Anagrams of senatorial
Word senatorial has
1377 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of senatorial.
- relations
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- antisolar
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adjective,
(on the celestial sphere) opposite the sun.
- orientals
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- serotinal
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adjective,
pertaining to or occurring in late summer.
- Orleanist
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noun,
a supporter of the Orléans branch of the former French royal family and of its claim to the throne of France through descent from the younger brother of Louis XIV.
- Orleanais
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noun,
a former province in N France. Capital: Orléans.
- rationale
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noun,
the fundamental reason or reasons serving to account for something.
- rationals
-
noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- Tirolean
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol.
- also-ran
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noun,
Sports.
(in a race) a contestant who fails to win or to place among the first three finishers.
an athlete or team whose performance in competition is rarely, if ever, a winning or near-winning one.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- asternal
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adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- laotians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- Lorestan
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noun,
Luristan.
- senorita
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noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
- ailerons
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- notarial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a notary public.
- notaries
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noun,
notary public.
- Oriental
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noun,
(usually initial capital letter) Older Use: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a native or inhabitant of the Orient, or East.
- orinasal
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noun,
an orinasal sound.
- retinols
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noun,
vitamin A.
- 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.
- rational
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noun,
Mathematics. rational number.
- 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.
- relation
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noun,
an existing connection; a significant association between or among things:
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- Aaronite
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noun,
one of the priestly descendants of Aaron.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- loaners
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Rosalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- arseno-
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- arsenal
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noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- isolate
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- Estonia
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noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Lorient
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noun,
a seaport in NW France, on the Bay of Biscay.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- Santali
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noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- estriol
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noun,
Biochemistry. an estrogenic hormone, C 18 H 21 (OH) 3 , occurring in urine during pregnancy.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Orleans
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Loiret, in central France, SSW of Paris: English siege of the city raised by Joan of Arc 1428.
- Torenia
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noun,
any of several plants belonging to the genus Torenia, of the figwort family, native to Africa and Asia, having two-lipped, usually blue or purple flowers.
- etalons
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- onliest
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Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- stearo-
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- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- rialtos
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noun,
an exchange or mart.
- norites
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noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- Artesia
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noun,
a city in S California.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- Anteros
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noun,
Classical Mythology. a brother of Eros, most often regarded as the avenger of unrequited love.
- antero-
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- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- Antares
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noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- artisan
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noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- Natalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- oralist
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noun,
an advocate of oralism.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- sterno-
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- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- loiters
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- retinol
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noun,
vitamin A.
- entoils
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- anisole
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noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- 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.
- Sinaloa
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noun,
a state in W Mexico, bordering on the Gulf of California. 22,582 sq. mi. (58,485 sq. km). Capital: Culiacán.
- antiars
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noun,
the upas tree.
- 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.
- Alastor
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noun,
(sometimes initial capital letter) an avenging spirit or deity frequently evoked in Greek tragedy; a male Nemesis.
- talions
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noun,
lex talionis.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- Lateran
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noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- aristo-
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- Salerno
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- senator
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noun,
a member of a senate.
- nostril
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noun,
either of the two external openings of the nose.
- latrias
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- solaria
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noun,
a glass-enclosed room, porch, or the like, exposed to the sun's rays, as at a seaside hotel or for convalescents in a hospital.
- transl.
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- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- treason
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noun,
the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- Aeolian
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noun,
a member of one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Compare Achaean (def 5), Dorian1 (def 2), Ionian (def 3).
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- sealant
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noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- Aetolia
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noun,
an ancient district in W Greece, now part of the province of Aetolia and Acarnania.
- aileron
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noun,
Aeronautics. a movable surface, usually near the trailing edge of a wing, that controls the roll of the airframe or effects maneuvers, as banks and the like.
- elation
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- orients
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noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- astrol.
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- Laotian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Laos.
- Aretino
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noun,
Pietro [pye-traw] /ˈpyɛ trɔ/ (Show IPA), 1492–1556, Italian satirist and dramatist.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- tailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- lariats
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- alinota
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noun,
the plate to which the wings are attached on the notum of an insect.
- toenail
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- areolas
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noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- rations
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noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- solatia
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noun,
something given in compensation for inconvenience, loss, injury, or the like; recompense.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- tsarina
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noun,
czarina.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- talion
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noun,
lex talionis.
- etalon
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noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- Talien
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noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- satori
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noun,
sudden enlightenment.
- Estrin
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noun,
estrone.
- estral
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adjective,
estrous.
- satire
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noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- narial
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adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- Naoise
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noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- talons
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noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- tarso-
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- natals
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noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Elinor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Salina
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noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- terais
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noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- saline
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- tensor
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noun,
Anatomy. a muscle that stretches or tightens some part of the body.
- Salten
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noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Easton
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noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- tenias
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noun,
taenia.
- Salter
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- saltie
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noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- telson
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noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- nitro-
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- nitres
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noun,
niter.
- niters
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noun,
potassium nitrate.
- elints
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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.
- Sarton
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noun,
May, 1912–95, U.S. poet, novelist, and playwright.
- Nilote
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- elisor
-
noun,
a person appointed by a court to perform the duties of a sheriff or coroner who is disqualified from acting in a certain case.
- Santal
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noun,
sandalwood.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Nestor
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noun,
the oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War and a king of Pylos.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- enrols
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verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- nerols
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noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- entoil
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verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Eolian
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noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- tarsal
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noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- talers
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noun,
thaler.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- linear
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adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- lanose
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adjective,
lanate.
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- liners
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noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- lanate
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adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- lanais
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noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- sonata
-
noun,
a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys.
- Sorata
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noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Bolivia, in the Andes, near Lake Titicaca: two peaks, Ancohuma, 21,490 feet (6550 meters), and Illampu, 21,276 feet (6485 meters).
- Aeolis
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noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- Li-sao
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noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- sortie
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noun,
a rapid movement of troops from a besieged place to attack the besiegers.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- silane
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noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- listen
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Solera
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noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- Solent
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noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- liters
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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.
- latins
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- Sloane
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noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- learnt
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verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Slater
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- latria
-
noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- Latona
-
noun,
the goddess Leto as identified in Roman mythology.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Latina
-
noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lianas
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noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- solate
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verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- Lister
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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.
- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- triose
-
noun,
a monosaccharide that has three atoms of carbon.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- instr.
-
- instar
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- triols
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- lories
-
noun,
any of several small, usually brilliantly colored Australasian parrots having the tongue bordered with a brushlike fringe for feeding on nectar and fruit juices.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- Tailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
- Senora
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.
- iatro-
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- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- stoner
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is habitually high on drugs, especially marijuana, or alcohol; a person who is usually stoned.
- inter.
-
- Israel
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noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Aeolia
-
noun,
Aeolis.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- irones
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Loiret
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2630 sq. mi. (6810 sq. km). Capital: Orléans.
- steno-
-
- loiter
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time) in an idle or aimless manner (usually followed by away):
- sterol
-
noun,
any of a group of solid, mostly unsaturated, polycyclic alcohols, as cholesterol and ergosterol, derived from plants or animals.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Lorain
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noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- lorans
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- intros
-
noun,
an introduction.
- intro.
-
- intra-
-
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- norite
-
noun,
a granular igneous rock consisting of a mix of light and dark minerals, the former being calcic plagioclase feldspars, and the latter orthorhombic pyroxenes.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- Ostler
-
noun,
hostler.
- Rialto
-
noun,
an exchange or mart.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- tronas
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- toners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- aniso-
-
- 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.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- aeron.
-
- arsen-
-
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- aroint
-
verb (imperative),
begone:
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- orates
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- aortas
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- oriels
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Orient
-
noun,
the Orient,
the countries of Asia, especially East Asia.
(formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- areola
-
noun,
a ring of color, as around the human nipple.
- ornate
-
adjective,
elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so:
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- Anatol
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sunrise.”.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- reason
-
noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- torsel
-
noun,
a beam or slab of wood, stone, iron, etc., laid on a masonry wall to receive and distribute the weight from one end of a beam.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- ration
-
noun,
a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage:
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- trans.
-
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- trones
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- 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.
- Reston
-
noun,
James (Barrett) ("Scotty") 1909–1995, U.S. journalist, born in Scotland.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- resoil
-
verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- Altona
-
noun,
a metropolitan district of Hamburg, Germany: formerly an independent city.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Tories
-
noun,
a member of the Conservative Party in Great Britain or Canada.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- aorist
-
noun,
a verb tense, as in Classical Greek, expressing action or, in the indicative mood, past action, without further limitation or implication.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- oaters
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- atonal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or marked by atonality.
- Rosita
-
noun,
a female given name, Spanish form of Rose.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Artois
-
noun,
a former province in N France: artesian wells.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- astron
-
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- astro-
-
- 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.
- asonia
-
noun,
tone deafness.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- tiaras
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rotas
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- rotes
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- rotls
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- 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.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- nitr-
-
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- 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.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- oater
-
noun,
a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Niort
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Deux-Sèvres, in W France.
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Sino-
-
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- reni-
-
- 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.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- 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.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- 30-30
-
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- ratio
-
noun,
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- 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.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- ratos
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- sito-
-
- Aaron
-
noun,
the older brother of Moses, usually regarded as the first high priest of the Hebrews. Ex. 28; 40:13–16.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- trios
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- Aalto
-
noun,
Alvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Finnish architect and furniture designer.
- senor
-
noun,
a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Abbreviation: Sr.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- trois
-
noun,
the number 3.
- orial
-
- roast
-
noun,
roasted meat or a piece of roasted meat, as a piece of beef or veal of a quantity and shape for slicing into more than one portion.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Trona
-
noun,
a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- orles
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- natl.
-
- naso-
-
- 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.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- 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.
- orant
-
noun,
a representation of a female figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- riots
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- orate
-
verb (used with or without object),
to deliver an oration; speak pompously; declaim.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- Sarto
-
noun,
Andrea del [ahn-drey-uh del;; Italian ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdreɪ ə dɛl;; Italian ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), Andrea del Sarto.
- nears
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Lorne
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lorna
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sanit
-
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- sero-
-
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- trone
-
noun,
a large pair of scales, a spring balance, or other weighing device located in a town or marketplace to weigh goods and merchandise.
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- 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).
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- seti-
-
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- LORAN
-
noun,
a system of long-range navigation whereby the latitude and longitude of a ship or airplane are determined from the time displacement between radio signals from two or more fixed transmitters.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- rosin
-
noun,
Chemistry. the yellowish to amber, translucent, hard, brittle, fragmented resin left after distilling the oil of turpentine from the crude oleoresin of the pine: used chiefly in making varnishes, varnish and paint driers, printing inks, and for rubbing on the bows of such string instruments as the violin.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- roset
-
noun,
resin; rosin.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- oste-
-
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- Astor
-
noun,
John Jacob, 1763–1848, U.S. capitalist and fur merchant.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- astr.
-
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- 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.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- ation
-
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- 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.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- arson
-
noun,
Law. the malicious burning of another's house or property, or in some statutes, the burning of one's own house or property, as to collect insurance.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arnel
-
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- TIROS
-
noun,
one of a series of satellites for transmitting television pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
- aero-
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Tirol
-
noun,
Tyrol.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- ASEAN
-
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- tears
-
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ento-
-
- taros
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- aeri-
-
- 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.
- teno-
-
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- tera-
-
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- tenor
-
noun,
the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift.
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- telo-
-
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Erato
-
noun,
the Muse of love poetry.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- TORES
-
noun,
a torus.
- Alta.
-
- 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.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- alti-
-
- alto-
-
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- toran
-
noun,
(in Indian Buddhist and Hindu architecture) a gateway having two or three lintels between two posts.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- 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.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- treas
-
- 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.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- torse
-
noun,
a wreath of twisted silks of two alternating tinctures, usually a metal and a color, depicted supporting a crest or coronet, often upon a helmet.
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- Alas.
-
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- torsi
-
noun,
a plural of torso.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- anal.
-
- anat.
-
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- anti-
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Tolar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of Slovenia until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 stotins.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- aorta
-
noun,
the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- ante-
-
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- areo-
-
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- tonia
-
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anis-
-
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- toner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tones.
- anoas
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- anoia
-
noun,
extreme mental deficiency.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- inst.
-
- triol
-
noun,
a compound having three hydroxyl groups.
- insol
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- store
-
noun,
an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- ileo-
-
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- intr.
-
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- irone
-
noun,
a colorless liquid of isomeric, unsaturated ketones, C 14 H 22 O, obtained from orris root: used in perfumery for its odor of violets.
- Ital.
-
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- ster.
-
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Iran.
-
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- Srta.
-
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- Soter
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 166?–175?.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- 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.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- IATSE
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- snort
-
noun,
the act or sound of snorting.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- 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.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- 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.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- 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.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Tore
-
noun,
a torus.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- Tori
-
noun,
plural of torus.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Soni
-
- Sra.
-
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- tri-
-
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Sol.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- 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.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- 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.
- torn
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- soln
-
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- tors
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- 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.
- sort
-
noun,
a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature:
- rit.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ten.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- 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.
- ter.
-
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- 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.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- 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.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- 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.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Taro
-
noun,
a stemless plant, Colocasia esculenta, of the arum family, cultivated in tropical regions, in the Pacific islands and elsewhere, for the edible tuber.
- 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.
- 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.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Trio
-
noun,
a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- tel-
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- tRNA
-
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- tron
-
- Sat.
-
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- RNAS
-
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Tiro
-
noun,
tyro.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- riot
-
noun,
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- Ste.
-
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- Roti
-
noun,
roast.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- ROTS
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- ROTL
-
noun,
a unit of weight used in Islamic countries, varying widely in value, but of the order of the pound.
- str.
-
- RONA
-
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- rote
-
noun,
routine; a fixed, habitual, or mechanical course of procedure:
- Rota
-
noun,
Chiefly British.
a round or rotation of duties; a period of work or duty taken in rotation with others.
an agenda or circuit of sporting events, as a round of golf tournaments, played in different localities throughout the year.
- tion
-
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 1080
-
- rel.
-
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- 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:
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- 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.
- itol
-
- 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.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- intl
-
- IATA
-
- ile-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- inae
-
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- int.
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- iso-
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- iron
-
noun,
Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C.
Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- lea.
-
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- IAEA
-
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- 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.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- Lore
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- 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.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- iana
-
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Anas
-
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- ano-
-
- anoa
-
noun,
a small forest buffalo, Bubalus (Anoa) depressicornis, of the island of Celebes, having a brown coat and straight, sharp-tipped horns: an endangered species.
- ANSI
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- aer-
-
- aet.
-
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- Aire
-
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Alis
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ala.
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ARIS
-
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- Ens.
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- eso-
-
- est.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ELAS
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- art.
-
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- ator
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Nero
-
noun,
(Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (“Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus”) a.d. 37–68, emperor of Rome 54–68, known for his cruelty and depravity.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- neo-
-
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Ont.
-
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- ole-
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Nor.
-
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- 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.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- NOAA
-
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- nos-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- NIRA
-
- 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.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- orts
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- orle
-
noun,
Heraldry.
a charge in the form of a narrow band following the form of the escutcheon within the edge, so that the extreme outer edge of the escutcheon is of the field tincture.
an arrangement in orle of small charges:
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- 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.
- NTIA
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- RATO
-
noun,
rocket-assisted takeoff.
- 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.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- not-
-
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- ROA
-
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ASR
-
- ONI
-
- ast
-
- ONR
-
- ons
-
- at.
-
- 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.
- ATA
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- TIA
-
- en-
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- ERT
-
- OAS
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- ROT
-
noun,
the process of rotting.
- 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.
- OIr
-
- OIt
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- Ola
-
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ROI
-
- 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.
- ean
-
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- RNA
-
- aor
-
- ASI
-
- REA
-
- tra
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- 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.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- 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.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- AEA
-
- ae.
-
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- Aar
-
- Tro
-
- AAE
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- al.
-
- AIA
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- tr.
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- ase
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- ARS
-
- tlo
-
- tlr
-
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ORT
-
noun,
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
- ose
-
- 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.
- ot-
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- AOA
-
- OTA
-
- ote
-
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- OTS
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- Re.
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- Tor
-
noun,
a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ESA
-
- RSE
-
- ESL
-
- Lt.
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- 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:
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- NIA
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- La.
-
- NES
-
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Sr.
-
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- St.
-
- oar
-
noun,
a long shaft with a broad blade at one end, used as a lever for rowing or otherwise propelling or steering a boat.
- Sta
-
- ite
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SLR
-
- SAR
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- LON
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NAA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SLA
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- SLE
-
- ISA
-
- 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.
- IRS
-
- ial
-
- nr.
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ILS
-
- ILO
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- ier
-
- RTS
-
- IAS
-
- rte
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- rt.
-
- ine
-
- TAL
-
- Ia.
-
- io-
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ETS
-
- ETR
-
- 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).
- ETO
-
- RSA
-
- Rs.
-
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ESR
-
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- So.
-
- NSA
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- IOT
-
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- SAE
-
- OSA
-
- STI
-
- STL
-
- SAA
-
- Ir.
-
- ior
-
- NRA
-
- SRO
-
- IRL
-
- IRO
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- RO
-
- LR
-
- 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.
- 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.
- NI
-
- ln
-
- N.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- AO
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- i.
-
- OA
-
- TL
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- 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.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- SN
-
- NL
-
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- le
-
- SL
-
- t.
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- EI
-
- O.
-
- SA
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L2
-
- S.
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- L1
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ol
-
- L.
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TN
-