Anagrams of self-immolation
Word self-immolation has
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- molalities
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noun,
the number of moles of solute per kilogram of solvent.
- small-time
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adjective,
of modest or insignificant size, importance, or influence:
- St-Emilion
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noun,
a dry claret wine from the parish of St.-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France.
- immolation
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noun,
an act or instance of immolating.
- emotional
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adjective,
pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- mollifies
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verb (used with object),
to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
- fellatios
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noun,
oral stimulation of the penis, especially to orgasm.
- manifesto
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noun,
a public declaration of intentions, opinions, objectives, or motives, as one issued by a government, sovereign, or organization.
- limonites
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noun,
an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- monomials
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noun,
Algebra. a monomial expression or quantity.
- Simionato
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noun,
Giulietta [joo-lyet-tah] /dʒuˈlyɛt tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1910–2010, Italian mezzo-soprano.
- me-tooism
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noun,
the adopting of policies, methods, products, etc., similar or identical to those of a peer, rival, or competitor.
- mentalism
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noun,
the doctrine that objects of knowledge have no existence except in the mind of the perceiver.
- alimonies
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noun,
Law. an allowance paid to a person by that person's spouse or former spouse for maintenance, granted by a court upon a legal separation or a divorce or while action is pending.
- isolation
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noun,
an act or instance of isolating.
- millstone
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noun,
either of a pair of circular stones between which grain or another substance is ground, as in a mill.
- foliolate
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adjective,
pertaining to or consisting of leaflets (often used in combination, as bifoliolate).
- Ammonites
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noun,
the coiled, chambered fossil shell of an ammonoid.
- semifinal
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noun,
a semifinal contest or round.
- immolates
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verb (used with object),
to sacrifice.
- foliation
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noun,
the act or process of putting forth leaves.
- on-limits
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adjective,
open or not prohibited to certain persons, as military personnel:
- illations
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noun,
the act of inferring.
- millines
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noun,
one agate line of advertising one column in width appearing in one million copies of a periodical.
- millimes
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noun,
an aluminum coin of Tunisia, the 1000th part of a dinar.
- milfoils
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noun,
yarrow (def 1).
- notifies
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verb (used with object),
to inform (someone) or give notice to:
- 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.
- Milstein
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noun,
Cesar, 1927–2002, Argentinian immunologist: Nobel prize 1984.
- Milesian
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noun,
any of the people from Spain who invaded Ireland and defeated the Tuatha Dé Danann, and who were the ancestors of the present Irish people.
- metallo-
-
- Semillon
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noun,
a variety of white grape used in winemaking, especially in France in the Sauternes district of Bordeaux.
- millions
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noun,
a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
- ammonio-
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- Miltonia
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noun,
any of various epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Miltonia, having sprays of showy, flat, variously colored flowers.
- Minamoto
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noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns from 1192 to 1333.
- antilife
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adjective,
antagonistic or indifferent to a normal life.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- Molinism
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noun,
the theological doctrine, formulated by Luis Molina, that the consent of the human will is necessary for divine grace to be effective.
- Ammonite
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noun,
the coiled, chambered fossil shell of an ammonoid.
- Moliones
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noun,
Cteatus and Eurytus, the twin sons of Molione, sometimes said to have been joined at the waist. They were fathered by Poseidon and reared by Actor.
- momentos
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noun,
memento.
- monilial
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adjective,
pertaining to or caused by a fungus of the genus Monilia.
- amniotes
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noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- oilstone
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noun,
a block of fine-grained stone, usually oiled, for putting the final edge on certain cutting tools by abrasion.
- montilla
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noun,
a dry, rather bitter wine of Spain.
- moonlets
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noun,
a small natural or artificial satellite, as one of a number of natural satellites thought to be embedded in the ring system of Saturn.
- Antilles
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plural noun,
a chain of islands in the West Indies, divided into two parts, the one including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles) the other including a large arch of smaller islands to the SE and S (Lesser Antilles or Caribees)
- monomial
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noun,
Algebra. a monomial expression or quantity.
- Masonite
-
- melilots
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noun,
a cloverlike plant of the genus Melilotus, of the legume family, grown as a forage plant.
- finalist
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noun,
a person entitled to participate in the final or decisive contest in a series, as in musical or athletic competition.
- filiates
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verb (used with object),
Law. to determine judicially the paternity of, as a child born out of wedlock.
Compare affiliate (def 5).
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- inositol
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noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, C 6 H 12 O 6 , derivative of cyclohexane, widely distributed in plants and seeds as phytin, and occurring in animal tissue and in urine: an essential growth factor for animal life, present in the vitamin B complex.
- inflates
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- inflames
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verb (used with object),
to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- finalism
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noun,
the doctrine or belief that all events are determined by their purposes or goals.
- infamies
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noun,
extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act:
- Islamite
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noun,
a Muslim.
- immotile
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adjective,
not able to move; not motile.
- immolate
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verb (used with object),
to sacrifice.
- illation
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noun,
the act of inferring.
- foliates
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- foilsmen
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noun,
a person who fences with a foil.
- foilsman
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noun,
a person who fences with a foil.
- filament
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noun,
a very fine thread or threadlike structure; a fiber or fibril:
- laminose
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adjective,
laminate; laminar.
- entomol.
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- loftsmen
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noun,
a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- melanism
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noun,
Ethnology. the condition in human beings of having a high amount of melanin granules in the skin, hair, and eyes.
- manilles
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noun,
the second highest trump in certain card games, as the seven of trumps in omber or nine of trumps in klaberjass.
- manifest
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noun,
a list of the cargo carried by a ship, made for the use of various agents and officials at the ports of destination.
- maillots
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noun,
a close-fitting, one-piece bathing suit for women, simply styled and usually having a scoop neck and shoulder straps.
- families
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noun,
a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not:
a social unit consisting of one or more adults together with the children they care for:
- familism
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noun,
the subordination of the personal interests and prerogatives of an individual to the values and demands of the family:
- loftsman
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noun,
a person who prepares molds and patterns.
- Latinism
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noun,
a mode of expression derived from or imitative of Latin.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- limonite
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noun,
an amorphous hydrated ferric oxide, varying in color from dark brown to yellow, used as an ore of iron.
- Limmasol
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noun,
Limassol.
- fellatio
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noun,
oral stimulation of the penis, especially to orgasm.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- feminism
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noun,
the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.
- feminist
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noun,
an advocate of such rights.
- semolina
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noun,
a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.
- floatels
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noun,
a boat or ship that serves as a hotel, sometimes permanently moored to a dock.
- simoleon
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noun,
a dollar.
- tefillin
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plural noun,
the phylacteries.
- all-time
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adjective,
never surpassed or greater:
- toilsome
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adjective,
characterized by or involving toil; laborious or fatiguing.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- slimline
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adjective,
slim in appearance.
- aliments
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- stallion
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noun,
an uncastrated adult male horse, especially one used for breeding.
- alienism
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noun,
alienage.
- allision
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noun,
the striking of one ship by another.
- Solimena
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noun,
Francesco [frahn-ches-kaw] /frɑnˈtʃɛs kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1657–1747, Italian painter.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- tinfoils
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noun,
tin, or an alloy of tin and lead, in the form of a thin sheet, much used as a wrapping for drugs, foods, tobacco, etc.
- ton-mile
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noun,
a unit of freight transportation measurement equivalent to a ton of freight transported one mile.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- tailles
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noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- estamin
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noun,
a worsted fabric constructed in twill weave with a rough surface.
- entomo-
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- Estonia
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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.
- manille
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noun,
the second highest trump in certain card games, as the seven of trumps in omber or nine of trumps in klaberjass.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- etalons
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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.
- maltose
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noun,
a white, crystalline, water-soluble sugar, C 12 H 22 O 11 ⋅H 2 O, formed by the action of diastase, especially from malt, on starch: used chiefly as a nutrient, as a sweetener, and in culture media.
- maltols
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noun,
a crystalline compound, C 6 H 6 O 3 , obtained from larch bark, pine needles, chicory, or roasted malt, used for enhancing flavors and aromas, as in foods, wines, and perfumes.
- melilot
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noun,
a cloverlike plant of the genus Melilotus, of the legume family, grown as a forage plant.
- malison
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noun,
a curse.
- Malines
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noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- mailmen
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noun,
a person employed by the post office to deliver mail; mail carrier.
- failles
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noun,
a soft, transversely ribbed fabric of silk, rayon, or lightweight taffeta.
- maillot
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noun,
a close-fitting, one-piece bathing suit for women, simply styled and usually having a scoop neck and shoulder straps.
- Mafioso
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noun,
a member of a Mafia or of a mafia.
- lotions
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noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- loments
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noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- melano-
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- meltons
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noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- aliment
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noun,
that which nourishes; nutriment; food.
- milline
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noun,
one agate line of advertising one column in width appearing in one million copies of a periodical.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- miniate
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verb (used with object),
to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- Mineola
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noun,
a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- Allison
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noun,
Donald ("Donnie") born 1939, and his brother, Robert, (Bobby), born 1937, U.S. racing-car drivers.
- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- flotsam
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noun,
the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water.
Compare jetsam, lagan.
- million
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noun,
a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
- elision
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noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- elitism
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noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- stamin-
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- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- millime
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noun,
an aluminum coin of Tunisia, the 1000th part of a dinar.
- Ellison
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noun,
Ralph (Waldo) [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1914–1994, U.S. novelist, essayist, and lecturer.
- millets
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noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- Millais
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noun,
Sir John Everett, 1829–96, English painter.
- milfoil
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noun,
yarrow (def 1).
- emotion
-
noun,
an affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of consciousness.
- stollen
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noun,
a sweetened bread made from raised dough, usually containing nuts, raisins, and citron.
- menials
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noun,
a domestic servant.
- tallies
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noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- mellita
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noun,
mellite.
- melisma
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noun,
an ornamental phrase of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in plainsong or blues singing.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- limites
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noun,
plural of limes.
- fantoms
-
noun,
an apparition or specter.
- footman
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noun,
a liveried servant who attends the door or carriage, waits on table, etc.
- inflame
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verb (used with object),
to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- finales
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noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- finials
-
noun,
Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
- finites
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- Imamite
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noun,
a member of the principal sect of Shiʿah, believing in a succession of twelve divinely inspired imams, beginning with Ali and ending with Muhammad al-Muntazar (d. a.d. c880), who supposedly retired to a cave, later to return as the Mahdi.
- illites
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noun,
any of a group of clay minerals, hydrous potassium aluminosilicates, characterized by a three-layer micalike structure and a gray, light green, or yellowish-brown color.
- tollies
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noun,
candle (def 1).
- Tollman
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noun,
a tollkeeper.
- footsie
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noun,
Sometimes, footsies. the act of flirting or sharing a surreptitious intimacy.
- footmen
-
noun,
a liveried servant who attends the door or carriage, waits on table, etc.
- footles
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noun,
nonsense; foolishness; silliness.
- tinfoil
-
noun,
tin, or an alloy of tin and lead, in the form of a thin sheet, much used as a wrapping for drugs, foods, tobacco, etc.
- flamens
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noun,
(in ancient Rome) a priest.
- foments
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verb (used with object),
to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of:
- follies
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noun,
the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.
- foliose
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adjective,
Botany. leafy.
- foliole
-
noun,
a leaflet, as of a compound leaf.
- tollmen
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noun,
a tollkeeper.
- tommies
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) Tommy Atkins.
- to-name
-
noun,
a nickname, especially one to distinguish a person from others of the same name.
- foliate
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- folates
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noun,
folic acid.
- floatel
-
noun,
a boat or ship that serves as a hotel, sometimes permanently moored to a dock.
- inflate
-
verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- filmset
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adjective,
(of type) set on a photocomposer.
- lintels
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- festoon
-
noun,
a string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
- tammies
-
noun,
a fabric of mixed fibers, constructed in plain weave and often heavily glazed, used in the manufacture of linings and undergarments.
- misfile
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verb (used with object),
to file (papers, documents, records, etc.) incorrectly; file in the wrong place.
- liminal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated at the limen.
- Liestal
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Basel-Land, in NW Switzerland.
- liaison
-
noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- Fellini
-
noun,
Federico [Italian fe-de-ree-kaw] /Italian ˌfɛ dɛˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1920–1993, Italian film director and writer.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- latosol
-
noun,
a reddish lateritic soil of the tropics, deeply weathered and infertile, characterized by hydroxides of iron and aluminum.
- Telamon
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noun,
atlas (def 5).
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- laments
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- fill-in
-
noun,
a person or thing that fills in, as a substitute, replacement, or insertion:
- isotone
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noun,
one of two or more atoms having an equal number of neutrons but different atomic numbers.
- isoline
-
noun,
isogram.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- ailment
-
noun,
a physical disorder or illness, especially of a minor or chronic nature.
- isation
-
- iolites
-
noun,
cordierite.
- instill
-
verb (used with object),
to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; insinuate; inject:
- filiate
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to determine judicially the paternity of, as a child born out of wedlock.
Compare affiliate (def 5).
- install
-
verb (used with object),
to place in position or connect for service or use:
- fillets
-
noun,
Cookery.
a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin.
a piece of veal or other meat boned, rolled, and tied for roasting.
- fillies
-
noun,
a young female horse.
- minimal
-
adjective,
constituting a minimum:
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- mismate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to mate unsuitably or wrongly.
- atomism
-
noun,
Also called atomic theory. Philosophy. the theory that minute, discrete, finite, and indivisible elements are the ultimate constituents of all matter.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- momento
-
noun,
memento.
- nifties
-
noun,
something nifty, as a clever remark or joke.
- moonlet
-
noun,
a small natural or artificial satellite, as one of a number of natural satellites thought to be embedded in the ring system of Saturn.
- oolites
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- Osmanli
-
noun,
an Ottoman.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- monesia
-
noun,
a preparation extracted from the bark of a South American tree, Pradosia lactescens, and used chiefly as an astringent and as an expectorant.
- nemato-
-
- Smeaton
-
noun,
John, 1724–92, English engineer.
- almsmen
-
noun,
a person supported by or receiving alms.
- osteoma
-
noun,
a benign tumor composed of osseous tissue.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- atomies
-
noun,
an atom; mote.
- ostiole
-
noun,
Biology. a small opening or pore, especially in the fruiting body of a fungus.
- motions
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- Monilia
-
noun,
a fungus of the genus Monilia, of the class Fungi Imperfecti, having spherical or oval conidia in branched chains.
- somato-
-
- amniote
-
noun,
any vertebrate of the group Amniota, comprising the reptiles, birds, and mammals, characterized by having an amnion during the embryonic stage.
- Salomon
-
noun,
Haym [hahym] /haɪm/ (Show IPA), 1740?–85, American financier and patriot, born in Poland.
- Montale
-
noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1981, Italian poet: Nobel prize 1975.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- moonset
-
noun,
the setting of the moon below the horizon.
- moonlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the moon.
- soliton
-
- momenta
-
noun,
force or speed of movement; impetus, as of a physical object or course of events:
- ammines
-
noun,
a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- noisome
-
adjective,
offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
- eftsoon
-
adverb,
soon afterward.
- 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.
- misname
-
verb (used with object),
to name incorrectly or wrongly; miscall.
- mistime
-
verb (used with object),
to time badly; perform, say, propose, etc., at a bad or inappropriate time.
- anomite
-
noun,
a variety of mica, similar to biotite but differing in optical orientation.
- moisten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become moist.
- animism
-
noun,
the belief that natural objects, natural phenomena, and the universe itself possess souls.
- Molinos
-
noun,
Miguel de [mee-gel de] /miˈgɛl dɛ/ (Show IPA), c1640–c95, Spanish priest and mystic: chief exponent of quietism.
- olefins
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- amosite
-
noun,
an asbestine variety of anthophyllite, rich in iron, formerly used as a heat-resistant material.
- seminal
-
adjective,
pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen.
- Allston
-
noun,
Washington, 1799–1843, U.S. painter, novelist, and poet.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- intime
-
adjective,
intimate; cozy.
- lament
-
noun,
an expression of grief or sorrow.
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- tenaim
-
noun,
the terms of a Jewish marriage, as the wedding date, amount of the bride's dowry, etc., or an agreement containing such terms, made by the parents of an engaged couple at the engagement party.
- lentil
-
noun,
a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- Tiflis
-
noun,
former name of Tbilisi.
- oolite
-
noun,
a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.
- otiose
-
adjective,
being at leisure; idle; indolent.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- Lemnos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 186 sq. mi. (480 sq. km). Capital: Myrina.
- Otello
-
noun,
an opera (1887) with music by Giuseppe Verdi and a libretto by Arrigo Boito based on Shakespeare's Othello.
- intima
-
noun,
the innermost membrane or lining of some organ or part, especially that of an artery, vein, or lymphatic.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- 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.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- omenta
-
noun,
a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach and the abdominal viscera forming a protective and supportive covering.
- tellin
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- osteo-
-
- 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.
- lemans
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- solemn
-
adjective,
grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood:
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- TEFLON
-
adjective,
characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism:
- Lamont
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- sallet
-
noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- folios
-
noun,
a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript.
- smalto
-
noun,
colored glass or similar vitreous material used in mosaic.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- footle
-
noun,
nonsense; foolishness; silliness.
- footie
-
noun,
footsie.
- fontal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or coming from a fountain or spring.
- SLALOM
-
noun,
Skiing. a downhill race over a winding and zigzag course marked by poles or gates.
Compare giant slalom.
- foment
-
verb (used with object),
to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of:
- Folsom
-
noun,
a town in central California.
- follis
-
noun,
a bag of copper or bronze coins with a fixed weight, used as money of account in the later Roman Empire.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- 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.
- Iletin
-
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Siloam
-
noun,
a spring and pool near Jerusalem. John 9:7.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- Simeon
-
noun,
a son of Jacob and Leah. Gen. 29:33.
- simian
-
noun,
an ape or monkey.
- folate
-
noun,
folic acid.
- foison
-
noun,
abundance; plenty.
- simile
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- foeman
-
noun,
an enemy in war.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Sammie
-
noun,
a sandwich.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- infill
-
noun,
the planned conversion of empty lots, underused or rundown buildings, and other available space in densely built-up urban and suburban areas for use as sites for commercial buildings and housing, frequently as an alternative to overdevelopment of rural areas.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- inseam
-
noun,
an inside or inner seam of a garment, especially the seam of a trouser leg that runs from the crotch down to the bottom of the leg.
- Salmon
-
noun,
a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
- Salome
-
noun,
Also, Salomé. the daughter of Herodias, who is said to have danced for Herod Antipas and so pleased him that he granted her mother's request for the head of John the Baptist. Matt. 14:6–11 (not mentioned by name here).
- inmost
-
adjective,
situated farthest within:
- inmate
-
noun,
a person who is confined in a prison, hospital, etc.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- 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.
- saloon
-
noun,
a place for the sale and consumption of alcoholic drinks.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- 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:
- illite
-
noun,
any of a group of clay minerals, hydrous potassium aluminosilicates, characterized by a three-layer micalike structure and a gray, light green, or yellowish-brown color.
- 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.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Tolima
-
noun,
a volcano in W Colombia, in the Andes. 18,438 feet (5620 meters).
- immane
-
adjective,
vast in size; enormous.
- imines
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- Iloilo
-
noun,
a seaport on S Panay, in the central Philippines.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- Taoism
-
noun,
the philosophical system evolved by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, advocating a life of complete simplicity and naturalness and of noninterference with the course of natural events, in order to attain a happy existence in harmony with the Tao.
- nomism
-
noun,
religious conduct based on law.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- mental
-
noun,
Informal. a person with a psychological disorder:
- Miamis
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
- steno-
-
- me-too
-
adjective,
Slang. characterized by or involving me-tooism:
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- metall
-
- metal.
-
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- Moneta
-
noun,
Ernesto Teodoro [er-ne-staw te-aw-daw-raw] /ɛrˈnɛ stɔ ˌtɛ ɔˈdɔ rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1833–1918, Italian journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- mensal
-
adjective,
monthly.
- Stella
-
noun,
a four-dollar pattern coin of the U.S. having a metal content based on the metric system, issued 1879–80: designed to be used as an international coin.
- menial
-
noun,
a domestic servant.
- Melton
-
noun,
a heavily fulled cloth, often of wool, tightly constructed and finished with a smooth face concealing the weave, used for overcoats, hunting jackets, etc.
- Mellon
-
noun,
Andrew William, 1855–1937, U.S. financier: Secretary of the Treasury 1921–32.
- monial
-
noun,
a mullion.
- monies
-
noun,
a plural of money.
- monism
-
noun,
Philosophy.
(in metaphysics) any of various theories holding that there is only one basic substance or principle as the ground of reality, or that reality consists of a single element. Compare dualism (def 2), pluralism (def 1a).
(in epistemology) a theory that the object and datum of cognition are identical. Compare pluralism (def 1b).
- somat-
-
- Simmel
-
noun,
Georg [gey-awrk] /geɪˈɔrk/ (Show IPA), 1858–1918, German sociologist and philosopher.
- Somali
-
noun,
a member of a Hamitic population showing an admixture of Arab, black, and other ancestry, and dwelling in Somalia and adjacent regions.
- stolon
-
noun,
Botany. a prostrate stem, at or just below the surface of the ground, that produces new plants from buds at its tips or nodes.
- taille
-
noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- stemma
-
noun,
ocellus (def 1).
- milit.
-
- matins
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- molies
-
noun,
an herb given to Odysseus by Hermes to counteract the spells of Circe.
- Miseno
-
noun,
a cape in SW Italy, on the N shore of the Bay of Naples: ruins of ancient Misenum, a Roman naval station and resort.
- minims
-
noun,
the smallest unit of liquid measure, 1/60 (0.0167) of a fluid dram, roughly equivalent to one drop. Symbol: ♍, ♏. Abbreviation: min, min.;
- minima
-
noun,
a plural of minimum.
- M-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (M-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (M-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the M-shell.
- 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.
- Moesia
-
noun,
an ancient country in S Europe, S of the Danube and N of ancient Thrace and Macedonia: later a Roman province.
- Sonoma
-
noun,
a town in W California: center of wine-producing region.
- Mimosa
-
noun,
any of numerous plants, shrubs, or trees belonging to the genus Mimosa, of the legume family, native to tropical or warm regions, having small flowers in globular heads or cylindrical spikes and often sensitive leaves.
- mimeos
-
noun,
mimeograph.
- molest
-
verb (used with object),
to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
- Milton
-
noun,
John, 1608–74, English poet.
- Molina
-
noun,
Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- Milles
-
noun,
Carl (Carl Wilhelm Emil Anderson) 1875–1955, U.S. sculptor, born in Sweden.
- Moline
-
noun,
a city in NW Illinois, on the Mississippi.
- somni-
-
- somite
-
noun,
any of the longitudinal series of segments or parts into which the body of certain animals is divided; a metamere.
- stamen
-
noun,
the pollen-bearing organ of a flower, consisting of the filament and the anther.
- Mollet
-
noun,
Guy [gahy;; French gee] /gaɪ;; French gi/ (Show IPA), 1905–75, French political leader.
- Mollie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary or Milicent.
- Millie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Millicent or Mildred.
- molten
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- milli-
-
- moment
-
noun,
an indefinitely short period of time; instant:
- Millet
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
- melan-
-
- masto-
-
- oilmen
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- loment
-
noun,
a pod that is contracted in the spaces between the seeds and that breaks at maturity into one-seeded indehiscent joints.
- Lolita
-
noun,
(italics) a novel (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- L-line
-
noun,
one of a series of lines (L-series) in the x-ray spectrum of an atom corresponding to radiation (L-radiation) caused by the transition of an electron to the L-shell.
- llanos
-
noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- Tallis
-
noun,
Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- listel
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- Lionel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leon.
- Lomita
-
noun,
a town in SW California.
- misfit
-
noun,
something that fits badly, as a garment that is too large or too small.
- lintel
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- lineal
-
adjective,
being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- 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.
- oillet
-
noun,
eyelet (def 5).
- limens
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- lilies
-
noun,
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers.
Compare lily family.
- oilman
-
noun,
a person who owns or operates oil wells or an executive in the petroleum industry.
- niello
-
noun,
a black metallic substance, consisting of silver, copper, lead, and sulfur, with which an incised design or ground is filled to produce an ornamental effect on metal.
- looies
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- maslin
-
noun,
a mixture of different grains, flours, or meals, especially rye mixed with wheat.
- Malone
-
noun,
Edmond, 1741–1812, Irish literary critic and Shakespearean scholar.
- Maoism
-
noun,
the political, social, economic, and military theories and policies advocated by Mao Zedong, as those concerning revolutionary movements and guerrilla warfare.
- Mantle
-
noun,
a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- mantis
-
noun,
any of several predaceous insects of the order Mantidae, having a long prothorax and typically holding the forelegs in an upraised position as if in prayer.
- mantel
-
noun,
a construction framing the opening of a fireplace and usually covering part of the chimney breast in a more or less decorative manner.
- moolas
-
noun,
money.
- moonie
-
noun,
a member or follower of the Unification Church.
- solion
-
noun,
Chemistry, Electricity. a low-frequency amplifying device that operates by controlling the flow of ions in solution: some types, as the micropump, accomplish this by means of electro-osmotic pressure.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- MOSFET
-
noun,
Electronics. metal oxide semiconducter field-effect transistor.
- Moslem
-
adjective, noun,
Muslim (defs 1, 2).
- maloti
-
noun,
plural of loti.
- Mallon
-
noun,
Mary ("Typhoid Mary") 1869?–1938, U.S. cook, born in Ireland: known immune carrier of typhoid fever who infected many with the disease, institutionalized in 1914.
- loosen
-
verb (used with object),
to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- Mallet
-
noun,
a hammerlike tool with a head commonly of wood but occasionally of rawhide, plastic, etc., used for driving any tool with a wooden handle, as a chisel, or for striking a surface.
- motile
-
adjective,
Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously:
- motion
-
noun,
the action or process of moving or of changing place or position; movement.
- maline
-
noun,
Also, maline. a delicate net resembling tulle, originally made by hand in the town of Mechlin, Belgium.
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- maills
-
noun,
mail3 .
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- nemat-
-
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- lotion
-
noun,
Pharmacology. a liquid, usually aqueous or sometimes alcoholic preparation containing insoluble material in the form of a suspension or emulsion, intended for external application without rubbing, in such skin conditions as itching, infection, allergy, pain, or the like.
- maltol
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, C 6 H 6 O 3 , obtained from larch bark, pine needles, chicory, or roasted malt, used for enhancing flavors and aromas, as in foods, wines, and perfumes.
- olefin
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- flamen
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a priest.
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- almost
-
adverb,
very nearly; all but:
- all-in
-
adjective,
Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- flails
-
noun,
an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.
- faille
-
noun,
a soft, transversely ribbed fabric of silk, rayon, or lightweight taffeta.
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- 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.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- 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.
- flames
-
noun,
burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- aments
-
noun,
catkin.
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- floats
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- filial
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter:
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- famine
-
noun,
extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
- Anselm
-
noun,
Saint, 1033–1109, archbishop of Canterbury: scholastic theologian and philosopher.
- allots
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- aniso-
-
- felons
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- Elmont
-
noun,
a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- amino-
-
- amines
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amoles
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- fellas
-
noun,
fellow.
- amnios
-
- Amiens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Somme, in N France: cathedral; battles 1914, 1918, 1944.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- Feosol
-
- fallen
-
noun,
an act or instance of falling or dropping from a higher to a lower place or position.
- 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.
- fillet
-
noun,
Cookery.
a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin.
a piece of veal or other meat boned, rolled, and tied for roasting.
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- ammono
-
adjective,
of, containing, or derived from ammonia.
- finlet
-
noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- Allies
-
noun,
plural of ally.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- ammine
-
noun,
a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- ammino
-
adjective,
Chemistry. containing or pertaining to an ammine.
- finite
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- fantom
-
noun,
an apparition or specter.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- finial
-
noun,
Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
- 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.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- 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:
- anemo-
-
- eonism
-
noun,
the adoption of feminine mannerisms, clothing, etc., by a male.
- Alonso
-
noun,
Alicia (Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez Hoyo) born 1921, Cuban ballerina.
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- 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.
- finals
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- fleams
-
noun,
Surgery. a kind of lancet, as for opening veins.
- animes
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- anomie
-
noun,
a state or condition of individuals or society characterized by a breakdown or absence of social norms and values, as in the case of uprooted people.
- femto-
-
- flints
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- filose
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Malmo
-
noun,
a seaport in S Sweden, on the Sound opposite Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Ammon
-
noun,
the classical name of the Egyptian divinity Amen, whom the Greeks identified with Zeus, the Romans with Jupiter.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- ammos
-
- malms
-
noun,
an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Mamie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Otomi
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of south-central Mexico.
- Osman
-
noun,
1259–1326, Turkish emir 1299–1326: founder of the Ottoman dynasty.
- osmo-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- Melia
-
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- oste-
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- meant
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of mean1 .
- MEANS
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- matin
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) matins, Also, especially British, mattins. (usually used with a singular verb) Ecclesiastical.
the first of the seven canonical hours.
the service for it, properly beginning at midnight, but sometimes beginning at daybreak.
Also called Morning Prayer. the service of public prayer, said in the morning, in the Anglican Church.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- mast-
-
- Mason
-
noun,
a person whose trade is building with units of various natural or artificial mineral products, as stones, bricks, cinder blocks, or tiles, usually with the use of mortar or cement as a bonding agent.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- 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.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- manse
-
noun,
the house and land occupied by a minister or parson.
- manit
-
noun,
man-minute.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- Salol
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, aromatic powder, C 13 H 10 O 3 , produced by the interaction of salicylic acid and phenol, used as a preservative, a light absorber in suntan preparations, and in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and as an antiseptic.
- Manet
-
noun,
Édouard [ey-dwar] /eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–83, French painter.
- amole
-
noun,
the root of any of several plants, as Mexican species of agaves, used as a substitute for soap.
- manos
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- malls
-
noun,
Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building.
Compare shopping center.
- alti-
-
- loofs
-
noun,
the palm of the hand.
- ament
-
noun,
catkin.
- fames
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- moots
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- alto-
-
- Simon
-
noun,
the original name of the apostle Peter.
Compare Peter.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Sino-
-
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- loams
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- loafs
-
verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- sito-
-
- looms
-
noun,
a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Llano
-
noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- 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.
- 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.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- Small
-
noun,
something that is small:
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- looie
-
noun,
a lieutenant of the armed forces.
- loons
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- sanit
-
- 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.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- male-
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- mains
-
noun,
the main or home farm of a manor, as where the ownerlives; manse.
- Maine
-
noun,
a state in the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 33,215 sq. mi. (86,027 sq. km). Capital: Augusta.
Abbreviation: ME (for use with zip code), Me.
- maims
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- melon
-
noun,
the fruit of any of various plants of the gourd family, as the muskmelon or watermelon.
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- maill
-
noun,
mail3 .
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- self-
-
- loose
-
Idioms,
break loose, to free oneself; escape:
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- semi-
-
- amine
-
noun,
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
- amin-
-
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- lotos
-
noun,
lotus.
- seti-
-
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- losel
-
noun,
a worthless person; scoundrel.
- loots
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Falls
-
noun,
a town in NE Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
- mells
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- anim.
-
- Melos
-
noun,
the succession of musical tones constituting a melody.
- Nimes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Gard, in S France: Roman ruins.
- moles
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- molas
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- molal
-
adjective,
noting or pertaining to a solution containing one mole of solute per kilogram of solvent.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- moist
-
adjective,
moderately or slightly wet; damp.
- moils
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- nemos
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- moans
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- nills
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- molet
-
noun,
mullet2 .
- nolos
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- nomo-
-
- Minto
-
noun,
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmond [el-ee-uh t-mur-ee-ki-nin-muh nd,, -muhr-ee-,, el-yuh t-] /ˈɛl i ətˈmɜr i kɪˈnɪn mənd,, -ˈmʌr i-,, ˈɛl yət-/ (Show IPA), 4th Earl of, 1845–1914, British colonial administrator: governor general of Canada 1898–1904; viceroy of India 1905–10.
- mints
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- nomes
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- nomas
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- miso-
-
- Mlles
-
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Noemi
-
noun,
Naomi (def 1).
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- natl.
-
- Minot
-
noun,
George Richards [rich-erdz] /ˈrɪtʃ ərdz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1950, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1934.
- moola
-
noun,
money.
- MSEnt
-
- monos
-
noun,
infectious mononucleosis.
- Mont.
-
- Monte
-
noun,
Also called monte bank. a gambling game played with a 40-card pack in which players bet that one of two layouts, each consisting of two cards drawn from either the top or bottom of the deck and turned face up, will be matched in suit by the next card turned up.
- MOTOS
-
- moton
-
noun,
besague.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- ation
-
- mools
-
noun,
soft, crumbly soil rich in mold or humus.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- motif
-
noun,
a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., especially in a literary, artistic, or musical work.
- motes
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- motel
-
noun,
a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
- moons
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- mono-
-
- atmo-
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Names
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- molls
-
noun,
gun moll.
- naso-
-
- molto
-
adverb,
very:
- molts
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- Naomi
-
noun,
the mother-in-law of Ruth and the great-grandmother of David. Ruth 1.
- 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.
- 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.
- atoll
-
noun,
a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.
- momes
-
noun,
a fool; blockhead.
- Momos
-
noun,
a steamed or fried dumpling, typical of South Asian cuisine.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- monas
-
noun,
monad.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Monet
-
noun,
Claude [klawd;; French klohd] /klɔd;; French kloʊd/ (Show IPA), 1840–1926, French painter.
- noose
-
noun,
a loop with a running knot, as in a snare, lasso, or hangman's halter, that tightens as the rope is pulled.
- Minos
-
noun,
a king of Crete: he ordered Daedalus to build the Labyrinth.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Olson
-
noun,
Charles, 1910–70, U.S. poet and essayist.
- meta-
-
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Omani
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Oman.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Metol
-
- Ollie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Oliver.
- meso-
-
- ollas
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- olios
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Miami
-
noun,
a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Algonquian family, formerly located in northern Indiana, southern Michigan, and possibly Illinois, now extinct as a tribe.
- oleos
-
noun,
margarine.
- oleo-
-
- anis-
-
- meson
-
noun,
Physics. any hadron, or strongly interacting particle, other than a baryon. Mesons are bosons, having spins of 0, 1, 2, …, and, unlike baryons, do not obey a conservation law.
- omits
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- onto-
-
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Menam
-
noun,
a former name of Chao Phraya.
- menat
-
noun,
an amulet worn by certain Egyptians in ancient times to secure divine protection and to ensure fertility.
- meno-
-
- omni-
-
- Mensa
-
noun,
Also called altar slab, altar stone. the flat stone forming the top of the altar in a Roman Catholic church.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- menta
-
noun,
Entomology. the medial plate of the labium in insects.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- anime
-
noun,
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
- 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.
- miens
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- minis
-
noun,
miniskirt.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- Mimas
-
noun,
Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
- mimeo
-
noun,
mimeograph.
- mimes
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- noto-
-
- minas
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- Mines
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mini-
-
- minim
-
noun,
the smallest unit of liquid measure, 1/60 (0.0167) of a fluid dram, roughly equivalent to one drop. Symbol: ♍, ♏. Abbreviation: min, min.;
- noso-
-
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- 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.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Milan
-
noun,
an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.
- 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.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- Elman
-
noun,
Mischa [mee-shuh] /ˈmi ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1891–1967, U.S. violinist, born in Russia.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- Milos
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- OFlem
-
- Mills
-
noun,
C(harles) Wright, 1916–62, U.S. sociologist.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Milne
-
noun,
A(lan) A(lexander) 1882–1956, English novelist, playwright, and author of prose and verse for children.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- amens
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- fills
-
noun,
a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire:
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- aloof
-
adverb,
at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart:
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- inst.
-
- insol
-
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- films
-
noun,
a thin layer or coating:
- filos
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- init.
-
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- tells
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- 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.
- telo-
-
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- temin
-
noun,
Howard M(artin) 1934–94, U.S. virologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1975.
- finis
-
noun,
end; conclusion.
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- imino
-
adjective,
containing the imino group.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- 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.
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- 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).
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- stoma
-
noun,
Also, stomate. Botany. any of various small apertures, especially one of the minute orifices or slits in the epidermis of leaves, stems, etc., through which gases are exchanged.
- stome
-
- stool
-
noun,
a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- 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.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- ition
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Ital.
-
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- feti-
-
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- imit.
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- fomes
-
noun,
any agent, as clothing or bedding, that is capable of absorbing and transmitting the infecting organism of a disease.
- flams
-
noun,
a deception or trick.
- tomes
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- tomia
-
noun,
the cutting edge of a bird's bill.
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- foll.
-
- fleam
-
noun,
Surgery. a kind of lancet, as for opening veins.
- Flem.
-
- folio
-
noun,
a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript.
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- tolls
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- Foism
-
noun,
Chinese Buddhism.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- tonia
-
- tono-
-
- float
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- 30-30
-
- foams
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- tools
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- toons
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- toman
-
noun,
a coin of Iran, equal to 10 rials.
- fools
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- imine
-
noun,
a compound containing the =NH group united with a nonacid group.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Imena
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Arabic word meaning “faith.”.
- imams
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- teno-
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- 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.
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Illia
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1900–83, Argentine physician and statesman: president 1963–66.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ilio-
-
- Timon
-
noun,
c320–c230 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- ileo-
-
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- Foote
-
noun,
Andrew Hull, 1806–63, U.S. naval officer.
- flame
-
noun,
burning gas or vapor, as from wood or coal, that is undergoing combustion; a portion of ignited gas or vapor.
- flail
-
noun,
an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.
- foots
-
noun,
(in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- 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.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- afoot
-
adverb, adjective,
on foot; walking:
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- 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.
- TOEFL
-
- T-man
-
noun,
a special investigator of the Department of the Treasury.
- IATSE
-
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- moose
-
noun,
a large, long-headed mammal, Alces alces, of the deer family, having circumpolar distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, the male of which has enormous palmate antlers.
- lemma
-
noun,
a subsidiary proposition introduced in proving some other proposition; a helping theorem.
- 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.
- Lemon
-
noun,
the yellowish, acid fruit of a subtropical citrus tree, Citrus limon.
- Liman
-
noun,
a muddy lagoon, marsh, or lake near the mouth of a river behind part of the delta and more or less protected from open water by a barrier or spit.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- felon
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- limen
-
noun,
threshold (def 4).
- 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:
- Leman
-
noun,
a sweetheart; lover; beloved.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- allot
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- snoot
-
noun,
Slang. the nose.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- limns
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- 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.
- fella
-
noun,
fellow.
- Almon
-
noun,
a Philippine, dipterocarpaceous tree, Shorea eximia.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Solon
-
noun,
c638–c558 b.c, Athenian statesman.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Somme
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW to the English Channel: battles, World War I, 1916, 1918; World War II, 1944. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- fells
-
noun,
Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in one season.
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- 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.
- 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.
- aloft
-
adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- sotol
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Dasylirion, of the agave family, native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico, resembling the yucca.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- limos
-
noun,
a limousine.
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- allo-
-
- Limon
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1908–72, Mexican dancer and choreographer in the U.S.
- smell
-
noun,
the sense of smell; faculty of smelling.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- smote
-
verb,
a simple past tense of smite.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- smolt
-
noun,
a young, silvery salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.
- 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.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- Snell
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- Allen
-
noun,
(Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) [blair-fin-dee] /blɛərˈfɪn di/ (Show IPA), ("Cecil Power"; "J. Arbuthnot Wilson") 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist.
- NIMS
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Amen
-
noun,
an utterance of the interjection “amen.”.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- tool
-
noun,
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
- ant.
-
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- ANSI
-
- 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.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Sol.
-
- toom
-
adjective,
empty; vacant.
- Noma
-
noun,
a gangrenous ulceration of the mouth or genitalia, occurring mainly in debilitated children.
- nos-
-
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- ASME
-
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- most
-
noun,
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost:
- Nome
-
noun,
one of the provinces of ancient Egypt.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- nom.
-
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- mote
-
noun,
a small particle or speck, especially of dust.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- nolo
-
noun,
nolo contendere.
- 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.
- tion
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- toon
-
noun,
an Asian tree, Cedrela toona, of the mahogany family, yielding an aromatic red wood used for furniture, carving, etc.
- aet.
-
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- MSFM
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- MSIE
-
- alt.
-
- TOMS
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- MSME
-
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- name
-
noun,
a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- 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.
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- MSEM
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- mots
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- MSAE
-
- neo-
-
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- Nemo
-
noun,
remote (def 10).
- 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.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- MSAM
-
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Toll
-
noun,
a payment or fee exacted by the state, the local authorities, etc., for some right or privilege, as for passage along a road or over a bridge.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- tome
-
noun,
a book, especially a very heavy, large, or learned book.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- 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.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Sat.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- 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.
- Soot
-
noun,
a black, carbonaceous substance produced during incomplete combustion of coal, wood, oil, etc., rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke: also conveyed in the atmosphere to other locations.
- Oslo
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Norway, in the SE part, at the head of Oslo Fiord.
- Oost
-
noun,
Jacob van [yah-kawp vahn] /ˈyɑ kɔp vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1600?–71, and his son, Jacob van, 1639?–1713, Flemish painters.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- soon
-
Idioms,
sooner or later, eventually:
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- o-os
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- Oona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- Soni
-
- Ont.
-
- 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.
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- AISI
-
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- omit
-
verb (used with object),
to leave out; fail to include or mention:
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Ste.
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- Alis
-
- Amon
-
noun,
Amen.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- all-
-
- Amos
-
noun,
a Minor Prophet of the 8th century b.c.
- Sam.
-
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- amt.
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- 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.
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Saml
-
- Otoe
-
noun,
Oto.
- oto-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- AMLS
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- omen
-
noun,
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Soma
-
noun,
the body of an organism as contrasted with its germ cells.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- AIME
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- sial
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- Solo
-
noun,
a musical composition or a passage or section in a musical composition written for performance by one singer or instrumentalist, with or without accompaniment:
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- NTIA
-
- Tell
-
noun,
an artificial mound consisting of the accumulated remains of one or more ancient settlements (often used in Egypt and the Middle East as part of a place name).
- soln
-
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- 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.
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- not-
-
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- 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.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- Tasm
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Oman
-
noun,
Sultanate of. Formerly Muscat and Oman. an independent sultanate in SE Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Capital: Muscat.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- OLLA
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- 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.
- olio
-
noun,
a dish of many ingredients.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- 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.
- ano-
-
- Sem.
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 1080
-
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- some
-
adverb,
(used with numerals and with words expressing degree, extent, etc.) approximately; about:
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- ole-
-
- tel-
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- 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.
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- 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.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- moot
-
noun,
an assembly of the people in early England exercising political, administrative, and judicial powers.
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- 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:
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- loam
-
noun,
a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.
- 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.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- 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.
- Lola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte or Dolores.
- Lolo
-
noun,
Also called Yi. a member of a people inhabiting the mountainous regions of southwestern China near the eastern borders of Tibet and Burma.
- Loma
-
noun,
a hill or ridge having a broad top.
- Lome
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Togo, on the Gulf of Guinea.
- fame
-
noun,
widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence:
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- loof
-
noun,
the palm of the hand.
- LOOM
-
noun,
a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Loos
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1870–1933, Austrian architect and writer.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Life
-
noun,
the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- Lili
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- 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.
- limn
-
verb (used with object),
to represent in drawing or painting.
- limo
-
noun,
a limousine.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Loon
-
noun,
any of several large, short-tailed, web-footed, fish-eating diving birds of the genus Gavia, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- loot
-
noun,
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- meas
-
- Mani
-
noun,
Manes.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- est.
-
- Mano
-
noun,
the upper or handheld stone used when grinding maize or other grains on a metate.
- eso-
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- mean
-
noun,
Usually, means. (used with a singular or plural verb) an agency, instrument, or method used to attain an end:
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Man.
-
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- Mell
-
noun,
a heavy hammer; mallet.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- mem.
-
- memo
-
noun,
memorandum.
- mems
-
noun,
the thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- men-
-
- mane
-
noun,
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- Mame
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- Fall
-
noun,
an act or instance of falling or dropping from a higher to a lower place or position.
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- 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.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- maim
-
noun,
a physical injury, especially a loss of a limb.
- Main
-
noun,
a principal pipe or duct in a system used to distribute water, gas, etc.
- mal-
-
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- Mall
-
noun,
Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building.
Compare shopping center.
- fam.
-
- malm
-
noun,
an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- MALS
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- ment
-
- Fin.
-
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- imam
-
noun,
the officiating priest of a mosque.
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- inae
-
- Inf.
-
- 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.
- infl
-
- filt
-
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- info
-
noun,
information.
- 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.
- ins.
-
- film
-
noun,
a thin layer or coating:
- fill
-
noun,
a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire:
- int.
-
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- Ill.
-
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- FNMA
-
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- foam
-
noun,
a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.:
- FOIA
-
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- fol.
-
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- 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.
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- fool
-
noun,
a silly or stupid person; a person who lacks judgment or sense.
- Foot
-
noun,
(in vertebrates) the terminal part of the leg, below the ankle joint, on which the body stands and moves.
- Flam
-
noun,
a deception or trick.
- Fla.
-
- IOOF
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- ile-
-
- 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 = .
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- fell
-
noun,
Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in one season.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- fem.
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lea.
-
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- fems
-
noun,
a woman.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- FEMA
-
noun,
Federal Emergency Management Agency: a federal agency that coordinates the response to disasters in the U.S.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Lalo
-
noun,
(Victor Antoine) Edouard [veek-tawr ahn-twan ey-dwar] /vikˈtɔr ɑ̃ˈtwan eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–92, French composer.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- iso-
-
- 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.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- itis
-
- itol
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- Lam.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- enl.
-
- Mon.
-
- Mimi
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- mols
-
noun,
mole4 .
- molt
-
noun,
an act, process, or an instance of molting.
- MIME
-
noun,
the art or technique of portraying a character, mood, idea, or narration by gestures and bodily movements; pantomime.
- mome
-
noun,
a fool; blockhead.
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- Milo
-
noun,
a grain sorghum having white, yellow, or pinkish seeds, grown chiefly in Africa, Asia, and the U.S.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- momo
-
noun,
a steamed or fried dumpling, typical of South Asian cuisine.
- Mona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- min.
-
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Mill
-
noun,
a factory for certain kinds of manufacture, as paper, steel, or textiles.
- 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.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- atom
-
noun,
Physics.
the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element, consisting of a nucleus containing combinations of neutrons and protons and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus by electrical attraction; the number of protons determines the identity of the element.
an atom with one of the electrons replaced by some other particle:
- 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.
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- mil.
-
- mien
-
noun,
air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:
- Mims
-
noun,
Fort. Fort Mims.
- Mina
-
noun,
an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- Miao
-
noun,
Also, Meo. a member of a diverse group of seminomadic farming people of the mountains of southeastern China and adjacent areas of Laos, North Vietnam, and Thailand.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- MNAS
-
- moan
-
noun,
a prolonged, low, inarticulate sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.
- moas
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- moat
-
noun,
a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.
- Mlle
-
- moil
-
noun,
hard work or drudgery.
- moit
-
noun,
a foreign particle found in wool, as a burr, twig, or seed.
- mol.
-
- MOLA
-
noun,
any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Mole
-
noun,
any of various small insectivorous mammals, especially of the family Talpidae, living chiefly underground, and having velvety fur, very small eyes, and strong forefeet.
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- EFTA
-
- MiNE
-
noun,
an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mis-
-
- mint
-
noun,
any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint.
Compare mint family.
- mins
-
noun,
a group of Chinese languages spoken in southeastern China, including Foochow and Fukienese.
- Mino
-
noun,
Minho.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Moll
-
noun,
gun moll.
- ELAS
-
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- moms
-
noun,
mother1 .
- ates
-
- emia
-
- moos
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- mes-
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- ASTM
-
- Moon
-
noun,
the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km).
- met.
-
- mool
-
noun,
soft, crumbly soil rich in mold or humus.
- Emma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- Mons
-
noun,
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
- atm.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- ne-
-
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- Fl.
-
- ase
-
- ean
-
- ASI
-
- Af.
-
- tlo
-
- AFL
-
- NEA
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- 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.
- STM
-
- MSF
-
- Tom
-
noun,
the male of various animals, as the turkey.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ea.
-
- an.
-
- La.
-
- al.
-
- LaF
-
- Lt.
-
- IAS
-
- 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.
- moo
-
noun,
a mooing sound.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Am.
-
- STL
-
- ite
-
- ASM
-
- efl
-
- 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:
- NFL
-
- NFS
-
- NIA
-
- Moe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Morris or Moses.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- AFS
-
- fm.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- TSE
-
- ASN
-
- NES
-
- FET
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- ast
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- STI
-
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- MOI
-
- AFM
-
- MOT
-
noun,
a pithy or witty remark; bon mot.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- ef-
-
- too
-
Idioms,
only too. only (def 10).
- EOM
-
- ITA
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- ine
-
- Mt.
-
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- MTF
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- MTI
-
- mtn
-
- MST
-
- MTO
-
- MTS
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- NSF
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- MSE
-
- IMF
-
- MSN
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ial
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- MSM
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ILO
-
- TMO
-
- FIO
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- TIA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ILS
-
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- ft.
-
- TAL
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- mom
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MSI
-
- Isl
-
- eo-
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- il-
-
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- MSA
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Fia
-
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- ist
-
- at.
-
- ise
-
- ae.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- IOF
-
- 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.
- 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 = .
- AEF
-
- NAM
-
noun,
Vietnam.
- 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.
- ISA
-
- IOT
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- FSA
-
- FOT
-
- 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.
- FOS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- MOA
-
noun,
any of several flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae, of New Zealand, related to the kiwis but resembling the ostrich: extinct since about the end of the 18th century.
- MMT
-
- Soo
-
noun,
the, Canadian. Sault Ste. Marie.
- Ola
-
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- EAM
-
- OIt
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- fo.
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- ETS
-
- MIE
-
- ETO
-
- EMF
-
- Mam
-
noun,
British Informal. mother.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- MSL
-
- mi.
-
- MNS
-
- 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.
- sfm
-
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- MOS
-
noun,
moment (def 1).
- 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.
- LSI
-
- LSM
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- LTA
-
- LTL
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- MM.
-
- mmf
-
- Mo.
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- MFT
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ose
-
- ANF
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- EOF
-
- OSO
-
- EMT
-
- OMS
-
noun,
a mantric word thought to be a complete expression of Brahman and interpreted as having three sounds representing Brahma or creation, Vishnu or preservation, and Siva or destruction, or as consisting of the same three sounds, representing waking, dreams, and deep sleep, along with the following silence, which is fulfillment.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- OOT
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONF
-
- oon
-
- ONI
-
- Meo
-
noun,
Miao (def 1).
- o-o
-
noun,
any of several species of Hawaiian honey eaters of the genus Moho, especially the extinct M. nobilis, of the island of Hawaii, that had black plumage and two tufts of yellow plumes used to make ceremonial robes for the Hawaiian kings.
- oo-
-
- en-
-
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- ot-
-
- MFS
-
- Om.
-
- MFA
-
- AMS
-
- ESL
-
- ESA
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- Mao
-
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- OTA
-
- oma
-
plural,
a noun suffix used to form names of tumors, of the kind specified by the base:
- SAE
-
- So.
-
- OTS
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ote
-
- of-
-
- LST
-
- TSI
-
- SMM
-
- MLF
-
- MLA
-
- ml.
-
- LIM
-
- MIT
-
- SOF
-
- EIS
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Lif
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- 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.
- SMA
-
- OEO
-
- 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.
- FAO
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- ll.
-
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- MNE
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- MNA
-
- NIM
-
noun,
a game in which two players alternate in drawing counters, pennies, or the like, from a set of 12 arranged in three rows of 3, 4, and 5 counters, respectively, the object being to draw the last counter, or, sometimes, to avoid drawing it.
- ons
-
- ALM
-
- MME
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- MLS
-
- Les
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- NLF
-
- NMI
-
- SLE
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LLM
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NSA
-
- OSF
-
- OSA
-
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- OFM
-
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- AME
-
- OAS
-
- MIM
-
noun,
the twenty-fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- OAO
-
- LON
-
- loo
-
noun,
a card game in which forfeits are paid into a pool.
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- OEM
-
- LMT
-
- SLA
-
- 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
-
- fn
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- EI
-
- N.
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- le
-
- MN
-
- NM
-
- NF
-
- NI
-
- LF
-
- NL
-
- SA
-
- 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.
- S.
-
- OA
-
- SL
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- ol
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- L.
-
- LM
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- 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.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- T1
-
- t.
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- ln
-
- 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.
- SM
-
- TL
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- TM
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- O.
-
- TN
-
- MF
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- SN
-
- FE
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- i.
-
- MA
-
noun,
mother1 .
- M.
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.