Anagrams of self-reliant
Word self-reliant has
1284 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of self-reliant.
- 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.
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- 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.
- fee-tail
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noun,
See under fee (def 4a).
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- Stefanie
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noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- 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.
- fastener
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noun,
any of various devices for fastening.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- 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.
- 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)
- reflates
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verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- literals
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- fellates
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verb (used with object),
to perform fellatio on.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- finestra
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noun,
an aperture, especially a ventilator in the wall of a tomb.
- laetrile
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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.
- inflates
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- fenestra
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or perforation, as in a bone, especially between the middle and inner ear.
- flanerie
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noun,
idleness; dawdling.
- reliefs
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noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- lintels
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noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- install
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verb (used with object),
to place in position or connect for service or use:
- lineate
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adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- lifters
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noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Liestal
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noun,
a town in and the capital of Basel-Land, in NW Switzerland.
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- retells
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verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- Teleran
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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.
- telfers
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noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- atelier
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- infares
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noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- Fresnel
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noun,
a unit of frequency, equal to 10 12 cycles per second.
- frenate
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adjective,
having a frenum or frenulum.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Freesia
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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.
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- literal
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noun,
a typographical error, especially involving a single letter.
- tensile
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adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- tellers
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noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- Teniers
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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.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- inflate
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- tellies
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noun,
television.
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- entires
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noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- felsite
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noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- fertile
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adjective,
bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific:
- stellar
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adjective,
of or relating to the stars; consisting of stars.
- Steiner
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noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- ferlies
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noun,
something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- leaflet
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noun,
a small flat or folded sheet of printed matter, as an advertisement or notice, usually intended for free distribution.
- stearin
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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.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- fenster
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noun,
an erosional break in an overthrust rock sheet, exposing the rocks that underlie the sheet.
- felines
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noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- fellate
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verb (used with object),
to perform fellatio on.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- fellers
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noun,
fellow.
- fellies
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noun,
felloe.
- Farnese
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noun,
Alessandro [ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), Duke of Parma, 1545–92, Italian general, statesman, and diplomat.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- tailles
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noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- retinal
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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.
- finales
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noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- tallies
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noun,
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- leister
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- fillets
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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.
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- leaners
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- fillers
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noun,
a person or thing that fills:
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- snifter
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noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- failles
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noun,
a soft, transversely ribbed fabric of silk, rayon, or lightweight taffeta.
- fallers
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noun,
a person or thing that falls.
- Falster
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noun,
an island in SE Denmark. 198 sq. mi. (513 sq. km).
- falters
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noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- rillets
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noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- arenite
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noun,
psammite.
- refines
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Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- trienes
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- transl.
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- transf.
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- reflets
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noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- reflate
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verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- trellis
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noun,
a frame or structure of latticework; lattice.
- trifles
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noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- refills
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noun,
a material, supply, or the like, to replace something that has been used up:
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- ralline
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adjective,
belonging or pertaining to the family Rallidae, comprising the rails and allied species.
- trainee
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noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- rallies
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noun,
a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops.
- tillers
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noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- afreets
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noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- ferias
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noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- Santee
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noun,
a city in SW California.
- ratine
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- triene
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noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- treens
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noun,
treenware.
- afreet
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noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- feints
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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:
- larees
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noun,
lari.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- feline
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noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- fellas
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noun,
fellow.
- trefle
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adjective,
botonée.
- rastle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Feller
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noun,
fellow.
- Aileen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- sallet
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noun,
a light medieval helmet, usually with a vision slit or a movable visor.
- afters
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- afrits
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noun,
afreet.
- Salten
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- ratels
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noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Arleen
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noun,
a female given name.
- sailer
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- faerie
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noun,
the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.
- learns
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- faints
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noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- strafe
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noun,
a strafing attack.
- faille
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noun,
a soft, transversely ribbed fabric of silk, rayon, or lightweight taffeta.
- Strain
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- strife
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noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- faller
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noun,
a person or thing that falls.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- A-line
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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.
- rillet
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noun,
a little rill; streamlet.
- alines
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noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- trains
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- taille
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noun,
French History. a tax that was levied by a king or seigneur on his subjects or on lands held under him and that became solely a royal tax in the 15th century from which the lords and later the clergy were exempt.
- fallen
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noun,
an act or instance of falling or dropping from a higher to a lower place or position.
- Arlene
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noun,
a female given name.
- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- transe
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noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- lateen
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adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Stella
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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.
- fasten
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verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- latins
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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.
- alerts
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noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Aletes
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noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- falsie
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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.
- Sterne
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noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- stifle
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noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- leaner
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- trans.
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- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- falter
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noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- ferine
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adjective,
feral1 .
- itself
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pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- Stalin
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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.
- flirts
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noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- trills
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noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- trinal
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adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- flares
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noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- infest
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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:
- infers
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verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- Sirena
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noun,
a female given name.
- fleers
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noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- infare
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noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- fleets
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noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- flense
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verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- fliers
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noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- seller
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noun,
a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
- flints
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noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- Senate
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noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- senile
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noun,
a senile person.
- infra-
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- siller
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noun,
silver.
- sifter
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noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- silane
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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.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- freest
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Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- serine
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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;
- trines
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noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- flites
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noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- fraise
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noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- frails
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noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Serena
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noun,
a female given name.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- flairs
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noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- flails
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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.
- santir
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noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- triens
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noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- filets
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noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- Searle
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noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- filate
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adjective,
threadlike.
- sealer
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- fillet
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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.
- Israel
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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.
- fetial
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adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- sateen
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- fester
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noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- festal
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adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- Filler
-
noun,
a person or thing that fills:
- intra-
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- selen-
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- finlet
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noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instr.
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- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- filter
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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.
- finest
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noun,
the police:
- inter.
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- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- finals
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noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- Nellie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- lineal
-
adjective,
being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
- 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.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- 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.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- 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.
- reflet
-
noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- refill
-
noun,
a material, supply, or the like, to replace something that has been used up:
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- 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.
- retell
-
verb (used with object),
to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way:
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- refels
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- enserf
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- tellin
-
noun,
any marine bivalve mollusk of the genus Tellina, having a thin, rounded shell of white, yellow, pink, or purple.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- 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.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- 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.
- Telfer
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- listel
-
noun,
a narrow list or fillet.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- 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.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- lintel
-
noun,
a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- lentil
-
noun,
a plant, Lens culinaris, of the legume family, having flattened, biconvex seeds used as food.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- all-in
-
adjective,
Wrestling. without restrictions; with virtually every type of hold permitted.
- relief
-
noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- Leslie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Allies
-
noun,
plural of ally.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Tallis
-
noun,
Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- Allier
-
noun,
a river flowing N from S France to the Loire. About 250 miles (400 km) long.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- arsen-
-
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- 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.
- Tiller
-
noun,
a person who tills; farmer.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- Teller
-
noun,
a person or thing that tells, relates, or communicates; narrator:
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- enter-
-
- 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:
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- 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.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- seti-
-
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- 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.
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- self-
-
- Lisle
-
noun,
knit goods, as gloves or hose, made of lisle thread.
- Sella
-
noun,
Zillah.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- refl.
-
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- 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.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- IATSE
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- reni-
-
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- nears
-
- 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.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- 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.
- 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).
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- inst.
-
- natl.
-
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- intr.
-
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- nitr-
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- 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.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- refel
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- 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.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Leila
-
noun,
a female given name.
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- nills
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- rills
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- 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.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- 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.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Iran.
-
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Ital.
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- 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.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Lilas
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- lilts
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- sanit
-
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Fris.
-
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Ellen
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in S Utah. 11,522 feet (3514 meters).
- Ellas
-
noun,
Modern Greek name of Greece.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- tele-
-
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- 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).
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Ellis
-
noun,
Alexander John (Alexander John Sharpe) 1814–90, English phonetician and mathematician.
- tears
-
- astr.
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- Still
-
noun,
stillness or silence:
- Falls
-
noun,
a town in NE Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- fails
-
noun,
Slang.
an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance:
the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way:
a person who fails in this way.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- 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 .
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- 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.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Enlil
-
noun,
the king of the Sumerian gods and the god of the air.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- treas
-
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Allen
-
noun,
(Charles) Grant (Blairfindie) [blair-fin-dee] /blɛərˈfɪn di/ (Show IPA), ("Cecil Power"; "J. Arbuthnot Wilson") 1848–99, British philosophical writer and novelist.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- 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.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- 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.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aeri-
-
- Trill
-
noun,
the act or sound of trilling.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- 30-30
-
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- 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.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- 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.
- Arnel
-
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- tills
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- stall
-
noun,
a compartment in a stable or shed for the accommodation of one animal.
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- fires
-
- 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.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- fells
-
noun,
Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in one season.
- fella
-
noun,
fellow.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- 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.
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- feti-
-
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- Srta.
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- fleer
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- flees
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- Fleet
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- flier
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- Snell
-
noun,
a short piece of nylon, gut, or the like, by which a fishhook is attached to a line.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- 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.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- 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.
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- rall.
-
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- ster.
-
- 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.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- frill
-
noun,
a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- 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:
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- feint
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- 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.
- fills
-
noun,
a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire:
- feels
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- 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.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tRNA
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 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.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- Sill
-
noun,
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tri-
-
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sell
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- SINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- ref.
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Till
-
noun,
a drawer, box, or the like, as in a shop or bank, in which money is kept.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- tall
-
adverb,
in a proud, confident, or erect manner:
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ste.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- str.
-
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rit.
-
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- 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.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- rill
-
noun,
a small rivulet or brook.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- RNAS
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- 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.
- rel.
-
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- ten.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- 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.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Sra.
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- 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).
- ter.
-
- 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.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Inf.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Ella
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “all.”.
- Ire.
-
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ELLE
-
- intl
-
- int.
-
- Elli
-
noun,
an old woman, a personification of old age, who defeated Thor in a wrestling match.
- ins.
-
- infl
-
- ells
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- inae
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ills
-
noun,
an unfavorable opinion or statement:
- Ill.
-
- ile-
-
- enl.
-
- Ens.
-
- 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.”.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- ELAS
-
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- lea.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- 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.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lani
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- 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.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- 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.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Leal
-
adjective,
loyal; true.
- FERA
-
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- 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.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- Fall
-
noun,
an act or instance of falling or dropping from a higher to a lower place or position.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- Fern
-
noun,
any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a branching vein system, and reproduction by spores contained in sporangia that appear as brown dots on the underside of the fronds.
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- 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.
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- fell
-
noun,
Lumbering. the amount of timber cut down in one season.
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- 1080
-
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- fill
-
noun,
a full supply; enough to satisfy want or desire:
- filt
-
- frt.
-
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- FRSL
-
- Frs.
-
- 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.
- Fri.
-
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- FLRA
-
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- Fin.
-
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- est.
-
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- Fla.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- 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.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- 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.
- naif
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- Nafl
-
noun,
a prayer, charitable act, etc., that goes beyond the requirements of one's religion.
- 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:
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- 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:
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- lilt
-
noun,
rhythmic swing or cadence.
- 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.
- 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).
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- NTIA
-
- afr-
-
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- NIRA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nill
-
verb (used with object),
to refuse or reject.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Nell
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- NEFS
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- lin.
-
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- Lila
-
noun,
creation, seen as the playful activity of a god.
- Lela
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- art.
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- 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.
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- ANSI
-
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- ant.
-
- ast
-
- STL
-
- ASI
-
- at.
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ETS
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- 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.
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- AEF
-
- TSI
-
- TIA
-
- TSE
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Af.
-
- al.
-
- an.
-
- Ar.
-
- ae.
-
- tfr
-
- ETR
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- STI
-
- ASN
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- AFL
-
- ASR
-
- AFS
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- trf
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- ef-
-
- efl
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- tra
-
- tr.
-
- tlr
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- 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.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ese
-
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- 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.
- Ell
-
noun,
an extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- ase
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ESR
-
- ene
-
- EIS
-
- TAL
-
- ANF
-
- ARS
-
- ESL
-
- en-
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eir
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- 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.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
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noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- RIF
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noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Rs.
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RFI
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- RFE
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- RFA
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- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lif
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- RNA
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- RSA
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- Lir
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noun,
Ler.
- Les
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- SAR
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- Lt.
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- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Lae
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noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LaF
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- Lai
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noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- RSE
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- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- SAE
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- RTS
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- RTF
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- rte
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- rt.
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- ret
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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.
- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ite
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- NSA
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- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- REA
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- NLF
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- nr.
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- NRA
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- Re.
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- NIA
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- rat
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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.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RAF
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- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- Nil
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noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NFS
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- NSF
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- ll.
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- LSI
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- LST
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- LTA
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- LTL
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- ltr
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- nae
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NFL
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- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
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- NEA
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- Nee
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adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- nef
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noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- NES
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- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- La.
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- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- ITA
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- IFS
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Fr.
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abbreviation,
Father.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Frl
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- FSA
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- FSR
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- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Fl.
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- Ia.
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- ial
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
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- ier
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- Ife
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- SLA
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Fee
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noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- Fen
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noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- fer
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preposition, conjunction,
for.
- FET
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- Sta
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- St.
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- Fia
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- FIT
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noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Sr.
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- fie
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interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- fil
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noun,
fils.
- SLR
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- FIR
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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.
- SLE
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- il-
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- ft.
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- SER
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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).
- IRL
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- ist
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- ISR
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- se-
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Isl
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- ise
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- ISA
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRS
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- ILS
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- See
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noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- TSR
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noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- SEI
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noun,
sei whale.
- Ir.
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- in.
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- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- ine
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- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- LR
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- L2
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- S.
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- NL
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- FI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FA
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noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LF
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- IF
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noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- R.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L1
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- T1
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- RI
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- RN
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- AI
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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.
- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- A.
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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.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- L.
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- t.
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NI
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- TL
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- SL
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- TN
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- RF
-
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- fn
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- N.
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- NF
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- ee
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- SN
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- ln
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- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- le
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- SF
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- FE
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- SA
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- i.
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- f.
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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.
- EI
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