga
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- lasing
-
noun,
the generation of coherent light by a laser.
- regnal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- regift
-
noun,
an unwanted gift that is given away.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- silage
-
noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- aeron.
-
- Signor
-
noun,
a conventional Italian term of address or title of respect for a man, either used separately or prefixed to the name. Abbreviation: Sig., sig.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- Langer
-
noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- signee
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- signal
-
noun,
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.:
- region
-
noun,
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body:
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- lagers
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- 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)
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- legits
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- insane
-
adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Selene
-
noun,
the Greek goddess of the moon.
Compare Thyone.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- lieges
-
noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- grifts
-
noun,
(sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- griots
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- Grison
-
noun,
a weasellike carnivore, Galictis vittata, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, having a grayish-white upper body, a distinctive white stripe across the forehead and ears, and a dark brown face, chest, and legs.
- relief
-
noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- soigne
-
adjective,
carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed.
- 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.
- groans
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- liangs
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- groats
-
noun,
hulled grain, as wheat or oats, broken into fragments.
- groins
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- greens
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- grani-
-
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- anenst
-
preposition,
anent (def 2).
- grano-
-
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- trans.
-
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- selen-
-
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Greats
-
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Greene
-
noun,
Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- 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:
- trefle
-
adjective,
botonée.
- infra-
-
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- refels
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- Ingles
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- infare
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- ingots
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- innage
-
noun,
the quantity of goods remaining in a container when received after shipment.
Compare outage (def 4).
- innate
-
adjective,
existing in one from birth; inborn; native:
- inorg.
-
- Legree
-
noun,
Simon, Simon Legree.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- 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.
- sennet
-
noun,
any of several small barracudas, as Sphyraena borealis (northern sennet) ranging along the eastern coast of North and Central America.
- iatro-
-
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- aligns
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- sennit
-
noun,
a flat, braided cordage, formed by plaiting strands of rope yarn or other fiber, used as small stuff aboard ships.
- ignore
-
verb (used with object),
to refrain from noticing or recognizing:
- infant
-
noun,
a child during the earliest period of its life, especially before he or she can walk; baby.
- Lenten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or suitable for Lent.
- Algren
-
noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- slogan
-
noun,
a distinctive cry, phrase, or motto of any party, group, manufacturer, or person; catchword or catch phrase.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- algins
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- Galton
-
noun,
Sir Francis, 1822–1911, English scientist and writer.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- galore
-
adverb,
in abundance; in plentiful amounts:
- finger
-
noun,
any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- filose
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- filter
-
noun,
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- finals
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- finlet
-
noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- Nergal
-
noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- Saigon
-
noun,
former name of Ho Chi Minh City: capital of former South Vietnam 1954–76.
- Nelson
-
noun,
a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- tingle
-
noun,
a tingling sensation.
- Finsen
-
noun,
Niels Ryberg [neels ry-ber] /nils ˈrü bɛr/ (Show IPA), 1860–1904, Danish physician: Nobel Prize 1903.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Negros
-
noun,
an island of the central Philippines. 5043 sq. mi. (13,061 sq. km).
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- tinner
-
noun,
a tinsmith.
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- elegit
-
noun,
a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- ferine
-
adjective,
feral1 .
- 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.
- 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.
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- fester
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- onager
-
noun,
a wild ass, Equus hemionus, of southwestern Asia.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- Nernst
-
noun,
Walther Herman [vahl-tuh r her-mahn] /ˈvɑl tər ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1941, German physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1920.
- tarso-
-
- Nerine
-
noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- 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.
- Tanner
-
noun,
a person whose occupation it is to tan hides.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- 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:
- flirts
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- orangs
-
noun,
orangutan.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- floats
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- natron
-
noun,
a mineral, hydrated sodium carbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O.
- flongs
-
noun,
the material of which a stereotype mold is made.
- floras
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- flints
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Flores
-
noun,
flower (def 11).
- floret
-
noun,
a small flower.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- flori-
-
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Florin
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tangos
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- flagon
-
noun,
a large bottle for wine, liquors, etc.
- egrets
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- online
-
adverb,
with or through a computer, especially over a network.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- flairs
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- egoist
-
noun,
a self-centered or selfish person (opposed to altruist).
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- flange
-
noun,
a projecting rim, collar, or ring on a shaft, pipe, machine housing, etc., cast or formed to give additional strength, stiffness, or supporting area, or to provide a place for the attachment of other objects.
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- flares
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- Orange
-
noun,
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- tangle
-
noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- fleers
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- fleets
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- flense
-
verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- neaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make neat:
- fliers
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- tenons
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- 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.
- etrogs
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- enter-
-
- Tenner
-
noun,
a 10-dollar bill.
- faerie
-
noun,
the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- nonfat
-
adjective,
without fat or fat solids; having the fat solids removed, as skim milk:
- nonets
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- fagins
-
noun,
(in Dickens' Oliver Twist) a villainous old man who trains and uses young boys as thieves.
- fagots
-
noun,
a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- nonage
-
noun,
the period of legal minority, or of an age below 21.
- 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.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- falter
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- ergots
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- nosing
-
noun,
a projecting edge, as the part of the tread of a step extending beyond the riser or a projecting part of a buttress.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- tergal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- gentle
-
adjective,
kindly; amiable:
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- 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.
- tenson
-
noun,
a Provençal poem taking the form of a dialogue or debate between two rival troubadours.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- Eogene
-
adjective, noun,
(formerly) Paleogene.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- Ensign
-
noun,
a flag or banner, as a military or naval standard used to indicate nationality.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Engels
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1820–95, German socialist in England: collaborated with Karl Marx in systematizing Marxism.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- feigns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of:
- 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:
- feline
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- felons
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- TEFLON
-
adjective,
characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism:
- Elsene
-
noun,
Dutch name of Ixelles.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- eloign
-
verb (used with object),
to remove to a distance, especially to take beyond the jurisdiction of a law court.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- 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.
- fennel
-
noun,
a plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, having feathery leaves and umbels of small, yellow flowers.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- olefin
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- feeler
-
noun,
a person or thing that feels.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Fangio
-
noun,
Juan Manuel [wahn man-wel;; Spanish hwahn mah-nwel] /ˈwɑn mænˈwɛl;; Spanish ˈʰwɑn mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1911–1995, Argentine racing-car driver.
- rifles
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- fanion
-
noun,
a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.
- enserf
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- Fannie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Frances.
- tiglon
-
noun,
the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- fanons
-
noun,
a maniple.
- Telfer
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- teleo-
-
- nitons
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- telega
-
noun,
a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- teleg.
-
- engine
-
noun,
a machine for converting thermal energy into mechanical energy or power to produce force and motion.
- nitro-
-
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- engin.
-
- 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.
- Eileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Fresno
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- arsen-
-
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- Fortas
-
noun,
Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- Origen
-
noun,
(Origenes Admantius) a.d. 185?–254? Alexandrian writer, Christian theologian, and teacher.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- forint
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- fronts
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- forget
-
Idioms,
forget oneself, to say or do something improper or unbefitting one's rank, position, or character.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- forgat
-
verb,
a simple past tense of forget.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- origan
-
noun,
an aromatic herb, especially oregano.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- forage
-
noun,
food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- stingo
-
noun,
strong beer.
- tonner
-
noun,
something having a specified weight in tons (used in combination):
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- orgies
-
noun,
wild or drunken festivity or revelry, especially involving sex with multiple participants.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Tongas
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Strega
-
- sarong
-
noun,
a loose-fitting skirtlike garment formed by wrapping a strip of cloth around the lower part of the body, worn by both men and women in the Malay Archipelago and certain islands of the Pacific Ocean.
- losing
-
noun,
losings, losses.
- Tongan
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Tonga.
- freest
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- Strong
-
Idioms,
come on strong, Slang. to behave in an aggressive, ardent, or flamboyant manner:
- fringe
-
noun,
a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip.
- astron
-
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- frails
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- Loring
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Tagore
-
noun,
Sir Rabindranath [ruh-been-druh-naht] /rəˈbin drəˌnɑt/ (Show IPA), 1861–1941, Indian poet: Nobel prize 1913.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- astro-
-
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- forges
-
noun,
a special fireplace, hearth, or furnace in which metal is heated before shaping.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- longes
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- eaglet
-
noun,
a young eagle.
- longi-
-
- Lonnie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alonso.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- foliar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the nature of a leaf or leaves.
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- folate
-
noun,
folic acid.
- Nantes
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Loire-Atlantique, in W France, at the mouth of the Loire River.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- Ealing
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- orgeat
-
noun,
a syrup or drink made originally from barley but later from almonds, prepared with sugar and an extract of orange flowers.
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- tonnes
-
noun,
metric ton.
- 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.
- galiot
-
noun,
a small galley propelled by both sails and oars.
- Galion
-
noun,
a city in N central Ohio.
- fogies
-
noun,
an excessively conservative or old-fashioned person, especially one who is intellectually dull (usually preceded by old):
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- Osage
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- Nogai
-
noun,
a member of a people living in the Caucasus region.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Leger
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- oste-
-
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- niton
-
noun,
(formerly) radon. Symbol: Nt.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- logia
-
noun,
a plural of logion.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ogees
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- ogles
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- ogres
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- longe
-
noun,
a long rope used to guide a horse during training or exercise.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- refl.
-
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- Legis
-
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- loges
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- nitr-
-
- leges
-
noun,
plural of lex.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- regle
-
noun,
a groove or channel for guiding a sliding door.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Roget
-
noun,
Peter Mark, 1779–1869, English physician and author of a thesaurus.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- 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.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- nonet
-
noun,
a group of nine performers or instruments.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- Rolfe
-
noun,
John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- 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.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nona-
-
- Norge
-
noun,
Norwegian name of Norway.
- login
-
noun,
the act of logging in to a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked computer system.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Longs
-
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- logis
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Regt.
-
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- 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.).
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- 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.
- longa
-
noun,
the second longest note in medieval mensural notation.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- orial
-
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- 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.
- Negro
-
noun,
Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Negro race, especially those who originate in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- orig.
-
- self-
-
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- 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.
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Liege
-
noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Onega
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3764 sq. mi. (9750 sq. km).
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- segno
-
noun,
a sign.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- 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.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- naso-
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Oreg.
-
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- ling.
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- lign-
-
- lingo
-
noun,
the language and speech, especially the jargon, slang, or argot, of a particular field, group, or individual:
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Orang
-
noun,
orangutan.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- nano-
-
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- nears
-
- relig
-
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- lings
-
noun,
an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- 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.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- sargo
-
noun,
a silvery grunt, Anisotremus davidsonii, inhabiting waters off the coasts of California and Mexico, having blackish markings and yellowish fins.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- refel
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Logan
-
noun,
pokelogan.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- sanit
-
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Sango
-
noun,
a Niger-Congo language of the Adamawa-Eastern branch, used as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- reni-
-
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- 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.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- olig-
-
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- loafs
-
verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- sero-
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- ergot
-
noun,
Plant Pathology.
a disease of rye and other cereal grasses, caused by a fungus of the genus Claviceps, especially C. purpurea, which replaces the affected grain with a long, hard, blackish sclerotial body.
the sclerotial body itself.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- ergo-
-
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- tera-
-
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- 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.
- fagot
-
noun,
a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
- Fagin
-
noun,
(in Dickens' Oliver Twist) a villainous old man who trains and uses young boys as thieves.
- Tenn.
-
- esrog
-
noun,
etrog.
- etrog
-
noun,
Judaism. a citron for use with the lulav during the Sukkoth festival service.
- teno-
-
- tenon
-
noun,
a projection formed on the end of a timber or the like for insertion into a mortise of the same dimensions.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- ento-
-
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- 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.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Elgon
-
noun,
an extinct volcano in E Africa, on the boundary between Uganda and Kenya. 14,176 feet (4321 meters).
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- engr.
-
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Engle
-
noun,
Paul (Hamilton) 1908–91, U.S. poet and educator.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Engel
-
noun,
Lehman [ley-muh n] /ˈleɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1910–1982, U.S. conductor and composer.
- enfin
-
adverb,
in conclusion; finally.
- 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.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- telo-
-
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- Finer
-
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.
- Fionn
-
noun,
Finn.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- fires
-
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- filos
-
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- flees
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- fling
-
noun,
an act of flinging.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- Fleet
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- fleer
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- tango
-
noun,
a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- tangs
-
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tears
-
- fango
-
noun,
clay or mud, especially a clay obtained from certain hot springs in Battaglio, Italy, used as a hot application in the treatment of certain diseases.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- tele-
-
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- feels
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- Fargo
-
noun,
William George, 1818–81, U.S. businessman: pioneered in express shipping and banking.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- fanon
-
noun,
a maniple.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- feti-
-
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- feign
-
verb (used with object),
to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of:
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- felon
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- 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.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- 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:
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- float
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- 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.
- aloft
-
adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- algo-
-
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Alogi
-
noun,
a group of Christians in the 2nd century a.d. who rejected the doctrine of the Logos.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- angor
-
noun,
extreme distress or mental anguish, usually of physical origin.
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Angl.
-
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- angi-
-
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- anent
-
preposition,
in regard to; about; concerning.
- along
-
Idioms,
all along, all the time; throughout:
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- treas
-
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- aeri-
-
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- aero-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- 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.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- trogs
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- 30-30
-
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Afro-
-
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- agro-
-
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- trig.
-
- agone
-
adverb, adjective,
ago.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- trigo
-
noun,
wheat; field of wheat.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- agios
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- ation
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- astr.
-
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- 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.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Tonga
-
noun,
a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle used in India.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- tongs
-
noun,
any of various implements consisting of two arms hinged, pivoted, or otherwise fastened together, for seizing, holding, or lifting something (usually used with pair of).
- tonia
-
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- tonne
-
noun,
metric ton.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- TOEFL
-
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- togas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- Eagle
-
noun,
any of several large, soaring birds of prey belonging to the hawk family Accipitridae, noted for their size, strength, and powers of flight and vision: formerly widespread in North America, eagles are mostly confined to Alaska and a few isolated populations.
Compare bald eagle, golden eagle.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- anon.
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- annot
-
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- Anton
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Anthony.
- 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.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Arnel
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- areo-
-
- argot
-
noun,
a specialized idiomatic vocabulary peculiar to a particular class or group of people, especially that of an underworld group, devised for private communication and identification:
- Argos
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis: a powerful rival of Sparta, Athens, and Corinth.
- argon
-
noun,
a colorless, odorless, chemically inactive, monatomic, gaseous element that, because of its inertness, is used for filling fluorescent and incandescent lamps and vacuum tubes. Symbol: Ar; atomic number: 18; atomic weight: 39.948.
- argol
-
noun,
a crude tartar, produced as a by-product in casks by the fermentation of wine grapes, used as a mordant in dyeing, in the manufacture of tartaric acid, and in fertilizers.
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- flogs
-
verb (used with object),
to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge.
- gorse
-
noun,
any spiny shrub of the genus Ulex, of the legume family, native to the Old World, especially U. europaeus, having rudimentary leaves and yellow flowers and growing in waste places and sandy soil.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- graft
-
noun,
Horticulture.
a bud, shoot, or scion of a plant inserted in a groove, slit, or the like in a stem or stock of another plant in which it continues to grow.
the plant resulting from such an operation; the united stock and scion.
the place where the scion is inserted.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- gotra
-
noun,
a Hindu clan tracing its paternal lineage from a common ancestor, usually a saint or sage.
- gores
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Goren
-
noun,
Charles Henry, 1901–91, U.S authority and writer on contract bridge.
- goral
-
noun,
a short-horned goat antelope, Naemorhedus goral, of the mountainous regions of southeastern Asia: an endangered species.
- gonne
-
noun,
Maud ("Irish Joan of Arc") 1865–1953, Irish political activist and actress, born in England.
- gonna
-
- gonif
-
noun,
ganef.
- goner
-
noun,
a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- Goias
-
noun,
a state in central Brazil. 247,826 sq. mi. (641,870 sq. km). Capital: Goiânia.
- griot
-
noun,
a member of a hereditary caste among the peoples of western Africa whose function is to keep an oral history of the tribe or village and to entertain with stories, poems, songs, dances, etc.
- Grote
-
noun,
George, 1794–1871, English historian.
- groin
-
noun,
Anatomy. the fold or hollow on either side of the front of the body where the thigh joins the abdomen.
- Grofe
-
noun,
Ferde [fur-dee] /ˈfɜr di/ (Show IPA), (Ferdinand Rudolf von Grofé) 1892–1972, U.S. composer.
- groat
-
noun,
a silver coin of England, equal to four pennies, issued from 1279 to 1662.
- groan
-
noun,
a low, mournful sound uttered in pain or grief:
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- grift
-
noun,
(sometimes used with a plural verb) a group of methods for obtaining money falsely through the use of swindles, frauds, dishonest gambling, etc.
- grief
-
noun,
keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- golfs
-
noun,
a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having natural or artificial obstacles, the object being to get the ball into each hole in as few strokes as possible.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- giros
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Srta.
-
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- gilts
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- gifts
-
noun,
something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- 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.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- gofer
-
noun,
an employee whose chief duty is running errands.
- glint
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- goers
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- gloat
-
noun,
an act or feeling of gloating.
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Glenn
-
noun,
John (Herschel, Jr.) born 1921, U.S. astronaut and politician: first U.S. orbital space flight 1962; U.S. senator 1975–99.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- gleet
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- glees
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- glans
-
noun,
the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- grots
-
noun,
a grotto.
- 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.
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- sing.
-
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Sino-
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- Ital.
-
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- seti-
-
- Largo
-
noun,
a largo movement.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- siege
-
noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- lang.
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- Lagos
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Nigeria: former capital.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- ileo-
-
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- IATSE
-
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- Sligo
-
noun,
a county in Connaught province, in the NW Republic of Ireland. 694 sq. mi. (1795 sq. km).
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- inst.
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sito-
-
- intr.
-
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- slang
-
noun,
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- insol
-
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- 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.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- ingot
-
noun,
a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping, remelting, or refining.
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- fort.
-
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- stge.
-
- ganef
-
noun,
a thief, swindler, crook, or rascal.
- gaols
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- Gaons
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- gator
-
noun,
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
- ster.
-
- Forli
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- forge
-
noun,
a special fireplace, hearth, or furnace in which metal is heated before shaping.
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- forel
-
noun,
a slipcase for a book.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- fore-
-
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- geese
-
noun,
a plural of goose.
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- frags
-
noun,
fragmentation grenade.
- Gelee
-
noun,
a jellied substance, especially a cosmetic gel or a jellied food.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- frigs
-
noun,
refrigerator.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- frons
-
noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- front
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- 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).
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- 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.
- Freon
-
- Frege
-
noun,
(Friedrich Ludwig) Gottlob [gawt-lohp] /ˈgɔt loʊp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1925, German mathematician and logician.
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- gains
-
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Fris.
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- flor.
-
- Flora
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- 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.
- Genoa
-
noun,
a large jib for cruising and racing yachts, overlapping the mainsail.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- genro
-
noun,
any of the unofficial elder statesmen of Japan who influenced the government c1875–1940.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- Genl.
-
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- flong
-
noun,
the material of which a stereotype mold is made.
- genin
-
noun,
aglycon.
- gelts
-
noun,
money.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- geol.
-
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- 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.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- tRNA
-
- Sat.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 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.
- tron
-
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- rel.
-
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- trog
-
noun,
Chiefly British Slang. a hooligan; lout.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- 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.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- slog
-
noun,
a long, tiring walk or march.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- snog
-
verb (used without object),
to kiss and cuddle.
- 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.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tri-
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- 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.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- Sig.
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- sago
-
noun,
a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 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.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ter.
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Sra.
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- sego
-
noun,
sego lily.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- 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.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- 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.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- tion
-
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Soni
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rit.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Ste.
-
- 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.
- RNAS
-
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 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.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- ten.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Sol.
-
- tonn
-
- stlg
-
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- 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.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- str.
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Song
-
noun,
a short metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- 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.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Rolf
-
noun,
Also called Rolf the Ganger [gang-er] /ˈgæŋ ər/ (Show IPA). Rollo (def 1).
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- soln
-
- toga
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) the loose outer garment worn by citizens in public.
- togs
-
noun,
a coat.
- RONA
-
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- stg.
-
- 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.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- tong
-
noun,
tongs.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tel-
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Ger.
-
- geo-
-
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- Gen.
-
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- Glee
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- giro
-
noun,
autogiro.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Gino
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- gift
-
noun,
something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- for.
-
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- frag
-
noun,
fragmentation grenade.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- Fong
-
noun,
Hiram L(eong) [lee-awng,, -ong] /liˈɔŋ,, -ˈɒŋ/ (Show IPA), 1907–2004, U.S. lawyer and senator from Hawaii 1959–77.
- fol.
-
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- FOIA
-
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- FRGS
-
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Gaon
-
noun,
a title of honor for the directors of the Jewish academies at Sura and Pumbedita in Babylonia, used from the end of the 6th century a.d. to about the beginning of the 11th century.
- gaol
-
noun,
a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Gal.
-
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Fri.
-
- frt.
-
- FRSL
-
- Frs.
-
- FROG
-
noun,
any tailless, stout-bodied amphibian of the order Anura, including the smooth, moist-skinned frog species that live in a damp or semiaquatic habitat and the warty, drier-skinned toad species that are mostly terrestrial as adults.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- frig
-
noun,
refrigerator.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- flog
-
verb (used with object),
to beat with a whip, stick, etc., especially as punishment; whip; scourge.
- 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.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- itol
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- iso-
-
- Lani
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- lea.
-
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- 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 = .
- 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.
- goaf
-
noun,
gob1 (def 3).
- Gore
-
noun,
blood that is shed, especially when clotted.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- gres
-
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Graf
-
noun,
Stephanie Maria ("Steffi") born 1969, German tennis player.
- Gone
-
noun,
the act of going:
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- gon-
-
- golf
-
noun,
a game in which clubs with wooden or metal heads are used to hit a small, white ball into a number of holes, usually 9 or 18, in succession, situated at various distances over a course having natural or artificial obstacles, the object being to get the ball into each hole in as few strokes as possible.
- GOES
-
noun,
plural of go1 .
- Goer
-
noun,
a person or thing that goes:
- Goat
-
noun,
any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- goas
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- goal
-
noun,
the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- gro.
-
- intl
-
- infl
-
- int.
-
- ins.
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- info
-
noun,
information.
- Inf.
-
- Gros
-
noun,
Antoine Jean [ahn-twan zhahn] /ɑ̃ˈtwan ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1771–1835, French painter.
- inae
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ile-
-
- ign.
-
- IEEE
-
- Iago
-
noun,
the villain in Shakespeare's Othello.
- grot
-
noun,
a grotto.
- FLRA
-
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- leg.
-
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- art.
-
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- 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.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ARIS
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Argo
-
noun,
Astronomy. a very large southern constellation, now divided into Vela, Carina, Puppis, and Pyxis, four separate constellations lying largely south of Canis Major.
- Arg.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- ates
-
- 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.
- ANSI
-
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- ELAS
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- egos
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- ator
-
- EFTA
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- ant.
-
- ano-
-
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- agst
-
- agr.
-
- Agon
-
noun,
(in ancient Greece) a contest in which prizes were awarded in any of a number of events, as athletics, drama, music, poetry, and painting.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- agit
-
- agio
-
noun,
a premium on money in exchange.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- afr-
-
- AFGE
-
- aet.
-
- aer-
-
- 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.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Aire
-
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- ann.
-
- 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.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Alis
-
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Alg.
-
- 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).
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- FERA
-
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- fig.
-
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- 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.
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- flag
-
noun,
a piece of cloth, varying in size, shape, color, and design, usually attached at one edge to a staff or cord, and used as the symbol of a nation, state, or organization, as a means of signaling, etc.; ensign; standard; banner; pennant.
- Fla.
-
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- 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.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Finn
-
noun,
Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.
- 1080
-
- Fin.
-
- filt
-
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ergs
-
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enl.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Eng.
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Fang
-
noun,
one of the long, sharp, hollow or grooved teeth of a venomous snake by which poison is injected.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- eso-
-
- 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.
- fags
-
noun,
Slang. a cigarette.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- gras
-
- LEGO
-
noun,
one of these blocks, usually as part of a set.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- neo-
-
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- 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.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- NIRA
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- nogs
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- non-
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- nong
-
noun,
a foolish, incompetent person.
- Nor.
-
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- log-
-
- loge
-
noun,
(in a theater) the front section of the lowest balcony, separated from the back section by an aisle or railing or both.
- Logi
-
noun,
a man, a personification of fire, who defeated Loki in an eating contest.
- 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.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ref.
-
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- Reg.
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- NTIA
-
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ogee
-
noun,
a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- ogle
-
noun,
an amorous, flirtatious, or impertinent glance or stare.
- ogre
-
noun,
a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh.
- 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.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- ole-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olga
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 968? regent of Kiev until 955: saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ont.
-
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- org.
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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:
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- lin.
-
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- 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.
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- 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.
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- 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.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lit.
-
- 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.
- ite
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- 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.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- 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.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- OFr
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- en-
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- OIr
-
- tfr
-
- TGN
-
- ene
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- TIA
-
- ERT
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOF
-
- EOE
-
- OIt
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- of-
-
- ITA
-
- ESA
-
- NRA
-
- OSA
-
- ago
-
adverb,
in past time; in the past:
- FAO
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- REA
-
- GTS
-
- ist
-
- NSA
-
- nr.
-
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- 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.
- ISR
-
- RNA
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ROA
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- OSF
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- ese
-
- ETO
-
- ESL
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- rig
-
noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- ESR
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- RFE
-
- OAS
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- Agt
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- fo.
-
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- FAG
-
noun,
Slang. a cigarette.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- RFI
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ARS
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ase
-
- lg.
-
- ASI
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ASN
-
- ASR
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- ast
-
- at.
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- LaF
-
- 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.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ose
-
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Eg.
-
- tra
-
- RAF
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ANF
-
- ANG
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Sgt
-
- Re.
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- tr.
-
- ot-
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- aor
-
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- OTS
-
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- Les
-
- RFA
-
- Lt.
-
- ef-
-
- efl
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- ONF
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- 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.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- trf
-
- EGO
-
noun,
the “I” or self of any person; a person as thinking, feeling, and willing, and distinguishing itself from the selves of others and from objects of its thought.
- eir
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- OLG
-
- EIS
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- La.
-
- Ola
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- 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.
- EEO
-
- EEG
-
- eo-
-
- tog
-
noun,
a coat.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ons
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ONR
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ONI
-
- EEE
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tng
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- fgn
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- AEF
-
- ILO
-
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- Ges
-
- get
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noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NSF
-
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- GIF
-
noun,
a set of standards and file format for storage of digital color images and short animations.
- Gil
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noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- ILS
-
- ae.
-
- Ar.
-
- GIN
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noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- an.
-
- SAR
-
- ltr
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- STI
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- GAO
-
noun,
a city in E Mali.
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- SLE
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- ing
-
- in.
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- Gee
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ine
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- io-
-
- Gor
-
interjection,
(used as a mild oath.)
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- got
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gr.
-
- ial
-
- Ia.
-
- gre
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- grf
-
- se-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- TSI
-
- LNG
-
- SOF
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- GSA
-
- GSR
-
- gt.
-
- GTO
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- IAS
-
- Sr.
-
- 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.
- LSI
-
- GIs
-
noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- al.
-
- git
-
noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- SLR
-
- gl.
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ag-
-
- goi
-
noun,
goy.
- il-
-
- Goa
-
noun,
a gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, of the Tibetan plateau.
- Af.
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- TSE
-
- LON
-
- ier
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- ISA
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- Tro
-
- ior
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- NNE
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- NLF
-
- Fl.
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- 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.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- 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 = .
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- IOF
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- fog
-
noun,
a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility.
Compare ice fog, mist, smog.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- SLA
-
- Fia
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ROG
-
- IRS
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- FET
-
- ROI
-
- Lif
-
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- IRO
-
- FIO
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- IRL
-
- 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.
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Ir.
-
- nog
-
noun,
any beverage made with beaten eggs, usually with alcoholic liquor; eggnog.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- IOT
-
- gi.
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- NIA
-
- 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:
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- FRG
-
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAE
-
- Frl
-
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- NES
-
- NGO
-
noun,
1901–1963, South Vietnamese statesman: president of the Republic of South Vietnam 1956–63.
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- FSA
-
- FSR
-
- ft.
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ga.
-
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- STL
-
- AFL
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- AFS
-
- FOT
-
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- TAL
-
- NFS
-
- NFL
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- FOS
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- rt.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- rte
-
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- RTF
-
- RTS
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- le
-
- 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.
- AO
-
- SF
-
- 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.
- i.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- G.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- fn
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- TG
-
- t.
-
- S.
-
- SA
-
- SG
-
- SL
-
- GO
-
noun,
the act of going:
- RO
-
- NI
-
- NG
-
- NF
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- LR
-
- SN
-
- GN
-
- IG
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- ln
-
- fg
-
- FE
-
- RN
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- RI
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
-
- LF
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- TN
-
- TL
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- RF
-
- rg
-
- ol
-
- L.
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- 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.
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- OA
-
- OG
-
- O.
-