Anagrams of self-realization
Word self-realization has
2658 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of self-realization.
- self-reliant
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adjective,
relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.
- rationalize
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verb (used with object),
to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.
- realization
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noun,
the making or being made real of something imagined, planned, etc.
- Orientalize
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become Asian, especially East Asian.
- fertilizes
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verb (used with object),
Biology.
to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete.
to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- first-line
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adjective,
available for immediate service, especially combat service:
- linearizes
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verb (used with object),
to make linear; give linear form to.
- relational
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adjective,
of or relating to relations.
- literalize
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verb (used with object),
to make literal; interpret literally.
- zealotries
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noun,
undue or excessive zeal; fanaticism.
- arsenolite
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noun,
a mineral, arsenic trioxide, As 2 O 3 , occurring usually as a white incrustation on arsenical ores.
- interfiles
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verb (used with object),
to combine two or more similarly arranged sets of items, as cards or documents, into a single file.
- Orientalia
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plural noun,
books, manuscripts, and other objects pertaining to the Orient and Oriental art, culture, history, folklore, or the like.
- senatorial
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a senator or senate:
- Israelite
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noun,
a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- triazines
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noun,
any of a group of three compounds containing three nitrogen and three carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring and having the formula C 3 H 3 N 3 .
- interleaf
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noun,
an additional leaf, usually blank, inserted between or bound with the regular printed leaves of a book, as to separate chapters or provide room for a reader's notes.
- interfile
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verb (used with object),
to combine two or more similarly arranged sets of items, as cards or documents, into a single file.
- resilient
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adjective,
springing back; rebounding.
- linearize
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verb (used with object),
to make linear; give linear form to.
- fantasize
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verb (used without object),
to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about):
- flatirons
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noun,
a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- lifelines
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noun,
a line, fired across a ship or boat, by means of which a hawser for a breeches buoy may be hauled aboard.
- life-size
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adjective,
of the natural size of an object, person, etc., in life; of the actual size of a living original:
- oralities
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noun,
the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- triazoles
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noun,
any of a group of four compounds containing three nitrogen and two carbon atoms arranged in a five-membered ring and having the formula C 2 H 3 N 3 .
- Firestone
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noun,
a fire-resisting stone, especially a kind of sandstone used in fireplaces, furnaces, etc.
- Listerize
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verb (used with object),
to treat (a patient, disease, etc.) using the methods of Joseph Lister.
- Farinelli
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noun,
Carlo [kahr-loh;; Italian kahr-law] /ˈkɑr loʊ;; Italian ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), (Carlo Broschi) 1705–82, Italian operatic male soprano.
- Finistere
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noun,
a department in W France. 2714 sq. mi. (7030 sq. km). Capital: Quimper.
- felonries
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noun,
the whole body or class of felons.
- foretells
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verb (used with object),
to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
- sea-front
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noun,
an area, including buildings, along the edge of the sea; waterfront.
- alienates
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verb (used with object),
to make indifferent or hostile:
- fellatios
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noun,
oral stimulation of the penis, especially to orgasm.
- Stelazine
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- reflation
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noun,
restoration of economic activity, consumer prices, etc., to higher levels by manipulating monetary policy.
- antisolar
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adjective,
(on the celestial sphere) opposite the sun.
- illations
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noun,
the act of inferring.
- finalizes
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verb (used with object),
to put into final form; complete all the details of.
- trillions
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noun,
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 12 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 18 zeros.
- alizarins
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noun,
a solid appearing reddish-orange as crystals and brownish-yellow as powder, C 14 H 8 O 4 , one of the earliest known dyes, formerly obtained in its natural state from madder and now derived from anthraquinone: used chiefly in the synthesis of other dyes.
- rationale
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noun,
the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- aerolites
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- fillister
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noun,
a rabbet or groove, as one on a window sash to hold the glass and putty.
- forestall
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verb (used with object),
to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance:
- toll-free
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adverb,
free of charge:
- Fortaleza
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noun,
a seaport in NE Brazil.
- orientals
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- infertile
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adjective,
not fertile; unproductive; sterile; barren:
- lineolate
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adjective,
marked with minute lines; finely lineate.
- analities
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noun,
the condition or quality of having an anal character; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the anal stage of psychosexual development.
- latinizes
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verb (used with object),
to cause to conform to the customs, traditions, beliefs, etc., of the Latins or the Latin Church.
- frailties
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noun,
the quality or state of being frail.
- Orleanais
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noun,
a former province in N France. Capital: Orléans.
- Orleanist
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noun,
a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- realities
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- free-soil
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noun,
a region, especially a U.S. territory, prohibiting slavery prior to the Civil War.
- relations
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- sanitizer
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noun,
a substance or preparation for killing germs, designed for use especially on food-processing equipment.
- atrazines
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noun,
a white crystalline compound, C 8 H 14 N 5 Cl, used as an herbicide to control weeds, especially in corn crops.
- serialize
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verb (used with object),
to publish in serial form.
- allanites
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noun,
a member of the epidote group, a silicate of calcium, cerium, aluminum, and iron, occurring chiefly in brown-to-black masses or prismatic crystals.
- aerialist
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noun,
a trapeze artist.
- allantois
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noun,
a vascular, extraembryonic membrane of birds, reptiles, and certain mammals that develops as a sac or diverticulum from the ventral wall of the hindgut.
- rationals
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- notarizes
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verb (used with object),
to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- fertilize
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verb (used with object),
Biology.
to render (the female gamete) capable of development by uniting it with the male gamete.
to fecundate or impregnate (an animal or plant).
- sterilize
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verb (used with object),
to destroy microorganisms in or on, usually by bringing to a high temperature with steam, dry heat, or boiling liquid.
- laniaries
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noun,
a laniary tooth; a canine of daggerlike shape.
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- solitaire
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noun,
Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner.
- seriation
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noun,
the arrangement of a collection of artifacts into a chronological sequence.
- serotinal
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adjective,
pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- tefillin
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plural noun,
the phylacteries.
- nasalize
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verb (used with object),
to pronounce as a nasal sound.
- filister
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noun,
fillister.
- 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).
- 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.
- araneose
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adjective,
arachnoid, especially as a plant.
- fee-tail
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noun,
See under fee (def 4a).
- finalize
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verb (used with object),
to put into final form; complete all the details of.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- foresail
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noun,
the lowermost sail on a foremast.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- foliates
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adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- realizes
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verb (used with object),
to grasp or understand clearly.
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- serotine
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noun,
a small Eurasian brown bat, Eptesicus serotinus.
- tzarinas
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noun,
czarina.
- floaters
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noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- floatels
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noun,
a boat or ship that serves as a hotel, sometimes permanently moored to a dock.
- rational
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- fineries
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noun,
fine or showy dress, ornaments, etc.
- tea-rose
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noun,
any of several cultivated varieties of roses having a scent resembling that of tea.
- flatiron
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noun,
a nonelectric iron with a flat bottom, heated for use in pressing clothes, cloth, etc.
- flanerie
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noun,
idleness; dawdling.
- filarial
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adjective,
belonging to the genus Filaria and allied genera of the family Filariidae.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- fistiana
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noun,
the sport or world of boxing:
- ratifies
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verb (used with object),
to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction:
- finestra
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noun,
an aperture, especially a ventilator in the wall of a tomb.
- antilife
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adjective,
antagonistic or indifferent to a normal life.
- 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)
- triolein
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noun,
olein (def 1).
- felonies
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noun,
an offense, as murder or burglary, of graver character than those called misdemeanors, especially those commonly punished in the U.S. by imprisonment for more than a year.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- atrazine
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noun,
a white crystalline compound, C 8 H 14 N 5 Cl, used as an herbicide to control weeds, especially in corn crops.
- asternal
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adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- trefoils
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noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- notarial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- notarize
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verb (used with object),
to certify (a document, contract, etc.) or cause to become certified through a notary public.
- orseille
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noun,
orchil.
- 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.
- notifies
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verb (used with object),
to inform (someone) or give notice to:
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- sanitize
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verb (used with object),
to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
- satirize
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verb (used with object),
to attack or ridicule with satire.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- Tirolese
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adjective, noun,
Tyrolese.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- orinasal
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noun,
an orinasal sound.
- entresol
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noun,
a low floor between two higher floors, the lower one usually being a ground floor; mezzanine.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Elsinore
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noun,
Helsingør.
- salinize
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verb (used with object),
to treat with salt or render saline.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- oleaster
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noun,
an ornamental shrub or small tree, Elaeagnus angustifolia, of Eurasia, having fragrant yellow flowers and an olivelike fruit.
- Oresteia
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noun,
a trilogy of tragic dramas (458 b.c.) by Aeschylus, consisting of the Agamemnon, the Choëphori, and the Eumenides.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- triazine
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noun,
any of a group of three compounds containing three nitrogen and three carbon atoms arranged in a six-membered ring and having the formula C 3 H 3 N 3 .
- telerans
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- Trilafon
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- Nazarite
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noun,
(among the ancient Hebrews) a person who had taken certain strict religious vows, usually for a limited period.
- nazifies
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verb (used with object),
to place under Nazi control or influence.
- Nazirite
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noun,
Nazarite.
- ferities
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noun,
a wild, untamed, or uncultivated state.
- arillate
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adjective,
having an aril.
- fenestra
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or perforation, as in a bone, especially between the middle and inner ear.
- rainfall
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noun,
a fall or shower of rain.
- fellatio
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noun,
oral stimulation of the penis, especially to orgasm.
- fellates
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verb (used with object),
to perform fellatio on.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- fealties
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noun,
History/Historical.
fidelity to a lord.
the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal.
- trillion
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noun,
a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 12 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 18 zeros.
- 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.
- arsenate
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- sea-lane
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noun,
a standard navigational route for ships traversing an ocean or sea.
- fastener
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noun,
any of various devices for fastening.
- farnesol
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noun,
a colorless, unsaturated, liquid alcohol, C 15 H 26 O, having a slight floral odor, extracted from the flowers of the acacia, cassia oil, or the like: used in perfumery.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- farinose
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adjective,
yielding farina.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- frenzies
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noun,
extreme mental agitation; wild excitement or derangement.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- niteries
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noun,
a nightclub.
- Rosellen
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noun,
a female given name.
- fantails
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noun,
a tail, end, or part shaped like a fan.
- triazole
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noun,
any of a group of four compounds containing three nitrogen and two carbon atoms arranged in a five-membered ring and having the formula C 2 H 3 N 3 .
- foretell
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verb (used with object),
to tell of beforehand; predict; prophesy.
- serenata
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noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- ailerons
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- alizarin
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noun,
a solid appearing reddish-orange as crystals and brownish-yellow as powder, C 14 H 8 O 4 , one of the earliest known dyes, formerly obtained in its natural state from madder and now derived from anthraquinone: used chiefly in the synthesis of other dyes.
- frontals
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar.
- aerolite
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noun,
a meteorite consisting mainly of stony matter.
- literals
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- 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.
- airfoils
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noun,
any surface, as a wing, aileron, or stabilizer, designed to aid in lifting or controlling an aircraft by making use of the air currents through which it moves.
- reflates
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verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- alienate
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verb (used with object),
to make indifferent or hostile:
- illation
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noun,
the act of inferring.
- Latinize
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verb (used with object),
to cause to conform to the customs, traditions, beliefs, etc., of the Latins or the Latin Church.
- allanite
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noun,
a member of the epidote group, a silicate of calcium, cerium, aluminum, and iron, occurring chiefly in brown-to-black masses or prismatic crystals.
- airlines
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- lionizes
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verb (used with object),
to treat (a person) as a celebrity:
- zeolites
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noun,
any of a group of hydrated silicates of aluminum with alkali metals, commonly occurring as secondary minerals in cavities in basic volcanic rocks: used for their molecular sieve properties because they undergo dehydration with little or no change in crystal structure.
- intarsia
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noun,
an art or technique of decorating a surface with inlaid patterns, especially of wood mosaic, developed during the Renaissance.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- aerifies
-
verb (used with object),
to aerate.
- laterals
-
noun,
a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot.
- Aaronite
-
noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- inertias
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- inflates
-
verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- solarize
-
verb (used with object),
Photography. to reverse (an image) partially, as from negative to positive, by exposure to light during development.
- relation
-
noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- laetrile
-
noun,
a controversial drug, purported to cure cancer, prepared from the pits of apricots or peaches and containing about 6 percent cyanide by weight: banned by the FDA.
- laotians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- insolate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- Lazarist
-
noun,
Vincentian (def 1).
- resonate
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to resound.
- all-star
-
noun,
Sports. a player selected for an all-star team.
- lean-tos
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- Leinster
-
noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- also-ran
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noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- lifeline
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noun,
a line, fired across a ship or boat, by means of which a hawser for a breeches buoy may be hauled aboard.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- softener
-
noun,
Chemistry.
any admixture to a substance for promoting or increasing its softness, smoothness, or plasticity.
water softener.
- ironizes
-
verb (used with object),
to make ironical.
- resinate
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- stallion
-
noun,
an uncastrated adult male horse, especially one used for breeding.
- allision
-
noun,
the striking of one ship by another.
- Friesian
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adjective, noun,
Frisian.
- zairians
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Zaire.
- lenities
-
noun,
the quality or state of being mild or gentle, as toward others.
- zillions
-
noun,
an extremely large, indeterminate number.
- Stefanie
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noun,
a female given name.
- linarite
-
noun,
a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- isoline
-
noun,
isogram.
- ization
-
- estriol
-
noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- estrone
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 22 O 2 , produced by the ovarian follicles and found during pregnancy in urine and placental tissue.
- Liatris
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- Niteroi
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noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Rio de Janeiro state, in SE Brazil.
- etalons
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- fantail
-
noun,
a tail, end, or part shaped like a fan.
- 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.
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- Israfil
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noun,
the angel who will sound the trumpet announcing the end of the world.
- Israeli
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- fallers
-
noun,
a person or thing that falls.
- fairies
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutive human form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs.
- Stalino
-
noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- Falieri
-
noun,
Maríno [Italian mah-ree-naw] /Italian mɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1278?–1355, Venetian army commander: doge of Venice 1354–55.
- 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.
- etoiles
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- tillers
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- Sarazen
-
noun,
Gene (Eugene Saraceni) 1902–1999, U.S. golfer.
- nostril
-
noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- nitrile
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- liernes
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Falster
-
noun,
an island in SE Denmark. 198 sq. mi. (513 sq. km).
- Italian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Italy, or a person of Italian descent.
- falters
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- Liestal
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Basel-Land, in NW Switzerland.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- failles
-
noun,
a soft, transversely ribbed fabric of silk, rayon, or lightweight taffeta.
- norites
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- laities
-
noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- elision
-
noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- Salieri
-
noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- leaflet
-
noun,
a small flat or folded sheet of printed matter, as an advertisement or notice, usually intended for free distribution.
- Ellison
-
noun,
Ralph (Waldo) [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1914–1994, U.S. novelist, essayist, and lecturer.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- lean-to
-
noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- oleates
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- olefins
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- Salerno
-
noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- enolize
-
verb (used with or without object),
to convert into an enol or enolate.
- tollers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- tollies
-
noun,
candle (def 1).
- oneself
-
Idioms,
be oneself,
to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition.
to be unaffected and sincere:
- Eleazar
-
noun,
a son of Aaron and his successor in the priesthood. Num. 20:28.
- Eleanor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elation
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- safrole
-
noun,
a colorless or faintly yellow liquid, C 10 H 10 O 2 , obtained from sassafras oil or the like: used chiefly in perfumery, for flavoring, and in the manufacture of soaps.
- elaenia
-
noun,
any of numerous tropical American flycatchers of the genus Elaenia, having short crests and small bills.
- enolate
-
noun,
any metallic derivative of an enol.
- enrolls
-
verb (used with object),
to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register:
- Leotine
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lateran
-
noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- Laotian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- lariats
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Santali
-
noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- solatia
-
noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- solaria
-
noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- snifter
-
noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- lateral
-
noun,
a lateral part or extension, as a branch or shoot.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- erasion
-
noun,
the act of erasing.
- latrias
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Lenotre
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1613–1700, French architect and landscape designer.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- latinos
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- entero-
-
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- isolate
-
noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- forints
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- stearo-
-
- finites
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- frontal
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a movable cover or hanging for the front of an altar.
- frontis
-
noun,
the front wall of a cancha or jai alai court.
Compare rebote (def 1).
- literal
-
noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- teazels
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- tailors
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- tailles
-
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.
- teazles
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Firenze
-
noun,
Italian name of Florence.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- finials
-
noun,
Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- Sinaloa
-
noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- illites
-
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.
- Sinatra
-
noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- finales
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- lionize
-
verb (used with object),
to treat (a person) as a celebrity:
- stollen
-
noun,
a sweetened bread made from raised dough, usually containing nuts, raisins, and citron.
- senator
-
noun,
a member of a senate.
- inertia
-
noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- fill-in
-
noun,
a person or thing that fills in, as a substitute, replacement, or insertion:
- fillies
-
noun,
a young female horse.
- Frisian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Friesland or the Frisian Islands.
- Loafers
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- fillers
-
noun,
a person or thing that fills:
- frazils
-
noun,
ice crystals formed in turbulent water, as in swift streams or rough seas.
- Loraine
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- Lorelei
-
noun,
a quasilegendary nymph of the Rhine who lured sailors to shipwreck on her rock by singing: a creation of Clemens Brentano in a poem of 1800.
- follies
-
noun,
the state or quality of being foolish; lack of understanding or sense.
- Lorentz
-
noun,
Hendrik Antoon [hen-drik ahn-tohn] /ˈhɛn drɪk ˈɑn toʊn/ (Show IPA), 1853–1928, Dutch physicist: Nobel Prize 1902.
- Forseti
-
noun,
the god of justice, the son of Balder and Nanna.
- forties
-
noun,
a cardinal number, ten times four.
- foliate
-
adjective,
covered with or having leaves.
- folates
-
noun,
folic acid.
- Setaria
-
noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- loiters
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- Lorient
-
noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- tallies
-
noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- Freesia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Freesia, of the iris family, native to southern Africa, having fragrant white, yellow, or sometimes rose-colored, tubular flowers.
- florist
-
noun,
a retailer of flowers, ornamental plants, etc.
- florins
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin.
- florets
-
noun,
a small flower.
- loaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Floreal
-
noun,
(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the eighth month of the year, extending from April 20 to May 19.
- tarzans
-
noun,
the hero of a series of jungle stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- frenate
-
adjective,
having a frenum or frenulum.
- floater
-
noun,
a person or thing that floats.
- Fresnel
-
noun,
a unit of frequency, equal to 10 12 cycles per second.
- floatel
-
noun,
a boat or ship that serves as a hotel, sometimes permanently moored to a dock.
- 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.
- infares
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- farinas
-
noun,
flour or meal made from cereal grains and cooked as cereal, used in puddings, soups, etc.
- sealant
-
noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- fellate
-
verb (used with object),
to perform fellatio on.
- felines
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- ionizes
-
verb (used with object),
to separate or change into ions.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- stereo-
-
- Linaria
-
noun,
any of various plants belonging to the genus Linaria, of the figwort family, especially of the cultivated species, as L. maroccana or L. aeruginea, having slender clusters of spurred flowers in a variety of colors.
- nifties
-
noun,
something nifty, as a clever remark or joke.
- stellar
-
adjective,
of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- fellers
-
noun,
fellow.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- sirloin
-
noun,
the portion of the loin of beef in front of the rump.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- ironies
-
noun,
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning:
- Nilotes
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- ironist
-
noun,
a person who uses irony habitually, especially a writer.
- Faroese
-
noun,
Faeroese.
- ironize
-
verb (used with object),
to make ironical.
- Farnese
-
noun,
Alessandro [ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), Duke of Parma, 1545–92, Italian general, statesman, and diplomat.
- lifters
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- isation
-
- iolites
-
noun,
cordierite.
- fellies
-
noun,
felloe.
- inflate
-
verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- insofar
-
adverb,
to such an extent (usually followed by as):
- filiate
-
verb (used with object),
Law. to determine judicially the paternity of, as a child born out of wedlock.
Compare affiliate (def 5).
- Seltzer
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) a naturally effervescent mineral water containing common salt and small quantities of sodium, calcium, and magnesium carbonates.
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- lintels
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- Filaria
-
noun,
any small, threadlike roundworm of the family Filariidae and related families, carried as a larva by mosquitoes and parasitic when adult in the blood or tissues of vertebrates.
- Natalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- Fiesole
-
noun,
Giovanni da [Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), Angelico, Fra.
- Teleran
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- inliers
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- telfers
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- Fellini
-
noun,
Federico [Italian fe-de-ree-kaw] /Italian ˌfɛ dɛˈri kɔ/ (Show IPA), 1920–1993, Italian film director and writer.
- install
-
verb (used with object),
to place in position or connect for service or use:
- instill
-
verb (used with object),
to infuse slowly or gradually into the mind or feelings; insinuate; inject:
- fertile
-
adjective,
bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific:
- ferlies
-
noun,
something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- seleno-
-
- tellers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- tellies
-
noun,
television.
- fenster
-
noun,
an erosional break in an overthrust rock sheet, exposing the rocks that underlie the sheet.
- felsite
-
noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- sterno-
-
- oralist
-
noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- artisan
-
noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- airfoil
-
noun,
any surface, as a wing, aileron, or stabilizer, designed to aid in lifting or controlling an aircraft by making use of the air currents through which it moves.
- Arizona
-
noun,
a state in SW United States. 113,909 sq. mi. (295,025 sq. km). Capital: Phoenix.
Abbreviation: AZ (for use with zip code), Ariz.
- tzarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- Aeolian
-
noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Dorian1 (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- refines
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- tsarina
-
noun,
czarina.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- atonies
-
noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- Zonites
-
noun,
a body segment of a diplopod.
- atresia
-
noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- treason
-
noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- Azilian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of an early Mesolithic culture of southern France and northern Spain.
- Orleans
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- alinota
-
noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- aristo-
-
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- 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.
- transl.
-
- rations
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- alienor
-
noun,
a person who transfers property.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- orients
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- transf.
-
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Alfieri
-
noun,
Count Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1749–1803, Italian dramatist and poet.
- reflets
-
noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- aileron
-
noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- rezones
-
noun,
an act or instance of rezoning; reclassification:
- refills
-
noun,
a material, supply, or the like, to replace something that has been used up:
- Aterian
-
adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- reifies
-
verb (used with object),
to convert into or regard as a concrete thing:
- retells
-
verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- zairian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Zaire.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Astaire
-
noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- Roselle
-
noun,
a tropical plant, Hibiscus sabdariffa, of the mallow family, grown for its thick, red calyx and bracts, used in making jellies and as a substitute for cranberries.
- Artesia
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- zoisite
-
noun,
an orthorhombic dimorph of clinozoisite.
- Rosella
-
noun,
any of several large, colorful parakeets of the genus Platycercus, of Australia.
- roseate
-
adjective,
tinged with rose; rosy:
- trifles
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- Rosalie
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- realize
-
verb (used with object),
to grasp or understand clearly.
- Allston
-
noun,
Washington, 1799–1843, U.S. painter, novelist, and poet.
- rillets
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- arseno-
-
- zillion
-
noun,
an extremely large, indeterminate number.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- Allison
-
noun,
Donald ("Donnie") born 1939, and his brother, Robert, (Bobby), born 1937, U.S. racing-car drivers.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- arsenal
-
noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- retinol
-
noun,
vitamin A.
- astrol.
-
- Rollins
-
noun,
Theodore Walter ("Sonny") born 1930, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- trellis
-
noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- Aetolia
-
noun,
an ancient district in W Greece, now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania.
- trefoil
-
noun,
any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Trifolium, of the legume family, having usually digitate leaves of three leaflets and reddish, purple, yellow, or white flower heads, comprising the common clovers.
- Antares
-
noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- reflate
-
verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- alerion
-
noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- Anteros
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- ralline
-
adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Rallidae, comprising the rails and allied species.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- areoles
-
noun,
an areola.
- Alastor
-
noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- areolas
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- zeatins
-
noun,
a cytokinin occurring in corn, spinach, and peas.
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- arenose
-
adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- rialtos
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- antero-
-
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- reliefs
-
noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Torenia
-
noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- Torelli
-
noun,
Giuseppe [joo-zep-pe] /dʒuˈzɛp pɛ/ (Show IPA), 1650?–1708, Italian composer and violinist.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- zeolite
-
noun,
any of a group of hydrated silicates of aluminum with alkali metals, commonly occurring as secondary minerals in cavities in basic volcanic rocks: used for their molecular sieve properties because they undergo dehydration with little or no change in crystal structure.
- airline
-
noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- aerates
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- airlift
-
noun,
a system for transporting persons or cargo by aircraft, especially in an emergency.
- zealots
-
noun,
a person who shows zeal.
- antiars
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- afreets
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- Oriente
-
noun,
a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- rallies
-
noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- Aretino
-
noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- sortie
-
noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- folate
-
noun,
folic acid.
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- teazel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- afloat
-
adverb, adjective,
floating or borne on the water; in a floating condition:
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- finals
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- tarso-
-
- zaires
-
noun,
Republic of, a former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- 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.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- filose
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- afreet
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- fontal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or coming from a fountain or spring.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- foliar
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the nature of a leaf or leaves.
- follis
-
noun,
a bag of copper or bronze coins with a fixed weight, used as money of account in the later Roman Empire.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- teazle
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Lorenz
-
noun,
Adolf [ey-dolf;; German ah-dawlf] /ˈeɪ dɒlf;; German ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1854–1946, Austrian orthopedic surgeon.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- TEFLON
-
adjective,
characterized by imperviousness to blame or criticism:
- filter
-
noun,
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- fleers
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- Tarzan
-
noun,
the hero of a series of jungle stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- flares
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- Italia
-
noun,
Italian name of Italy.
- resole
-
verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- flirts
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- finite
-
noun,
something that is finite.
- aeron.
-
- finlet
-
noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- Lozere
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2000 sq. mi. (5180 sq. km). Capital: Mende.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- fliers
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- aniso-
-
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- flense
-
verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- fleets
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- flairs
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- 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.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- narial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Florin
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin of Great Britain, formerly equal to two shillings or the tenth part of a pound and retained in circulation equal to 10 new pence after decimalization in 1971: first issued in 1849 as a silver coin.
- flori-
-
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- floret
-
noun,
a small flower.
- Flores
-
noun,
flower (def 11).
- stanza
-
noun,
an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- floras
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- Floral
-
noun,
something, as a fabric, garment, wallpaper, or household item, having a floral pattern:
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- floats
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- 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.
- finial
-
noun,
Architecture. a relatively small, ornamental, terminal feature at the top of a gable, pinnacle, etc.
- razees
-
noun,
a ship, especially a warship, reduced in height by the removal of the upper deck.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- Forest
-
noun,
a large tract of land covered with trees and underbrush; woodland.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- steno-
-
- infare
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- Lionel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leon.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- Ilorin
-
noun,
a town in W central Nigeria.
- Zealot
-
noun,
a person who shows zeal.
- 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.
- stroll
-
noun,
a leisurely walk; ramble; saunter:
- iatro-
-
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- 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.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- reflet
-
noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- 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.
- Iletin
-
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- 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.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- rillet
-
noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- 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:
- rifles
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- 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.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- Ionize
-
verb (used with object),
to separate or change into ions.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Zenist
-
noun,
a person who advocates or practices Zen.
- inter.
-
- relief
-
noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- instr.
-
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- zeatin
-
noun,
a cytokinin occurring in corn, spinach, and peas.
- zeroes
-
noun,
the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- infra-
-
- lintel
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- lineal
-
adjective,
being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- tafias
-
noun,
a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- Isaian
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of Isaiah or of the book of the Bible bearing his name.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- refels
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- freest
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- allots
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- frazil
-
noun,
ice crystals formed in turbulent water, as in swift streams or rough seas.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- Sforza
-
noun,
Count Carlo [kahr-law] /ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1952, Italian statesman: anti-Fascist leader.
- sleaze
-
noun,
a contemptible or vulgar person.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- zanies
-
noun,
one who plays the clown or fool in order to amuse others.
- frails
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Tallis
-
noun,
Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- Fortas
-
noun,
Abe, 1910–1982, U.S. lawyer, government official, and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1965–69.
- forint
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and the monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér. Abbreviation: F., Ft.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- afrits
-
noun,
afreet.
- Lolita
-
noun,
(italics) a novel (1955) by Vladimir Nabokov.
- fortes
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- fortis
-
noun,
a fortis consonant.
- 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.
- Foster
-
noun,
Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- Fresno
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- afters
-
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- fronts
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- lilies
-
noun,
any scaly-bulbed plant of the genus Lilium, having showy, funnel-shaped or bell-shaped flowers.
Compare lily family.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- frozen
-
noun,
the act of freezing; state of being frozen.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- siller
-
noun,
silver.
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- all-in
-
adjective,
Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- refill
-
noun,
a material, supply, or the like, to replace something that has been used up:
- Allies
-
noun,
plural of ally.
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- frieze
-
noun,
Architecture.
the part of a classical entablature between the architrave and the cornice, usually decorated with sculpture in low relief.
any decorative band on an outside wall, broader than a stringcourse and bearing lettering, sculpture, etc.
- loafer
-
noun,
a person who loafs; lazy person; idler.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- 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.
- aftosa
-
noun,
foot-and-mouth disease.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- 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.
- al-Lat
-
noun,
a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess personifying the sun and considered to be a daughter of Allah.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- llanos
-
noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- flints
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- Laelia
-
noun,
any of several epiphytic tropical American orchids of the genus Laelia, having fleshy leaves and showy flowers.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- 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.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- 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.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- zonite
-
noun,
a body segment of a diplopod.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- ersatz
-
noun,
an artificial substance or article used to replace something natural or genuine; a substitute.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- Lenore
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- Zorana
-
noun,
a female given name.
- azoles
-
noun,
any of a group of five-membered heterocyclic compounds containing one or more nitrogen atoms in the ring, the number of nitrogen atoms present being indicated by a prefix, as in diazole.
- azlons
-
noun,
any of the class of textile fibers derived from such proteins as casein or zein.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- lazies
-
adjective,
averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Lazear
-
noun,
Jesse William, 1866–1900, U.S. physician and bacteriologist.
- rezone
-
noun,
an act or instance of rezoning; reclassification:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- azines
-
noun,
any of a group of six-membered heterocyclic compounds containing one or more nitrogen atoms in the ring, the number of nitrogen atoms present being indicated by a prefix, as in diazine or triazine.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- lazars
-
noun,
a person infected with a disease, especially leprosy.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- trefle
-
adjective,
botonée.
- Azores
-
noun,
a group of islands in the N Atlantic, W of Portugal: politically part of Portugal. 890 sq. mi. (2305 sq. km).
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- faenas
-
noun,
the final third of a bullfight in which the matador uses a muleta and the sword in making the final series of passes preparatory to the kill.
- Faenza
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
- faerie
-
noun,
the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.
- Sarton
-
noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- retell
-
verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- Faisal
-
noun,
(Faisal Abdul-Aziz al Saud al Faisal) 1904–75, king of Saudi Arabia 1964–75 (son of ibn-Saud and brother of Saud).
- lentil
-
noun,
a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- 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.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- aaliis
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- astron
-
- astro-
-
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- Etoile
-
noun,
a star or something shaped like a star.
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- zonate
-
adjective,
marked with zones, as of color, texture, or the like.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Tiflis
-
noun,
former name of Tbilisi.
- azonal
-
adjective,
not divided into zones.
- Azorin
-
noun,
(José Martínez Ruiz) 1873–1967, Spanish novelist and critic.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- oleate
-
noun,
Chemistry. an ester or a salt of oleic acid.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- olefin
-
noun,
any member of the alkene series.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- zorils
-
noun,
a weasellike African animal, Ictonyx striatus, resembling a skunk in coloration and habits.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- 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.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- Toller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tolls.
- 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.
- zoster
-
noun,
Also called herpes zoster. Pathology. shingles.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- soften
-
verb (used with object),
to make soft or softer.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- safari
-
noun,
a journey or expedition, for hunting, exploration, or investigation, especially in eastern Africa.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- Orense
-
noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enroll
-
verb (used with object),
to write the name of (a person) in a roll or register; place upon a list; register:
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- trans.
-
- enserf
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Lenaea
-
noun,
a festival in ancient Athens in honor of Dionysus, celebrated at the beginning of February and comprising a public banquet followed by the performance of comedies.
- enter-
-
- Azrael
-
noun,
(in Jewish and Islamic angelology) the angel who separates the soul from the body at the moment of death.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- azotes
-
noun,
nitrogen.
- 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.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Ellora
-
noun,
a village in S central India: important Hindu archaeological site.
- softie
-
noun,
softy.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- sallet
-
noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- oillet
-
noun,
eyelet (def 5).
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- faille
-
noun,
a soft, transversely ribbed fabric of silk, rayon, or lightweight taffeta.
- fallen
-
noun,
an act or instance of falling or dropping from a higher to a lower place or position.
- felons
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- ferine
-
adjective,
feral1 .
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Tellez
-
noun,
Gabriel [Spanish gah-vree-el] /Spanish ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), Tirso de Molina.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- tellin
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
- zoaria
-
noun,
a collection of distinct, individual zooids that make up a compound or colonial organism.
- selen-
-
- seizin
-
noun,
(originally) possession of either land or chattel.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- Teller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- felloe
-
noun,
the circular rim, or a part of the rim of a wheel, into which the outer ends of the spokes are inserted.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- Feller
-
noun,
fellow.
- faller
-
noun,
a person or thing that falls.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- fellas
-
noun,
fellow.
- sollar
-
noun,
solar2 .
- Nellie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Rienzi
-
noun,
Cola di [kaw-lah dee] /ˈkɔ lɑ di/ (Show IPA), (Nicholas Gabrini) 1313?–54, Roman orator and tribune.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- feline
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- 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:
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- 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.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Filler
-
noun,
a person or thing that fills:
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- filial
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter:
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- teleo-
-
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- fetors
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- seller
-
noun,
a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- Telfer
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Leslie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- fester
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- feirie
-
adjective,
healthy; strong.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sorata
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- satori
-
noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- farina
-
noun,
flour or meal made from cereal grains and cooked as cereal, used in puddings, soups, etc.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- Aeneas
-
noun,
a Trojan hero, the reputed ancestor of the Romans: protagonist of the Aeneid.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- falter
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- 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.
- nitro-
-
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- tensor
-
noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Aeolia
-
noun,
Aeolis.
- fatsia
-
noun,
a shrub or small tree, Fatsia japonica, of the ginseng family, having large, glossy, palmately compound leaves and often grown as a houseplant.
- 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.
- trills
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- 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.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- feazes
-
noun,
feeze.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Nestor
-
noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- arsen-
-
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Snell
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- 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.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sito-
-
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- sizer
-
noun,
any device for measuring or sorting objects according to size.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- sofar
-
noun,
a system for determining a position at sea by exploding a charge under water and measuring the time the shock waves take to reach three widely separated shore stations at known distances from each other.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- sizar
-
noun,
(at Cambridge University and at Trinity College, Dublin) an undergraduate who receives maintenance aid from the college.
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- rifle
-
noun,
a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- resin
-
noun,
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
- reni-
-
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- 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.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- 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.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- nills
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- rolls
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rall.
-
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- nears
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Rains
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- seize
-
verb (used with object),
to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp:
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- Rolfe
-
noun,
John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Rolla
-
noun,
a city in S central Missouri.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- 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.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- oste-
-
- nazir
-
noun,
(in Muslim countries) the title of any of various public officials.
- ollas
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- 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.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- 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.
- orial
-
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Ollie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Oliver.
- often
-
adverb,
many times; frequently:
- salal
-
noun,
an evergreen shrub, Gaultheria shallon, of the heath family, native to the western coast of North America, having leathery, oblong leaves and clusters of pink or white flowers and purplish-black fruit.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Safar
-
noun,
the second month of the Muslim calendar.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- OFris
-
noun,
the Frisian language before c1500. Abbreviation: OFris.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- sanit
-
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- self-
-
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- seti-
-
- nitr-
-
- refel
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- Llano
-
noun,
an extensive grassy plain with few trees.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Loral
-
adjective,
of or relating to lore, knowledge, learning, etc.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- loafs
-
verb (used with object),
to pass idly (usually followed by away):
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- reins
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Sino-
-
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- 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.
- Liszt
-
noun,
Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1811–86, Hungarian composer and pianist.
- refl.
-
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- 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.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- naso-
-
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Rizal
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1861–96, Philippine patriot, novelist, poet, and physician.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- sero-
-
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- razes
-
verb (used with object),
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground:
- losel
-
noun,
a worthless person; scoundrel.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- razee
-
noun,
a ship, especially a warship, reduced in height by the removal of the upper deck.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- NAAFI
-
noun,
Navy, Army, and Air Force Institutes: an organization that provides social facilities, stores, etc., to British military personnel.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Lotze
-
noun,
Rudolf Hermann [roo-dolf hur-muh n;; German roo-dawlf her-mahn] /ˈru dɒlf ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈru dɔlf ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1817–81, German philosopher.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- Sofer
-
noun,
scribe1 (def 3).
- Fris.
-
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Eliz.
-
- Eliza
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- Ellen
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Utah. 11,522 feet (3514 meters).
- 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.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- 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.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- TOEFL
-
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- atoll
-
noun,
a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- azans
-
noun,
(in Islamic countries) the call to prayer proclaimed five times a day by the muezzin.
- azine
-
noun,
any of a group of six-membered heterocyclic compounds containing one or more nitrogen atoms in the ring, the number of nitrogen atoms present being indicated by a prefix, as in diazine or triazine.
- azlon
-
noun,
any of the class of textile fibers derived from such proteins as casein or zein.
- treas
-
- azole
-
noun,
any of a group of five-membered heterocyclic compounds containing one or more nitrogen atoms in the ring, the number of nitrogen atoms present being indicated by a prefix, as in diazole.
- azote
-
noun,
nitrogen.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- torii
-
noun,
(in Japan) a form of decorative gateway or portal, consisting of two upright wooden posts connected at the top by two horizontal crosspieces, commonly found at the entrance to Shinto temples.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- tonia
-
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- ento-
-
- Tisza
-
noun,
a river in S central Europe, rising in the Ukraine and flowing from the Carpathian Mountains along the Romanian border into E Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia, where it joins the Danube N of Belgrade. 800 miles (1290 km) long.
- astr.
-
- tera-
-
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- fanos
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- faros
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- fatal
-
adjective,
causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly:
- Falla
-
noun,
Manuel de [mah-nwel de] /mɑˈnwɛl dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1946, Spanish composer.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- fatso
-
noun,
a fat person (used as a term of address).
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- fazes
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- teno-
-
- fears
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- feaze
-
noun,
feeze.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- feels
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- 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.
- Falls
-
noun,
a town in NE Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- 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.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- fa-la
-
noun,
a text or refrain in old songs.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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.
- Etzel
-
noun,
Attila: represented in the Nibelungenlied as the second husband of Kriemhild after the death of Siegfried.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- faena
-
noun,
the final third of a bullfight in which the matador uses a muleta and the sword in making the final series of passes preparatory to the kill.
- Faial
-
noun,
an island in the Azores, in the N Atlantic. 66 sq. mi. (171 sq. km).
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- 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.
- Tezel
-
noun,
Johann, Tetzel, Johann.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- ation
-
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- fella
-
noun,
fellow.
- 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.
- Zelos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of zeal or emulation: the son of the Titan Pallas and of Styx, and the brother of Bia, Cratus, and Nike.
- Zeist
-
noun,
a city in the central Netherlands.
- zeins
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a soft, yellow powder of simple proteins obtained from corn, used chiefly in the manufacture of textile fibers, plastics, and paper coatings.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alas.
-
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- zeals
-
noun,
fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alfas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter A.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Zaria
-
noun,
a city in N central Nigeria.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- zarfs
-
noun,
(in the Levant) a holder, usually of ornamental metal, for a coffee cup without a handle.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Allan
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Allen
-
noun,
(Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) [blair-fin-dee] /blɛərˈfɪn di/ (Show IPA), ("Cecil Power"; "J. Arbuthnot Wilson") 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist.
- allo-
-
- allot
-
verb (used with object),
to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion:
- Zante
-
noun,
a Greek island, off the W coast of Greece: southernmost of the Ionian Islands. 157 sq. mi. (407 sq. km).
- aloft
-
adverb,
high up; far above the ground.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Alta.
-
- Zenia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “hospitality.”.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- 30-30
-
- Zoser
-
noun,
flourished c2800 b.c, Egyptian ruler of the 3rd dynasty.
- zoril
-
noun,
a weasellike African animal, Ictonyx striatus, resembling a skunk in coloration and habits.
- zones
-
noun,
any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established:
- aalii
-
noun,
a bushy shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky foliage.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- zonal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a zone or zones.
- zoeas
-
noun,
any of the free-swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace.
- 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.
- aeri-
-
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aero-
-
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- zitis
-
noun,
a tubular pasta in short pieces, similar to rigatoni, often baked in a tomato sauce.
- afars
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- afore
-
adverb, preposition, conjunction,
before.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- Afro-
-
- afros
-
noun,
a hair style originating with black persons, in which the hair is allowed to grow naturally and to acquire a bushy appearance.
- AFTRA
-
- Zilla
-
- zetas
-
noun,
the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet (Z, ζ).
- zeros
-
noun,
the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- areo-
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Ariz.
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- Arnel
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- ASEAN
-
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- 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.
- alti-
-
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- anal.
-
- Zaire
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 100 makuta.
- anat.
-
- tzars
-
noun,
czar.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- 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.
- anis-
-
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- 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.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- troll
-
noun,
a song whose parts are sung in succession; a round.
- Anzio
-
noun,
a town in Italy, S of Rome on the Tyrrhenian coast: site of Allied beachhead in World War II.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- fells
-
noun,
Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in one season.
- 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).
- tafia
-
noun,
a type of rum made in Haiti from lower grades of molasses, refuse sugar, or the like.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Szell
-
noun,
George, 1897–1970, U.S. pianist and conductor, born in Hungary.
- ileo-
-
- ilio-
-
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- Illia
-
noun,
Arturo [ahr-too-raw] /ɑrˈtu rɔ/ (Show IPA), 1900–83, Argentine physician and statesman: president 1963–66.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- infos
-
noun,
information.
- init.
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insol
-
- inst.
-
- 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.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- intr.
-
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- IATSE
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- ster.
-
- Freon
-
- fores
-
noun,
the forepart of anything; front.
- Forli
-
noun,
a city in N Italy, SE of Bologna.
- fort.
-
- forte
-
noun,
a person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in:
Synonyms: talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point, specialty, proficiency; knack, bent.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- Franz
-
noun,
a male given name, German form of Frank.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- frill
-
noun,
a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- Frits
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- Fritz
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a German, especially a German soldier.
- frons
-
noun,
the upper anterior portion of the head of an insect, above or behind the clypeus.
- front
-
noun,
the foremost part or surface of anything.
- Frost
-
noun,
a degree or state of coldness sufficient to cause the freezing of water.
- froze
-
noun,
the act of freezing; state of being frozen.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- fore-
-
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- Lanza
-
noun,
Mario (Alfredo Arnold Cocozza) 1921–59, U.S. tenor and film actor.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- 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.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- Lazar
-
noun,
a person infected with a disease, especially leprosy.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Lazes
-
noun,
a period of ease or indolence:
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- softa
-
noun,
a Turkish Muslim theological student.
- lalia
-
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Iran.
-
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Ital.
-
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- ition
-
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- izars
-
noun,
a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East.
- Srta.
-
- 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.
- forel
-
noun,
a slipcase for a book.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- float
-
noun,
something that floats, as a raft.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- fills
-
noun,
a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire:
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- flor.
-
- tears
-
- foals
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- fetor
-
noun,
a strong, offensive smell; stench.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- fleer
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- flees
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- Fleet
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- feti-
-
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- finos
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- filos
-
- Flora
-
noun,
the plants of a particular region or period, listed by species and considered as a whole.
- tele-
-
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- folie
-
noun,
madness; insanity.
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- Finer
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- 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.
- foll.
-
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- 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).
- telo-
-
- Fiona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- finis
-
noun,
end; conclusion.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- felon
-
noun,
Law. a person who has committed a felony.
- folia
-
noun,
plural of folium.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- fires
-
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- foils
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- Foist
-
verb (used with object),
to force upon or impose fraudulently or unjustifiably (usually followed by on or upon):
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- 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.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- foins
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- zeal
-
noun,
fervor for a person, cause, or object; eager desire or endeavor; enthusiastic diligence; ardor.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- Zane
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- size
-
noun,
the spatial dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or bulk of anything:
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- Ste.
-
- tel-
-
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Sra.
-
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- 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.
- zarf
-
noun,
(in the Levant) a holder, usually of ornamental metal, for a coffee cup without a handle.
- Zara
-
noun,
former name of Zadar.
- 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.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Zeno
-
noun,
Zeno of Citium.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Zola
-
noun,
Émile [ey-meel] /eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1840–1902, French novelist.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- Zoar
-
noun,
the city where Lot and his family took refuge during the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Gen. 19:20–30.
- ten.
-
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Sol.
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- zoea
-
noun,
any of the free-swimming larva of certain crustaceans, as the crab, having rudimentary legs and a spiny carapace.
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- zone
-
noun,
any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established:
- sofa
-
noun,
a long, upholstered couch with a back and two arms or raised ends.
- Zora
-
noun,
a female given name.
- zori
-
noun,
a Japanese sandal, often made of straw or rubber and consisting of a flat sole held on the foot by a thong passing between the first and second toes.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Zorn
-
noun,
Anders Leonhard [ahn-duh rs ley-aw-nahrd] /ˈɑn dərs ˈleɪ ɔˌnɑrd/ (Show IPA), 1860–1920, Swedish painter, etcher, and sculptor.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Zoan
-
noun,
Biblical name of Tanis.
- zits
-
noun,
a pimple; skin blemish.
- Soni
-
- soln
-
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- zees
-
noun,
the letter Z or z.
- zein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a soft, yellow powder of simple proteins obtained from corn, used chiefly in the manufacture of textile fibers, plastics, and paper coatings.
- 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.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- zero
-
noun,
the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- 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).
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- zest
-
noun,
keen relish; hearty enjoyment; gusto.
- ZETA
-
noun,
the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet (Z, ζ).
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- 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.
- Zion
-
noun,
a hill in Jerusalem, on which the Temple was built (used to symbolize the city itself, especially as a religious or spiritual center).
- ziti
-
noun,
a tubular pasta in short pieces, similar to rigatoni, often baked in a tomato sauce.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- tri-
-
- 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.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 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.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- 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.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- 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.
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- tron
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- RNAS
-
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Ritz
-
noun,
ostentatious or pretentious display.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- 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.
- 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.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- Sat.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- soft
-
noun,
something that is soft or yielding; the soft part.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- 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.
- rit.
-
- tzar
-
noun,
czar.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- tRNA
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- 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.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- RONA
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- serf
-
noun,
a person in a condition of servitude, required to render services to a lord, commonly attached to the lord's land and transferred with it from one owner to another.
- roll
-
noun,
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
- str.
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Rolf
-
noun,
Also called Rolf the Ganger [gang-er] /ˈgæŋ ər/ (Show IPA). Rollo (def 1).
- tion
-
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- 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.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- FRSL
-
- for.
-
- fora
-
noun,
a plural of forum.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Fri.
-
- frit
-
noun,
Ceramics.
a fused or partially fused material used as a basis for glazes or enamels.
the composition from which artificial soft porcelain is made.
- friz
-
noun,
the state of being frizzed.
- froe
-
noun,
frow.
- Frs.
-
- frt.
-
- Fons
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- IAEA
-
- iana
-
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- IATA
-
- Ifni
-
noun,
a former Spanish enclave on the W coast of Morocco, ceded to Morocco 1969.
- ile-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Ill.
-
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- inae
-
- Inez
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Agnes.
- Inf.
-
- infl
-
- font
-
noun,
a receptacle, usually of stone, as in a baptistery or church, containing the water used in baptism.
- fol.
-
- INRI
-
- Fino
-
noun,
a pale, very dry sherry of Spain.
- FERA
-
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- fill
-
noun,
a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire:
- fils
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the 100th part of a dinar.
- filt
-
- Fin.
-
- 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.
- Fini
-
adjective,
finished; done.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- foin
-
noun,
a thrust with a weapon.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Fla.
-
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- 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.
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- floe
-
noun,
Also called ice floe. a sheet of floating ice, chiefly on the surface of the sea, smaller than an ice field.
- FLRA
-
- foal
-
noun,
a young horse, mule, or related animal, especially one that is not yet one year of age.
- FOIA
-
- foil
-
noun,
Archaic. a defeat; check; repulse.
- info
-
noun,
information.
- ins.
-
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- laze
-
noun,
a period of ease or indolence:
- 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:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- 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.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- Lat.
-
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- int.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- iso-
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- itis
-
- itol
-
- Izar
-
noun,
a long, usually white cotton dress that covers the body completely, worn by women of North Africa and the Middle East.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lalo
-
noun,
(Victor Antoine) Edouard [veek-tawr ahn-twan ey-dwar] /vikˈtɔr ɑ̃ˈtwan eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1832–92, French composer.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- 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.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- fell
-
noun,
Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in one season.
- 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.
- ARIS
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ano-
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Anza
-
noun,
Juan Bautista de [hwahn bou-tees-tah th e] /ʰwɑn baʊˈtis tɑ ðɛ/ (Show IPA), 1735–88, Spanish frontiersman and army officer, born in Mexico: explored western coast of U.S.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Anas
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- 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.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ator
-
- Ala.
-
- AAEE
-
- 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.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- Afar
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
- afr-
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- alt.
-
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALFA
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter A.
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- all-
-
- alls
-
noun,
one's whole interest, energy, or property:
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- 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.
- Azan
-
noun,
(in Islamic countries) the call to prayer proclaimed five times a day by the muezzin.
- 1080
-
- Fano
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea: cathedral; Roman ruins.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Ezra
-
noun,
a Jewish scribe and prophet of the 5th century b.c., who with Nehemiah led the revival of Judaism in Palestine.
- fail
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- Fall
-
noun,
an act or instance of falling or dropping from a higher to a lower place or position.
- fana
-
noun,
the ecstatic union of the Sufi with the Divine.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- Faro
-
noun,
a gambling game in which players place bets on a special board or layout, betting on each series of two cards as they are drawn from a box containing the dealer's or banker's pack.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- faze
-
verb (used with object),
to cause to be disturbed or disconcerted; daunt:
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- Fear
-
noun,
a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. Synonyms: foreboding, apprehension, consternation, dismay, dread, terror, fright, panic, horror, trepidation, qualm.
Antonyms: courage, security, calm, intrepidity.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- azo-
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Azof
-
noun,
Sea of, Azov.
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EFTA
-
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- ELAS
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- ELLE
-
- 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.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- LIFO
-
noun,
last-in, first-out (def 1).
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- NIRA
-
- 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):
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NOAA
-
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- Nor.
-
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- nos-
-
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- not-
-
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- NTIA
-
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- 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.
- Naze
-
noun,
The, Lindesnes.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nazi
-
noun,
a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945 under Adolf Hitler and advocated totalitarian government, territorial expansion, anti-Semitism, and Aryan supremacy, all these leading directly to World War II and the Holocaust.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- neo-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- 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.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- raze
-
verb (used with object),
to tear down; demolish; level to the ground:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ref.
-
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ole-
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- OLLA
-
noun,
a pot, especially an earthen pot for holding water, cooking, etc.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Ont.
-
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- RAAF
-
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- oafs
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- LOFT
-
noun,
a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- Liza
-
noun,
a mullet, Mugil liza, found chiefly in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Linz
-
noun,
a port in N Austria, on the Danube River.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- Lili
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- 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.
- 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.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Lola
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Charlotte or Dolores.
- lit.
-
- Lozi
-
noun,
a Bantu language spoken in Barotseland, in western Zambia.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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:
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- loaf
-
noun,
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
- Lofn
-
noun,
a goddess who aids those having trouble winning the affections of their beloveds.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Rs.
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- ltr
-
- tr.
-
- ot-
-
- oz.
-
- OTS
-
- SOF
-
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- az-
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- tra
-
- ose
-
- eo-
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- EEO
-
- EAA
-
- ean
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- eir
-
- ef-
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- EOE
-
- EOF
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- tlr
-
- tlo
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ons
-
- Liz
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ONR
-
- ONI
-
- ONF
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- ll.
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- efl
-
- 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.
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- at.
-
- rt.
-
- EIS
-
- rte
-
- RTF
-
- RTS
-
- ene
-
- ELF
-
noun,
(in folklore) one of a class of preternatural beings, especially from mountainous regions, with magical powers, given to capricious and often mischievous interference in human affairs, and usually imagined to be a diminutive being in human form; sprite; fairy.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- So.
-
- SRO
-
- SAA
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- SAE
-
- en-
-
- ATA
-
- ase
-
- ozs
-
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- AFS
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- ZIF
-
noun,
Ziv.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- SLA
-
- AFL
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Zen
-
noun,
Chinese Ch'an. Buddhism. a Mahayana movement, introduced into China in the 6th century a.d. and into Japan in the 12th century, that emphasizes enlightenment for the student by the most direct possible means, accepting formal studies and observances only when they form part of such means.
Compare koan, mondo1 .
- SLE
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- zee
-
noun,
the letter Z or z.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- zit
-
noun,
a pimple; skin blemish.
- Lif
-
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- Aar
-
- Af.
-
- AIA
-
- al.
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- AAE
-
- RFI
-
- AAF
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- AFA
-
- ae.
-
- AEA
-
- AEF
-
- RFE
-
- Zoe
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “life.”.
- RFA
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- zoa
-
noun,
plural of zoon.
- zo-
-
- lez
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ast
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- aor
-
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- RAF
-
- AOA
-
- ARS
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Re.
-
- ASI
-
- ASN
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASR
-
- trf
-
- Tro
-
- ROI
-
- Zea
-
noun,
Keos.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Les
-
- REA
-
- SLR
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- RNA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- ANF
-
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ROA
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ESR
-
- FSA
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- St.
-
- Sta
-
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Frl
-
- fro
-
Idioms,
to and fro, alternating from one place to another; back and forth:
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- FSR
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- TAL
-
- ft.
-
- FTZ
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- Ia.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ize
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- NFL
-
- Flo
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Florence.
- 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.
- Lt.
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- FOE
-
noun,
a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy:
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NFS
-
- FON
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in Benin.
- 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:
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- La.
-
- NES
-
- FOS
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- FOT
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- Sr.
-
- ial
-
- NEA
-
- se-
-
- NSF
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- LTL
-
- ise
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- STI
-
- NAA
-
- IOF
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Isl
-
- ior
-
- 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.
- IOT
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ISA
-
- STL
-
- LTA
-
- IAS
-
- ite
-
- ne-
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ier
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- LSI
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- LST
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ILO
-
- ILS
-
- ITA
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- NIA
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- 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.
- FAO
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- of-
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- sfz
-
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- oft
-
adverb,
often.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- oaf
-
noun,
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
- OSF
-
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- OSA
-
- NSA
-
- OFr
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Ola
-
- ETO
-
- ETR
-
- ETS
-
- Ez.
-
- fo.
-
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- FZS
-
- FAA
-
- OIt
-
- TIA
-
- tfr
-
- OIr
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NRA
-
- OAS
-
- nr.
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- FIO
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Fl.
-
- NLF
-
- 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.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- Fia
-
- Fez
-
noun,
a felt cap, usually of a red color, having the shape of a truncated cone, and ornamented with a long black tassel, worn by men in Egypt and North Africa: formerly the national headdress of the Turks.
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- SAR
-
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- LaF
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LON
-
- FET
-
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Zl
-
- RF
-
- 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.
- fn
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TN
-
- Zn
-
- TL
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- R.
-
- ln
-
- NF
-
- NL
-
- AO
-
- 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.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- 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.
- L2
-
- N.
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- L1
-
- LZ
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- NI
-
- NZ
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ol
-
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- LR
-
- SF
-
- O.
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- z.
-
- ZA
-
noun,
pizza.
- i.
-
- OA
-
- SN
-
- L.
-
- FE
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- S.
-
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- SA
-
- LF
-
- RI
-
- RO
-
- ZI
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RN
-
- 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.
- le
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- SL
-
- ee
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- t.
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Zr
-