Anagrams of self-restraint
Word self-restraint has
1809 anagrams
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- first-rate
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adverb,
very well.
- flatteries
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noun,
the act of flattering.
- reinstates
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- festinate
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adjective,
hurried.
- restraint
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noun,
a restraining action or influence:
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- reenlists
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- fasteners
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noun,
any of various devices for fastening.
- resistate
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noun,
any of the class of sediments, as sand or sandstone, consisting chiefly of minerals resistant to weathering.
- reinstate
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verb (used with object),
to put back or establish again, as in a former position or state:
- interests
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- traitress
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noun,
a woman who is a traitor.
- 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.
- arsenites
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- tres-tine
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noun,
royal antler.
- resinates
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- reiterant
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adjective,
reiterating or repeating, especially to an intensified degree:
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- strainers
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noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- laterites
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noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- anisettes
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- resistant
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noun,
a person or thing that resists.
- taintless
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adjective,
free from or without taint; pure; innocent.
- sternites
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- frisettes
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noun,
a fringe of curled or frizzed hair, usually artificial, worn on the forehead by women.
- retirants
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noun,
retiree.
- filtrates
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noun,
liquid that has been passed through a filter.
- slatterns
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- sestertia
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noun,
a money of account of ancient Rome, equal to 1000 sesterces.
- essential
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noun,
a basic, indispensable, or necessary element; chief point:
- retainers
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- literates
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noun,
a person who can read and write.
- antlerite
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noun,
an emerald to blackish-green mineral, hydrous copper sulfate, Cu 3 (OH) 4 SO 4 , a major copper ore in Chile.
- straitens
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- sterilant
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noun,
a sterilizing agent.
- feteritas
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noun,
a grain sorghum cultivated for grain and forage.
- ternaries
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noun,
a group of three.
- Finletter
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noun,
Thomas Knight, 1893–1980, U.S. lawyer and diplomat.
- arteries
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noun,
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- resinate
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- trailers
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noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- feterita
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noun,
a grain sorghum cultivated for grain and forage.
- ferrates
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noun,
a salt of the hypothetical ferric acid, H 2 FeO 4 .
- ferrites
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound, as NaFeO 2 , formed when ferric oxide is combined with a more basic metallic oxide.
- Asnieres
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noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- trainers
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- retirant
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noun,
retiree.
- sterlets
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noun,
a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
- 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.
- retainer
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noun,
a person or thing that retains.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- restrain
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verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- 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.
- Stefanie
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noun,
a female given name.
- restates
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verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- learners
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noun,
a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
- artistes
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noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- entitles
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verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- transfer
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noun,
a means or system of transferring.
- felsites
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noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- terranes
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noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- literate
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noun,
a person who can read and write.
- fairness
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noun,
the state, condition, or quality of being fair, or free from bias or injustice; evenhandedness:
- elastins
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- L-series
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noun,
See under L-line.
- 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.
- snifters
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noun,
Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- estreats
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noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- rarefies
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verb (used with object),
to make rare or rarer; make less dense:
- tetanies
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noun,
a state marked by severe, intermittent tonic contractions and muscular pain, due to abnormal calcium metabolism.
- terrines
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- tertials
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- tertians
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- slattern
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- nitrates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- entreats
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- rattlers
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noun,
a rattlesnake.
- realties
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noun,
real property or real estate.
- rentiers
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noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- 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.
- leisters
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- stearins
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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.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- fenestra
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noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. a small opening or perforation, as in a bone, especially between the middle and inner ear.
- fee-tail
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noun,
See under fee (def 4a).
- startles
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noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- starters
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noun,
a person or thing that starts.
- fearless
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adjective,
without fear; bold or brave; intrepid.
- tireless
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adjective,
untiring; indefatigable:
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- earnests
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- settlers
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noun,
a person or thing that settles.
- refrains
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noun,
a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza; chorus.
- reflates
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verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- starlets
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noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- tintless
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adjective,
without tint or tints; colorless.
- fastener
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noun,
any of various devices for fastening.
- reenlist
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- transits
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noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- fritters
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noun,
a small piece, fragment, or shred.
- retrains
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- interest
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noun,
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something:
- treenail
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- flanerie
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noun,
idleness; dawdling.
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- straiten
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verb (used with object),
to put into difficulties, especially financial ones:
- safeties
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noun,
the state of being safe; freedom from the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
- flattens
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Verb phrases,
flatten in, Nautical. flat1 (def 61).
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- flatters
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noun,
a person or thing that makes something flat.
- salients
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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.
- striates
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adjective,
striated.
- intreats
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verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- trestles
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noun,
a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse.
- salterns
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noun,
a saltworks.
- INTELSAT
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noun,
a global communications satellite network under international control.
- strainer
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noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- saltiers
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noun,
saltire.
- flitters
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noun,
a person or thing that flits.
- saltines
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- tearless
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adjective,
not weeping or shedding tears.
- instates
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- saltires
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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.
- inflates
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- fratries
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noun,
frater2 .
- sarsenet
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noun,
sarcenet.
- freesias
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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.
- satinets
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noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- fresnels
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noun,
a unit of frequency, equal to 10 12 cycles per second.
- tarsiers
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noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- frisette
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noun,
a fringe of curled or frizzed hair, usually artificial, worn on the forehead by women.
- iterates
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- sternite
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noun,
a sclerite of the sternum of an insect, especially a ventral sclerite of an abdominal segment.
- filtrate
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noun,
liquid that has been passed through a filter.
- treatise
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noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- arenites
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noun,
psammite.
- fireless
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adjective,
lacking fire; without a fire.
- re-treat
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verb (used with or without object),
to treat again.
- treaties
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noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- retsinas
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- laterite
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noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- finestra
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noun,
an aperture, especially a ventilator in the wall of a tomb.
- serrates
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adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- anisette
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noun,
a cordial or liqueur flavored with aniseed.
- 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.
- Staines
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noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- fitness
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noun,
health.
- Ettarre
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noun,
the vain and heartless lady beloved by Sir Pelleas.
- 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.
- terrain
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noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- terrane
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noun,
any rock formation or series of formations or the area in which a particular formation or group of rocks is predominant.
- Ternate
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noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- infests
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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:
- infares
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noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- falters
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noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- lattens
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- instate
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verb (used with object),
to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- listers
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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.
- instars
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instals
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verb (used with object),
install.
- fraises
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noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- Falster
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noun,
an island in SE Denmark. 198 sq. mi. (513 sq. km).
- litters
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noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- inflate
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verb (used with object),
to distend; swell or puff out; dilate:
- fraters
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noun,
a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
- fiestas
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noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- tasters
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noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- etesian
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adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- talents
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- tertian
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noun,
Pathology. a tertian fever.
- entreat
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- filasse
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noun,
any of various vegetable fibers, other than cotton, processed for manufacture into yarn.
- entries
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noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- tartine
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noun,
a fancy French open-faced sandwich topped with spreadable ingredients.
- erasers
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noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- nettles
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noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- testers
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noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- nestles
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- fritter
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noun,
a small piece, fragment, or shred.
- 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.
- tessera
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noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- slaters
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- 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.
- tarsier
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noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- tarries
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noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- frenate
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adjective,
having a frenum or frenulum.
- tertial
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- tansies
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noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- tanists
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noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- terrine
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noun,
a casserole dish made of pottery.
- terries
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noun,
the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- seaters
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- natters
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- terrets
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noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- nasties
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- Fresnel
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noun,
a unit of frequency, equal to 10 12 cycles per second.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- estreat
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noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- lisente
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noun,
plural of sente.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- listens
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- 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.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- ferrate
-
noun,
a salt of the hypothetical ferric acid, H 2 FeO 4 .
- felsite
-
noun,
a dense, fine-grained, igneous rock consisting typically of feldspar and quartz, both of which may appear as phenocrysts.
- straits
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- fenster
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noun,
an erosional break in an overthrust rock sheet, exposing the rocks that underlie the sheet.
- flatter
-
noun,
a person or thing that makes something flat.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- stifles
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- flatten
-
Verb phrases,
flatten in, Nautical. flat1 (def 61).
- Leftist
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noun,
a member of the political Left or a person sympathetic to its views.
- ferlies
-
noun,
something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.
- Lafitte
-
noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), c1780–c1825, French privateer in the Americas.
- Telstar
-
- strains
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Statler
-
noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- ferrets
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noun,
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- ferries
-
noun,
a commercial service with terminals and boats for transporting persons, automobiles, etc., across a river or other comparatively small body of water.
- ferrite
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noun,
Chemistry. a compound, as NaFeO 2 , formed when ferric oxide is combined with a more basic metallic oxide.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- learner
-
noun,
a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
- fertile
-
adjective,
bearing, producing, or capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc., abundantly; prolific:
- teasels
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- telfers
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- iterant
-
adjective,
characterized by repetition; repeating.
- strafes
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noun,
a strafing attack.
- iterate
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- festers
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noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- teasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- felines
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- letters
-
noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- Farnese
-
noun,
Alessandro [ah-les-sahn-draw] /ˌɑ lɛsˈsɑn drɔ/ (Show IPA), Duke of Parma, 1545–92, Italian general, statesman, and diplomat.
- fattens
-
verb (used with object),
to make fat.
- starets
-
noun,
a religious teacher or counselor.
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- telesis
-
noun,
deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
- finales
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- fastens
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- starlet
-
noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- flitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that flits.
- starlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- fatness
-
noun,
the state or condition of being fat; obesity; corpulence.
- tenters
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- lifters
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- fettles
-
noun,
state; condition:
- sterlet
-
noun,
a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
- staters
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- latests
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- larries
-
noun,
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
- intreat
-
verb (used with or without object),
entreat.
- finesse
-
noun,
extreme delicacy or subtlety in action, performance, skill, discrimination, taste, etc.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- flenses
-
verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- starter
-
noun,
a person or thing that starts.
- liernes
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- striate
-
adjective,
striated.
- startle
-
noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- streets
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- strati-
-
- fatties
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a person who is overweight or obese (sometimes used as a term of address).
- fetters
-
noun,
a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- artless
-
adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- resales
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- reseats
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resents
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- entitle
-
verb (used with object),
to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- Trainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- resiles
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- resails
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- arteri-
-
- restate
-
verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- sestina
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- transf.
-
- arrests
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- Transit
-
noun,
the act or fact of passing across or through; passage from one place to another.
- trailer
-
noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- rentier
-
noun,
a person who has a fixed income, as from lands or bonds.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- tinters
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- easters
-
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.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- reflate
-
verb (used with object),
to increase (money and credit) again.
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- reflets
-
noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- refrain
-
noun,
a phrase or verse recurring at intervals in a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza; chorus.
- settles
-
noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- settler
-
noun,
a person or thing that settles.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- titfers
-
noun,
hat.
- reliefs
-
noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- reliers
-
noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- transl.
-
- tinsels
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- Salters
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- airless
-
adjective,
lacking air.
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- ailette
-
noun,
either of two standing pieces of metal or cuir-bouilli, attached to the shoulders as an ornament or as a means of displaying the wearer's arms: used c1275–c1350.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- afreets
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- trestle
-
noun,
a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse.
- seiners
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- trifles
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- sateens
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- satinet
-
noun,
a satin-weave fabric made with cotton warp and wool filling, fulled and finished to resemble wool.
- Tristan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Tristram.
- sealers
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- tsarist
-
noun,
an adherent of a czar or of czarism.
- Seattle
-
noun,
(Seatlh) c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- salines
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- retires
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- serines
-
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;
- retrain
-
verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- tranter
-
noun,
a peddler, hawker, or carrier using a horse and cart.
- retreat
-
noun,
the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- serries
-
verb (used with or without object),
to crowd closely together.
- serrate
-
adjective,
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw:
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- trental
-
noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- serials
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- ritters
-
noun,
a knight.
- sereins
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- sensate
-
adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- seniles
-
noun,
a senile person.
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- sailers
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- refines
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- Eritrea
-
noun,
a republic in NE Africa, on the Red Sea: Italian colony 1890–1941; province of Ethiopia 1962–93; independent since 1993. 47,076 sq. mi. (121,927 sq. km). Capital: Asmara.
- rasters
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- enisles
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- enlists
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- ratters
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- sifters
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- sirrees
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- enserfs
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- rattler
-
noun,
a rattlesnake.
- silanes
-
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.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- rattles
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- nitrate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt or ester of nitric acid, or any compound containing the univalent group –ONO 2 or NO 3 .
- rafters
-
noun,
any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- sierras
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- ensiles
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- ratteen
-
noun,
ratiné.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- ratites
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- silents
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- slates
-
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.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- strife
-
noun,
vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism:
- selen-
-
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- strafe
-
noun,
a strafing attack.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- serifs
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- stifle
-
noun,
(in a horse or other quadruped) the joint between the femur and the tibia, corresponding anatomically to the human knee.
- 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.
- stilts
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- stints
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- sleets
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- risers
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- itself
-
pronoun,
a reflexive form of it1 :
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Ritter
-
noun,
a knight.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- irreal
-
adjective,
unreal.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- infare
-
noun,
a party or reception for a newly married couple.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- taints
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- infest
-
verb (used with object),
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do:
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- tanist
-
noun,
the successor apparent to a Celtic chief, usually the oldest or worthiest of his kin, chosen by election among the tribe during the chief's lifetime.
- satins
-
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.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- tasset
-
noun,
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- infers
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- intra-
-
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- inter.
-
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- instr.
-
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- sitten
-
verb,
past participle of sit1 .
- Nettle
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- 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.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- relief
-
noun,
alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, distress, oppression, etc.
- Lettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laetitia.
- litten
-
adjective,
lighted1 .
- letter
-
noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- relier
-
noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- Lesser
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- starts
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- lessen
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- ratter
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that catches rats, as a terrier or a cat.
- Lerner
-
noun,
Alan Jay, 1918–86, U.S. lyricist and librettist.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- renter
-
noun,
a person or organization that holds, or has the use of, property by payment of rent.
- steels
-
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.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- refine
-
Verb phrases,
refine on/upon, to improve by inserting finer distinctions, superior elements, etc.:
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- refels
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- refits
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- 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.
- reflet
-
noun,
an effect of brilliance or luster due to the reflection of light on a surface, especially of pottery; iridescence.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- Reiner
-
noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- lifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that lifts.
- lifers
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Settle
-
noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- sestet
-
noun,
Prosody. the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit.
Compare octave (def 4a).
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- 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.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- retire
-
noun,
a place of withdrawal; retreat:
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- retral
-
adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- refers
-
verb (used with object),
to direct for information or anything required:
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Rafter
-
noun,
any of a series of timbers or the like, usually having a pronounced slope, for supporting the sheathing and covering of a roof.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- 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.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- steles
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- leases
-
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.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- sifter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sifts.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- steres
-
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- infra-
-
- testis
-
noun,
the male gonad or reproductive gland, either of two oval glands located in the scrotum.
- fiesta
-
noun,
any festival or festive celebration.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- filter
-
noun,
any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- filets
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- filate
-
adjective,
threadlike.
- 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.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- faints
-
noun,
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- finale
-
noun,
the last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera, or composition.
- fettle
-
noun,
state; condition:
- tinter
-
noun,
a person who specializes in applying tints or dyes.
- fetter
-
noun,
a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- fetial
-
adjective,
concerned with declarations of war and treaties of peace:
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- falsie
-
noun,
either of a pair of shaped pads, made of rubber, fabric, or the like, for wearing inside a brassiere to give the breasts a larger or more shapely appearance.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- faerie
-
noun,
the imaginary land of the fairies; fairyland.
- finals
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- fitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that fits.
- fitten
-
adjective,
suitable; appropriate.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- firsts
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- finlet
-
noun,
a small, detached ray of a fin in certain fishes, as mackerels.
- finest
-
noun,
the police:
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- treasr
-
- falter
-
noun,
the act of faltering; an unsteadiness of gait, voice, action, etc.
- Telfer
-
noun,
Also, teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.
- flairs
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- feline
-
noun,
an animal of the cat family.
- feists
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- feints
-
noun,
a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- fasten
-
verb (used with object),
to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
- titans
-
noun,
Classical Mythology.
any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus.
Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia.
any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- feasts
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- tentie
-
adjective,
tenty.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- titfer
-
noun,
hat.
- fatten
-
verb (used with object),
to make fat.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- Fenrir
-
noun,
a wolflike monster, a son of Loki and Angerboda, chained by Gleipnir but destined to be released at Ragnarok to eat Odin and to be killed by Vidar.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- fester
-
noun,
an ulcer; a rankling sore.
- ferri-
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- arsen-
-
- festal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or befitting a feast, festival, holiday, or gala occasion.
- 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.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- enserf
-
verb (used with object),
to make a serf of; place in bondage.
- trans.
-
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- terat-
-
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- ferret
-
noun,
a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- ferine
-
adjective,
feral1 .
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- ferias
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- elfins
-
noun,
an elf.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- esters
-
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 .
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- tastes
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- afrits
-
noun,
afreet.
- frater
-
noun,
a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
- afters
-
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Fraser
-
noun,
James Earle, 1876–1953, U.S. sculptor.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- fraise
-
noun,
Fortification. a defense consisting of pointed stakes projecting from the ramparts in a horizontal or an inclined position.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- frails
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- tetra-
-
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- flites
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- flirts
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- freers
-
noun,
a person or thing that frees.
- flints
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- frises
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- enter-
-
- friers
-
noun,
fryer.
- 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:
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- afreet
-
noun,
a powerful evil demon or monster.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- testes
-
noun,
plural of testis.
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- freres
-
noun,
brother.
- trifle
-
noun,
an article or thing of very little value.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- freest
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- Attlee
-
noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- terret
-
noun,
one of the round loops or rings on the saddle of a harness, through which the driving reins pass.
- flense
-
verb (used with object),
to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- fliers
-
noun,
something that flies, as a bird or insect.
- fleers
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- trefle
-
adjective,
botonée.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- fleets
-
noun,
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
- Alette
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- flares
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- tints
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- 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.
- setts
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- 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.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- reifs
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- 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.
- rafts
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- sines
-
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.
- elfin
-
noun,
an elf.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- refit
-
noun,
an act of refitting.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- sifts
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- refer
-
verb (used with object),
to direct for information or anything required:
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- refel
-
verb (used with object),
to refute or disprove.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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).
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- 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.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- rears
-
- reefs
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- refl.
-
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Eifel
-
noun,
a hilly region in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate states in W Germany.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- 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.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- Alfie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- self-
-
- selfs
-
noun,
a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality:
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- 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.
- salts
-
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.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sails
-
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.
- alifs
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- safes
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- RSFSR
-
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- 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.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- 30-30
-
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- aeri-
-
- 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.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- sates
-
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.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- seifs
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- afire
-
adjective,
on fire:
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- saris
-
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.
- afrit
-
noun,
afreet.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Sans.
-
- sanit
-
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alti-
-
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Arnel
-
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- restr
-
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- 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.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- assn.
-
- asst.
-
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- seti-
-
- 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.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- astr.
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- reni-
-
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- anis-
-
- rifts
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- serif
-
noun,
a smaller line used to finish off a main stroke of a letter, as at the top and bottom of M.
- 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.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- ante-
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- treas
-
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- 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.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- fiats
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- tele-
-
- filar
-
adjective,
of or relating to a thread or threads.
- 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.
- filet
-
noun,
fillet (defs 1, 10).
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- final
-
noun,
that which is last; that which forms an end or termination.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- feti-
-
- 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.
- 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.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Stets
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- fires
-
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- 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.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- firns
-
noun,
névé.
- stint
-
noun,
a period of time spent doing something:
- leafs
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- fetes
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- felts
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- 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.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- feral
-
adjective,
existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
- feres
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- feria
-
noun,
Ecclesiastical. a weekday on which no feast is celebrated.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- lefts
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Festa
-
noun,
a feast, festival, or holiday.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- fetal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the character of a fetus.
- fetas
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- ster.
-
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- first
-
noun,
the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- 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.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Frans
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- taint
-
noun,
a trace of something bad, offensive, or harmful.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- seats
-
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.
- frass
-
noun,
insect excrement.
- frats
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- Freer
-
noun,
a person or thing that frees.
- infer
-
verb (used with object),
to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence:
- frees
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Frere
-
noun,
brother.
- fress
-
verb (used without object),
to eat or snack, especially often or in large quantities.
- frail
-
noun,
Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- frets
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- friar
-
noun,
Roman Catholic Church. a member of a religious order, especially the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians.
- IATSE
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- frier
-
noun,
fryer.
- Fries
-
noun,
plural of fry1 .
- Fris.
-
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- frise
-
noun,
a rug or upholstery fabric having the pile in uncut loops or in a combination of cut and uncut loops.
- inst.
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- fists
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- flair
-
noun,
a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
- flans
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- flare
-
noun,
a flaring or swaying flame or light, as of torches in the wind.
- Ital.
-
- flats
-
noun,
something flat.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- fleer
-
noun,
a fleering look; a jeer or gibe.
- flees
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- 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.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Iran.
-
- flies
-
noun,
a strip of material sewn along one edge of a garment opening for concealing buttons, zippers, or other fasteners.
- Flint
-
noun,
a hard stone, a form of silica resembling chalcedony but more opaque, less pure, and less lustrous.
- intr.
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- flirt
-
noun,
Also, flirter. a person who is given to flirting.
- tears
-
- flite
-
noun,
a dispute or wrangle; scolding.
- flits
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- nests
-
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.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Srta.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- 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.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- 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.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- faint
-
noun,
a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
- nears
-
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- fairs
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- 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.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- 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.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- 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 .
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- 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.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- 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.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- naifs
-
noun,
a naive or inexperienced person.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- terr.
-
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- fanes
-
noun,
a temple.
- Fanti
-
noun,
a Kwa language spoken in Ghana that is mutually intelligible with Twi.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Farsi
-
noun,
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
- tera-
-
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- farts
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Feast
-
noun,
any rich or abundant meal:
- feels
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- fasts
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Fates
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- lifts
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- lifer
-
noun,
a person sentenced to or serving a term of life imprisonment.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, 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.
- Lifar
-
noun,
Serge [syir-gyey;; French serzh] /syɪrˈgyeɪ;; French sɛrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1905–86, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, in Paris after 1923.
- stat.
-
- farls
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- feist
-
noun,
Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- 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:
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- fares
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- nitr-
-
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- 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.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- tri-
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Seif
-
noun,
a long narrow sand dune parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- 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.
- trit
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- tRNA
-
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Ste.
-
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- 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.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- 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.
- tint
-
noun,
a color or a variety of a color; hue.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- 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.
- sers
-
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).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- ter.
-
- Tit.
-
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- ten.
-
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- 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.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- 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.
- Taif
-
noun,
a city in W Saudi Arabia.
- Taft
-
noun,
Helen Herron [her-uh n] /ˈhɛr ən/ (Show IPA), 1861–1943, U.S. First Lady 1909–13 (wife of William Howard Taft).
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- 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.
- tref
-
adjective,
Judaism. unfit to be eaten or used, according to religious laws; not kosher.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sift
-
verb (used with object),
to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Sra.
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- str.
-
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 1080
-
- 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.
- Leaf
-
noun,
one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- left
-
noun,
the left side or something that is on the left side.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- 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).
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Ens.
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- enl.
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Leif
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- isls
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lit.
-
- fess
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a broad horizontal band across the middle of an escutcheon.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- efts
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- EFTA
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- ELAS
-
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- lin.
-
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lief
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- lien
-
noun,
Law. the legal claim of one person upon the property of another person to secure the payment of a debt or the satisfaction of an obligation.
- 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.
- lift
-
noun,
the act of lifting, raising, or rising:
- ISSN
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- attn
-
- feel
-
noun,
a quality of an object that is perceived by feeling or touching:
- flat
-
noun,
something flat.
- flea
-
noun,
any of numerous small, wingless bloodsucking insects of the order Siphonaptera, parasitic upon mammals and birds and noted for their ability to leap.
- flee
-
verb (used with object),
to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
- flit
-
noun,
a light, swift movement; flutter.
- FLRA
-
- fees
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- feat
-
noun,
a noteworthy or extraordinary act or achievement, usually displaying boldness, skill, etc.:
- Fla.
-
- 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.
- frae
-
preposition, adverb,
from.
- Fran
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Francis.
- frat
-
noun,
fraternity (def 1).
- feal
-
adjective,
Archaic. faithful; loyal.
- free
-
Idioms,
for free, Informal. without charge:
- Frei
-
noun,
Eduardo [e-dwahr-th aw] /ɛˈdwɑr ðɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–82, Chilean statesman: president 1964–70.
- Flan
-
noun,
Spanish Cookery. a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.
- feet
-
noun,
a plural of foot.
- Fri.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- feta
-
noun,
a soft, white, brine-cured Greek cheese made from sheep's milk or goat's milk.
- fete
-
noun,
a day of celebration; holiday:
- fere
-
noun,
a companion; mate.
- fiat
-
noun,
an authoritative decree, sanction, or order:
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate, diktat, ukase.
- FERA
-
- file
-
noun,
a folder, cabinet, or other container in which papers, letters, etc., are arranged in convenient order for storage or reference.
- filt
-
- FITS
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Fin.
-
- FINE
-
noun,
fines.
Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e).
Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
- Fens
-
noun,
Also called Fenland. a marshy lowland region in E England, S of the Wash: partly drained and channeled since the 17th century.
- firn
-
noun,
névé.
- firs
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- fist
-
noun,
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the palm.
- Felt
-
noun,
a nonwoven fabric of wool, fur, or hair, matted together by heat, moisture, and great pressure.
- fret
-
noun,
an irritated state of mind; annoyance; vexation.
- 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.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- intl
-
- inae
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- Inf.
-
- infl
-
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- ESIS
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- fats
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) cattle fattened and ready for market.
- Fars
-
noun,
a province in SW Iran. 51,466 sq. mi. (133,297 sq. km).
- Frs.
-
- FRSL
-
- FRSS
-
- frt.
-
- fate
-
noun,
something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot:
- FAST
-
noun,
a fastening for a door, window, or the like.
- fart
-
noun,
a flatus expelled through the anus.
- Farl
-
noun,
a thin, circular cake of flour or oatmeal.
- ile-
-
- fare
-
noun,
the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- fane
-
noun,
a temple.
- Fair
-
noun,
Archaic. something that is fair.
- fain
-
adverb,
gladly; willingly:
- 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.
- ette
-
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- 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.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- 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.
- 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.
- reif
-
noun,
plunder; booty; loot.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- rel.
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- alif
-
noun,
the first letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- reft
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
- Alis
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- refs
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
referee.
- alt.
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Reef
-
noun,
a ridge of rocks or sand, often of coral debris, at or near the surface of the water.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- ref.
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- 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.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- SASE
-
- Safi
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean coast.
- 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.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- 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.
- safe
-
noun,
a steel or iron box or repository for money, jewels, papers, etc.
- rife
-
adjective,
of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use:
- rit.
-
- rifs
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- rift
-
noun,
an opening made by splitting, cleaving, etc.; fissure; cleft; chink.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- aer-
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Aire
-
- RNAS
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- afr-
-
- aet.
-
- 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).
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- raft
-
noun,
a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
- ASSR
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asis
-
- 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.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- 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.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- art.
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- 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.
- att.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- NIRA
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- arr.
-
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- NTIA
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- fest
-
noun,
an assembly of people engaged in a common activity (often used in combination):
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- 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.
- ae.
-
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- ef-
-
- Ar.
-
- efl
-
- eft
-
noun,
a newt, especially the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescens (red eft) in its immature terrestrial stage.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Fee
-
noun,
a charge or payment for professional services:
- tfr
-
- AEF
-
- ARS
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- tlr
-
- AFL
-
- TNT
-
- AFS
-
- AFT
-
adverb,
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail:
- an.
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- TSI
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ea.
-
- ean
-
- TSS
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- fer
-
preposition, conjunction,
for.
- 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.
- 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.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- at.
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- TSE
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Fen
-
noun,
low land covered wholly or partially with water; boggy land; a marsh.
- Af.
-
- al.
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ETR
-
- ESA
-
- 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.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- EIS
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ASR
-
- ASN
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ese
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Alf
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alfred.
- ASI
-
- ESL
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- ETS
-
- ANF
-
- tr.
-
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ase
-
- tra
-
- eir
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- 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.
- ast
-
- ene
-
- ARF
-
interjection,
(used to imitate the bark of a dog).
- 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.
- ERT
-
- FAR
-
Idioms,
a far cry (from). cry (def 27).
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Fan
-
noun,
any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces.
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- TIA
-
- trf
-
- FAS
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- en-
-
- IRL
-
- FET
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- SLE
-
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- nef
-
noun,
a silver or gold table furnishing in the form of a ship, either for holding various utensils or for ornament.
- NES
-
- SLA
-
- NFL
-
- SLR
-
- NFS
-
- NIA
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- NLF
-
- nr.
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NSA
-
- SSI
-
- LSI
-
- LSS
-
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSN
-
- Fia
-
- NSF
-
- SSA
-
- ss.
-
- LST
-
- SRS
-
- LTA
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- ltr
-
- Sr.
-
- NRA
-
- Re.
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- RTS
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- RSS
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTF
-
- SAE
-
- RNR
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAR
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Rs.
-
- RNA
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- REA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- RAF
-
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- RFA
-
- RFE
-
- RFI
-
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- RIF
-
noun,
Er [er] /ɛr/ (Show IPA) a mountainous coastal region in N Morocco.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SSE
-
- Lif
-
- ine
-
- Ife
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ILS
-
- in.
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- TAL
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Ir.
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ISA
-
- ise
-
- ier
-
- IAS
-
- ISR
-
- Fra
-
noun,
a title of address for a friar or brother.
- fie
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disapprobation, annoyance, etc.)
- fil
-
noun,
fils.
- FIR
-
noun,
any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- FIT
-
noun,
the manner in which a thing fits:
- Fl.
-
- Fr.
-
abbreviation,
Father.
- 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.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Frl
-
- FSA
-
- FSR
-
- ft.
-
- IFS
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- Isl
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ist
-
- STL
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- STI
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LaF
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- TTS
-
- Lt.
-
- La.
-
- ITA
-
- ite
-
- SA
-
- NL
-
- le
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- FE
-
- L.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- S.
-
- TL
-
- SL
-
- i.
-
- t.
-
- fn
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- LF
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- LR
-
- ln
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TT
-
- T1
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- RI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- L1
-
- RN
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NI
-
- NF
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- L2
-
- f.
-
noun,
(Paul) Felix (Edler von Münzberg) [poul fey-liks eyd-luh r fuh n mynts-berk] /paʊl ˈfeɪ lɪks ˈeɪd lər fən ˈmüntsˌbɛrk/ (Show IPA), 1863–1942, Austrian composer, conductor, and writer.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TN
-
- SF
-
- FI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the fourth and fifth degrees of a scale.
- FA
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fourth tone of a diatonic scale.
- IF
-
noun,
a supposition; uncertain possibility:
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- ee
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- R.
-
- SN
-
- RF
-