Anagrams of sensorineural
Word sensorineural has
1352 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of sensorineural.
- innersole
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noun,
insole.
- aleurones
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noun,
protein granules (aleurone grains) found in a single layer of cells (aleurone layer) in the outermost portion of the endosperm.
- arsenious
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adjective,
arsenous.
- selenious
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adjective,
containing tetravalent or bivalent selenium.
- unreasons
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noun,
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- reinsures
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verb (used with object),
to insure again.
- aleurone
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noun,
protein granules (aleurone grains) found in a single layer of cells (aleurone layer) in the outermost portion of the endosperm.
- erasions
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- anuresis
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noun,
retention of urine in the bladder.
- nonaries
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noun,
a number in a nonary system.
- alienors
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- senarius
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noun,
a Latin verse of six feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
- seilenos
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noun,
Silenus.
- unreason
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noun,
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
- nonissue
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noun,
a matter or issue of little or no interest or importance:
- enuresis
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noun,
lack of control of urination, especially during sleep; bed-wetting; urinary incontinence.
- Linnaeus
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noun,
Carolus [kar-uh-luh s] /ˈkær ə ləs/ (Show IPA), (Carl von Linné) 1707–78, Swedish botanist.
- 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.
- Sorensen
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noun,
Soren Peter Lauritz [sœ-ruh n pey-tar lou-rits] /ˈsœ rən ˈpeɪ tær ˈlaʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1868–1939, Danish chemist: developed pH scale.
- learners
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noun,
a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
- nonusers
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noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- Larousse
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noun,
Pierre Athanase [pyer a-ta-nahz] /pyɛr a taˈnɑz/ (Show IPA), 1817–75, French grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopedist.
- sensoria
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noun,
a part of the brain or the brain itself regarded as the seat of sensation.
- ensnarls
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verb (used with object),
to entangle in or as in a snarl.
- ensnares
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- anserine
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adjective,
of or relating to the subfamily Anserinae, of the family Anatidae, comprising the true geese.
- rosaries
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noun,
Roman Catholic Church.
a series of prayers, usually consisting of 15 decades of aves, each decade being preceded by a paternoster and followed by a Gloria Patri, one of the mysteries or events in the life of Christ or the Virgin Mary being recalled at each decade.
a string of beads used for counting these prayers during their recitation.
a similar string of beads consisting of five decades.
- aneurins
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noun,
thiamine.
- unsnarls
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verb (used with object),
to bring out of a snarled condition; disentangle.
- leisures
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noun,
freedom from the demands of work or duty:
- elusions
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noun,
the act of eluding; evasion.
- selenous
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adjective,
selenious.
- anisoles
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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.
- annulose
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adjective,
furnished with or composed of rings:
- erasures
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noun,
an act or instance of erasing.
- Elsinore
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noun,
Helsingør.
- reassure
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verb (used with object),
to restore to assurance or confidence:
- insnares
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- insurers
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noun,
a person or company that contracts to indemnify another in the event of loss or damage; underwriter.
- neuroses
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noun,
Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
- neurosis
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noun,
Also called psychoneurosis. a functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
- inulases
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noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- Asnieres
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noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- L-series
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noun,
See under L-line.
- 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.
- aureoles
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noun,
a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
- insulars
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noun,
an inhabitant of an island; islander.
- aureolin
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noun,
a pigment used in painting, consisting of potassium cobaltinitrite and characterized by its brilliant yellow hue, transparency, and permanence.
- unlearns
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verb (used with object),
to forget or lose knowledge of.
- resinous
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adjective,
full of or containing resin.
- Lorraine
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noun,
Also, Lorrain. Claude (Claude Gelée) 1600–82, French painter.
- arsenous
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adjective,
containing arsenic in the trivalent state, as arsenous chloride, AsCl 3 .
- soilures
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noun,
a stain.
- serranos
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noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- reinsure
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verb (used with object),
to insure again.
- Eleusis
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noun,
a city in ancient Greece, in Attica.
- nelsons
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noun,
a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.
- liernes
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noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- Eleanor
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noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- arsines
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noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Neilson
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noun,
William Allan, 1869–1946, U.S. educator and lexicographer, born in Scotland.
- Salerno
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noun,
a seaport in SW Italy: taken by U.S. forces September 1943.
- seleno-
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- suasion
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noun,
the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
- sanious
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adjective,
characterized by the discharge of sanies.
- salines
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noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- seiners
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noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- nasions
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noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- sealers
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- Susanne
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noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- surreal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism, an artistic and literary style; surrealistic.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- lioness
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noun,
a female lion.
- sorrels
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noun,
light reddish-brown.
- loaners
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noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- sunrise
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noun,
the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
- Auslese
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noun,
(often lowercase) a wine made in Germany from carefully selected ripe grapes.
- saurels
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noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- sauries
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noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- Loraine
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noun,
a female given name, form of Lorraine.
- ensiles
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verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- sonnies
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noun,
little son (often used as a familiar term of address to a boy).
- Essonne
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noun,
a department in N France. 699 sq. mi. (1810 sq. km). Capital: Évry.
- soirees
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noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- serious
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noun,
that which is of importance, grave, critical, or somber:
- soilure
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noun,
a stain.
- Serrano
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noun,
a small, green or reddish, extremely hot chili pepper, the fruit of a variety of Capsicum annuum used in cooking.
- serries
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verb (used with or without object),
to crowd closely together.
- eslisor
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noun,
elisor.
- siennas
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noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- sierras
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noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- silanes
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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.
- Silenus
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noun,
a forest spirit, sometimes referred to as the oldest of the satyrs and the foster father, teacher, and companion of Dionysus: often represented as a bearded old man.
- ironers
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- lanners
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noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- Silures
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- inulase
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noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- insures
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- insurer
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noun,
a person or company that contracts to indemnify another in the event of loss or damage; underwriter.
- insular
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noun,
an inhabitant of an island; islander.
- insouls
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verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- insoles
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- ileuses
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noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- sirrees
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noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- insnare
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verb (used with object),
ensnare.
- serines
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- serials
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- lesions
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noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- ensouls
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verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- elusion
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noun,
the act of eluding; evasion.
- seniles
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noun,
a senile person.
- enisles
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verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- Leonine
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adjective,
of or relating to the lion.
- senoras
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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.
- leisure
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noun,
freedom from the demands of work or duty:
- solunar
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adjective,
pertaining to or listing the rising and setting times of the sun and moon, phases of the moon, eclipses, etc.:
- ensnare
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verb (used with object),
to capture in, or involve as in, a snare:
- ensnarl
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verb (used with object),
to entangle in or as in a snarl.
- sensual
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adjective,
pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.
- ensures
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verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- erasure
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noun,
an act or instance of erasing.
- learner
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noun,
a person who is learning; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.
- leaners
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- Laurier
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noun,
Sir Wilfrid [wil-frid;; French weel-freed] /ˈwɪl frɪd;; French wilˈfrid/ (Show IPA), 1841–1919, Canadian statesman: prime minister 1896–1911.
- Laurens
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noun,
Henry, 1724–92, South Carolina and U.S. Revolutionary political leader: president of the Continental Congress 1777–78.
- Soleure
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noun,
French name of Solothurn.
- Laureen
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- sereins
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- erasers
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noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- larries
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noun,
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
- erasion
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noun,
the act of erasing.
- arseno-
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- aureole
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noun,
a radiance surrounding the head or the whole figure in the representation of a sacred personage.
- Rosalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning rose festival.
- urinals
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noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- nursers
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noun,
a person, animal, or thing that nurses.
- unseals
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verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- Russian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Russia.
- resails
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- alienor
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noun,
a person who transfers property.
- 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.
- ouraris
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noun,
curare.
- resales
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noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- Roulers
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noun,
a city in NW Belgium: battles 1914, 1918.
- runnels
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noun,
a small stream; brook; rivulet.
- alerion
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noun,
an eagle displayed, usually represented without a beak or legs.
- anoesis
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noun,
a state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.
- Nilsson
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noun,
(Märta) Birgit [mahr-tah bir-git;; English mahr-tuh bur-git] /ˈmɑr tɑ ˈbɪr gɪt;; English ˈmɑr tə ˈbɜr gɪt/ (Show IPA), 1918–2005, Swedish soprano.
- reseaus
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noun,
a network.
- ureases
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noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- airless
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adjective,
lacking air.
- oneness
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noun,
the quality of being one; singleness.
- areoles
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noun,
an areola.
- resiles
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- runless
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adjective,
without having scored a run; without runs:
- Roussel
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noun,
Albert (Charles Paul Mari) [al-ber sharl pawl ma-ree] /alˈbɛr ʃarl pɔl maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, French composer.
- arenose
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adjective,
sandy; gritty.
- unnails
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verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- Reunion
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noun,
the act of uniting again.
- nonuser
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noun,
a person who does not use or partake of something, as drugs or alcoholic beverages.
- resoles
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- 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.
- unreels
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verb (used with object),
to unwind from or as if from a reel:
- reasons
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- reliers
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noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- Rosanne
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noun,
a female given name.
- Aneurin
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noun,
thiamine.
- unsnarl
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verb (used with object),
to bring out of a snarled condition; disentangle.
- arouses
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verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- reissue
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noun,
something that is issued again, as a book or a motion picture.
- unisons
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noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- rissole
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noun,
a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.
- unlearn
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verb (used with object),
to forget or lose knowledge of.
- aeneous
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adjective,
bronze-colored:
- Nielsen
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noun,
Carl August [kahrl ou-goo st] /kɑrl ˈaʊ gʊst/ (Show IPA), 1865–1931, Danish composer.
- sailors
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noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- 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.
- sailers
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noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- rasures
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noun,
an erasure.
- leases
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noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- series
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noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- Lauren
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noun,
a female given name.
- ossein
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noun,
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid.
- Laurie
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noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- online
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adverb,
with or through a computer, especially over a network.
- serial
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noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- Lassie
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noun,
a young girl; lass.
- onuses
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noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- learns
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verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- ourari
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noun,
curare.
- r-less
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adjective,
r-dropping.
- ousels
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noun,
ouzel.
- serais
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noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- serein
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noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- leaner
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- risers
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noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- osiers
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noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- Ossian
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noun,
a legendary hero and poet and son of Finn, who is supposed to have lived during the 3rd century a.d., represented in Gaelic poems and in imitations of them written by James Macpherson in the 18th century.
- reuses
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noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Orense
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noun,
a city in N Spain, NW of Madrid.
- oriels
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noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- Serena
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noun,
a female given name.
- rinses
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noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Nerine
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noun,
any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Nerine, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having funnel-shaped red, pink, or white flowers.
- lanose
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adjective,
lanate.
- insula
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noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- inurns
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verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- inures
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- rassle
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verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Rasure
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noun,
an erasure.
- Renoir
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1894–1979, French film director and writer.
- reason
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noun,
a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.:
- insure
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- Rennie
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noun,
John, 1761–1821, Scottish engineer.
- insoul
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verb (used with object),
ensoul.
- reruns
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noun,
the act of rerunning.
- Rennes
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Ille-et-Vilaine, in NW France: former capital of Brittany; scene of trial of Alfred Dreyfus, 1899.
- insole
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noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- renins
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noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- Reiner
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noun,
Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.
- relier
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noun,
a person or thing that relies.
- insane
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adjective,
not sane; not of sound mind; mentally deranged.
- Siouan
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noun,
an American Indian language family formerly widespread from Saskatchewan to the lower Mississippi, also found in the Virginia and Carolina piedmont, and including Catawba, Crow, Dakota, Hidatsa, Mandan, Osage, and Winnebago.
- Inness
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noun,
George, 1825–94, and his son George, 1854–1926, U.S. painters.
- sinner
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noun,
a person who sins; transgressor.
- silure
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plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- lanner
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noun,
a falcon, Falco biarmicus, of southern Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia.
- 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.
- Lanier
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noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- serine
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noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- resole
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verb (used with object),
to put a new sole on (a shoe, boot, etc.).
- resoil
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verb (used with object),
to replace topsoil, especially that lost by erosion.
- serins
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noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- resile
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verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- serous
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adjective,
resembling serum; of a watery nature.
- reseau
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noun,
a network.
- sienna
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noun,
a ferruginous earth used as a yellowish-brown pigment (raw sienna) or, after roasting in a furnace, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt sienna)
- ironer
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noun,
a person or thing that irons.
- raises
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noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Sierra
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noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- 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.
- resale
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noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- ranees
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noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- irreal
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adjective,
unreal.
- Silone
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noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- irones
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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.
- resail
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verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- serosa
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noun,
Embryology, Zoology.
the chorion.
a similar membrane in insects and other lower invertebrates.
- Lenore
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noun,
a female given name, form of Eleanor.
- 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.
- Russia
-
noun,
Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- Luanne
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Saseno
-
noun,
an island off the W coast of Albania, at the entrance to Valona Bay: belongs to Albania. 2 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- louses
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- Louise
-
noun,
Lake, a glacial lake in W Canada, in SW Alberta in the Canadian Rockies: resort. 5670 feet (1728 meters) above sea level.
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- Russo-
-
- louies
-
noun,
looie.
- Nissan
-
noun,
Nisan.
- lunars
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- run-on
-
noun,
run-on matter.
- runner
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that runs, especially as a racer.
- losers
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Lorrie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- noesis
-
noun,
(in Greek philosophy) the exercise of reason.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- 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.
- Lorens
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lorena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- lunies
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- 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.
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- neural
-
adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- Nereus
-
noun,
a sea god, the son of Pontus and Gaea and father of the Nereids.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- neuro-
-
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- neurol
-
- Nelson
-
noun,
a hold in which pressure is applied to the head, back of the neck, and one or both arms of the opponent.
- neuron
-
noun,
Cell Biology. a specialized, impulse-conducting cell that is the functional unit of the nervous system, consisting of the cell body and its processes, the axon and dendrites.
- Sarnen
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Obwalden, in central Switzerland, E of Bern.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- nasion
-
noun,
the intersection of the internasal suture with the nasofrontal suture in the midsagittal plane.
- sailor
-
noun,
a person whose occupation is sailing or navigation; mariner.
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- Sanusi
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic brotherhood established among the anticolonial Bedouins of North Africa.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- runnel
-
noun,
a small stream; brook; rivulet.
- noises
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Ronnie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Ronald or Veronica.
- leones
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- nurses
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- Rosser
-
noun,
a logger who peels the bark from, and often smooths one side of, a log so that it may be dragged easily.
- Lerner
-
noun,
Alan Jay, 1918–86, U.S. lyricist and librettist.
- rosins
-
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.
- Senior
-
noun,
a person who is older than another.
- Rosina
-
noun,
a female given name, Italian form of Rose.
- Sennar
-
noun,
a region in the E Sudan between the White and Blue Nile rivers, S of Khartoum: a former kingdom.
- Lesser
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- sennas
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- nerols
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- Lenoir
-
noun,
Jean Joseph Étienne [zhahn zhoh-zef ey-tyen] /ʒɑ̃ ʒoʊˈzɛf eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1822–1900, French inventor.
- 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.
- Oeneus
-
noun,
a king of Calydon believed to have been the first man to cultivate grapes.
- senors
-
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.
- Roseau
-
noun,
a seaport on and the capital of Dominica.
- oilers
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- sensor
-
noun,
a mechanical device sensitive to light, temperature, radiation level, or the like, that transmits a signal to a measuring or control instrument.
- lessen
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- nurser
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that nurses.
- Lorain
-
noun,
a port in N Ohio, on Lake Erie.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- Lonnie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Alonso.
- loners
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- loaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that loans.
- Season
-
noun,
one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter), beginning astronomically at an equinox or solstice, but geographically at different dates in different climates.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- run-in
-
noun,
a quarrel; argument.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- Noreen
-
noun,
a female given name, Irish diminutive of Nora.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- lesson
-
noun,
a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject:
- norias
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- rulers
-
noun,
a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- Norris
-
noun,
Charles Gilman, 1881–1945, U.S. novelist and editor.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- selen-
-
- rouses
-
noun,
a rousing.
- rouens
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- lessor
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., who grants a lease.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- inanes
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Aussie
-
noun,
an Australian.
- sorels
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- sorrel
-
noun,
light reddish-brown.
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- sunnas
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- Auriol
-
noun,
Vincent [vin-suh nt;; French van-sahn] /ˈvɪn sənt;; French vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1884–1966, French statesman: president 1947–54.
- 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.
- assure
-
verb (used with object),
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
- assoil
-
verb (used with object),
to absolve; acquit; pardon.
- surras
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- Susian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Susa or Susiana.
- arsons
-
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.
- arsino
-
adjective,
containing the arsino group.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Elinor
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- arouse
-
verb (used with object),
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
- ensure
-
verb (used with object),
to secure or guarantee:
- eraser
-
noun,
a device, as a piece of rubber or cloth, for erasing marks made with pen, pencil, chalk, etc.
- Solera
-
noun,
(especially in Spain) a series of casks, graded according to age, in which sherries and brandies are stored while maturing.
- eosins
-
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.
- soleus
-
noun,
a muscle in the calf of the leg, behind the gastrocnemius muscle, that helps extend the foot forward.
- eonian
-
adjective,
aeonian.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- enures
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- ensues
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- Eloise
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ensoul
-
verb (used with object),
to endow with a soul.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- enrols
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- enosis
-
noun,
a movement for securing the political union of Greece and Cyprus.
- ennuis
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- Ennius
-
noun,
Quintus [kwin-tuh s] /ˈkwɪn təs/ (Show IPA), 239–169? b.c, Roman poet.
- sonars
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- arsen-
-
- unison
-
noun,
coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.
- solans
-
noun,
a gannet.
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- Aloeus
-
noun,
a son of Poseidon, husband of Iphimedia, and foster father of Otus and Ephialtes.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- 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.
- urease
-
noun,
an enzyme that changes urea into ammonium carbonate, occurring in bacteria, fungi, etc.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- urases
-
noun,
urease.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- urino-
-
- aeron.
-
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- Aeolus
-
noun,
the ruler of the winds.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- usneas
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- urano-
-
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- areole
-
noun,
an areola.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- ariose
-
adjective,
characterized by melody; songlike.
- unless
-
conjunction,
except under the circumstances that:
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- unnail
-
verb (used with object),
to take out the nails from.
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- anuses
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- unreel
-
verb (used with object),
to unwind from or as if from a reel:
- 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.
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- annuls
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- unseen
-
adjective,
not seen; unperceived; unobserved; invisible.
- aniso-
-
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- sirree
-
noun,
(used as an intensive with no or yes):
- snores
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Soares
-
noun,
Mário [mah-ryoo] /ˈmɑ ryʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1924, Portuguese statesman: prime minister 1976–78, 1983–85; president 1986–96.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- soiree
-
noun,
an evening party or social gathering, especially one held for a particular purpose:
- Euless
-
noun,
a city in N Texas.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Esenin
-
noun,
Sergey Aleksandrovich [Russian syir-gyey uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Yesenin, Sergey Aleksandrovich.
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- essoin
-
noun,
(in England) an excuse for nonappearance in a court of law at the prescribed time.
- 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.
- euros
-
noun,
wallaroo.
- inurn
-
verb (used with object),
to put into an urn, especially ashes after cremation.
- Sino-
-
- non-U
-
adjective,
not characteristic of or appropriate to the upper class, especially of Great Britain:
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- nones
-
noun,
the fifth of the seven canonical hours, or the service for it, originally fixed for the ninth hour of the day (or 3 p.m.).
- nona-
-
- Euro-
-
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- nonas
-
noun,
sleeping sickness (def 2).
- areo-
-
- Sinon
-
noun,
a Greek, posing as a deserter, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Trojan Horse into their city.
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- UNRRA
-
- Anson
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rouse
-
noun,
a rousing.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Rosse
-
noun,
William Parsons, Third Earl of, William Parsons.
- Rouen
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Seine-Maritime, in N France, on the Seine: famous cathedral; execution of Joan of Arc 1431.
- slues
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Annie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Ann, Anna, or Anne.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- annul
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of laws or other established rules, usages, etc.) to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate:
- roues
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- eusol
-
noun,
an antiseptic solution prepared from chlorinated lime and boric acid, formerly used in treating wounds.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- 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.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- noses
-
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.
- ruler
-
noun,
a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- Norse
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) the Norwegians, especially the ancient Norwegians.
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Norns
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- anon.
-
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- noria
-
noun,
a device consisting of a series of buckets on a wheel, used in Spain and the East for raising water.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- neons
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- neur-
-
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- nerol
-
noun,
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- Union
-
noun,
the act of uniting two or more things.
- 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.
- silos
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- nears
-
- Salus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- naso-
-
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- arose
-
verb,
simple past tense of arise.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- nines
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- rural
-
noun,
a person who lives in a rural area.
- anis-
-
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- Arion
-
noun,
flourished 7th century b.c, Greek poet: inventor of the dithyramb.
- Nisan
-
noun,
the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- Ninus
-
noun,
the legendary husband of Semiramis and founder of Nineveh.
- Ninos
-
noun,
boy; child.
- 30-30
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Sinan
-
noun,
1489?–1587, Turkish architect, especially of mosques.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Iran.
-
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- Arnel
-
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- Rosie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Rose.
- oases
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- 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).
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- 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.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- ousel
-
noun,
ouzel.
- insol
-
- ourie
-
adjective,
shabby; dingy.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- 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.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Inonu
-
noun,
Ismet [is-met] /ɪsˈmɛt/ (Show IPA), (Ismet Paşa) 1884–1973, president of Turkey 1938–50; prime minister 1923–24, 1925–37, 1961–65.
- ossia
-
conjunction,
(indicating an alternative, usually easier, version of a passage in a musical score) or; or else.
- 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.
- Inner
-
adjective,
situated within or farther within; interior:
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- Renan
-
noun,
Ernest [ur-nist;; French er-nest] /ˈɜr nɪst;; French ɛrˈnɛst/ (Show IPA), 1823–92, French philologist, historian, and critic.
- reni-
-
- 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.
- renin
-
noun,
a proteolytic enzyme secreted by the kidneys that is involved in the release of angiotensin.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- inane
-
noun,
something that is empty or void, especially the void of infinite space.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- rears
-
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- aero-
-
- rason
-
noun,
a long, loose, black gown with wide sleeves, worn by the clergy.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rerun
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- ileo-
-
- oasis
-
noun,
a small fertile or green area in a desert region, usually having a spring or well.
- 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.
- roars
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- roils
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Ronan
-
noun,
a king who killed his son, Mael Fothartaigh, after his wife had falsely accused the boy of attempting to seduce her, and who was himself killed by the children of Mael Fothartaigh.
- ronin
-
noun,
a samurai who no longer serves a daimyo, or feudal lord.
- Ronne
-
noun,
a seaport on W Bornholm island, Denmark, in the S Baltic Sea: stone quarries.
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- roans
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- uran-
-
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- oiler
-
noun,
a person or thing that oils.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Oesel
-
noun,
German name of Saaremaa.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- anion
-
noun,
a negatively charged ion, as one attracted to the anode in electrolysis.
- 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.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- orale
-
noun,
fanon (def 2).
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- ornes
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- Osler
-
noun,
Sir William, 1849–1919, Canadian physician and professor of medicine.
- osier
-
noun,
any of various willows, as the red osier, having tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- ORuss
-
- orris
-
noun,
an iris, Iris germanica florentina, having a fragrant rootstock.
- Orrin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- ornis
-
noun,
an avifauna.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- orals
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- 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:
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- Oriel
-
noun,
a bay window, especially one cantilevered or corbeled out from a wall.
- orial
-
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- orans
-
noun,
orant.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- sones
-
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.
- Leros
-
noun,
one of the Dodecanese Islands of Greece, off the SW coast of Turkey. 21 sq. mi. (54 sq. km).
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Senna
-
noun,
any plant, shrub, or tree belonging to the genus Cassia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves and large clusters of flowers.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Ennis
-
noun,
a town in N Texas.
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- Leone
-
noun,
a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Sierra Leone, equal to 100 cents.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ennui
-
noun,
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- 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.
- 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.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- snore
-
noun,
the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- sorus
-
noun,
Botany. one of the clusters of sporangia on the back of the fronds of ferns.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- linns
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- sores
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- linen
-
noun,
fabric woven from flax yarns.
- Sorel
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1847–1922, French engineer and social philosopher.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- soras
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- SONAR
-
noun,
a method for detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- soler
-
noun,
Padre Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1729–83, Spanish organist and composer.
- lasso
-
noun,
a long rope or line of hide or other material with a running noose at one end, used for roping horses, cattle, etc.
- soles
-
noun,
a plural of sol3 .
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- 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.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- erose
-
adjective,
uneven, as if gnawed away.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- 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.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- solar
-
noun,
Informal. solar energy.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Errol
-
noun,
a male given name.
- erron
-
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- ensue
-
verb (used without object),
to follow in order; come afterward, especially in immediate succession:
- Lenin
-
noun,
V(ladimir) I(lyich) [vlad-uh-meer il-yich;; Russian vluh-dyee-myir ee-lyeech] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian vlʌˈdyi myɪr iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov"N. Lenin") 1870–1924, Russian revolutionary leader: Soviet premier 1918–24.
- solus
-
adjective,
(referring to a man) alone; by oneself (used formerly in stage directions).
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- enrol
-
verb (used with or without object),
enroll.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- Ensor
-
noun,
James, 1860–1949, Belgian painter.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- sero-
-
- Seoul
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of South Korea, in the W part.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- soars
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- enure
-
verb (used with or without object),
inure.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- soils
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Louis
-
noun,
louis d'or.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- Sauls
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- aulos
-
noun,
an ancient Greek wind instrument, a double pipe played with a double reed.
- louse
-
noun,
any small, wingless insect of the order Anoplura (sucking louse) parasitic on humans and other mammals and having mouthparts adapted for sucking, as Pediculus humanus (body louse or head louse) and Phthirius pubis (crab louse or pubic louse)
- lours
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Irons
-
noun,
Jeremy (John) born 1948, English actor.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- Louie
-
noun,
looie.
- sunns
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- loses
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Sunni
-
noun,
Also called Sunnite. a member of one of the two great religious divisions of Islam, regarding the first four caliphs as legitimate successors of Muhammad and stressing the importance of Sunna as a basis for law.
Compare Shiʿite.
- loser
-
noun,
a person, team, nation, etc., that loses:
- Sunna
-
noun,
the traditional portion of Muslim law, based on the words and acts of Muhammad, and preserved in the traditional literature.
- 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.
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Lorin
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- assn.
-
- 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.
- Susan
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- nano-
-
- Sans.
-
- Nairn
-
noun,
a historic county in N Scotland.
- Euler
-
noun,
Leonhard [German ley-awn-hahrt] /German ˈleɪ ɔnˌhɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1707–83, Swiss mathematician.
- 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.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Saros
-
noun,
the period of 223 synodic months, equaling 6585.32 days or 18 years, 11.32 days (or 10.32 days if 5 leap years occur in the interval), after which eclipses repeat but are shifted 120° west.
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- Loris
-
noun,
Also called slender loris. a small, slender, tailless, large-eyed, nocturnal lemur, Loris gracilis, of southern India and Sri Lanka.
- surra
-
noun,
an often fatal infectious disease of horses, camels, elephants, and dogs caused by a blood-infecting protozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi, transmitted by the bite of horseflies, characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- loner
-
noun,
a person who is or prefers to be alone, especially one who avoids the company of others:
- Loren
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lores
-
noun,
the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature, on a particular subject:
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- sours
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Sousa
-
noun,
John Philip, 1854–1932, U.S. band conductor and composer.
- 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.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- Loire
-
noun,
a river in France, flowing NW and W into the Atlantic: the longest river in France. 625 miles (1005 km) long.
- souse
-
noun,
an act of sousing.
- loess
-
noun,
a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- Uele
-
noun,
a river in central Africa flowing W from the NE Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Ubangi River. 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- USNA
-
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- soln
-
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sols
-
noun,
the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- uria
-
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- USIS
-
- 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.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- uro-
-
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- USAR
-
- Soul
-
noun,
the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Sol.
-
- Reno
-
noun,
Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- USIA
-
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- ROUS
-
noun,
(Francis) Peyton, 1879–1970, U.S. pathologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1966.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- uni-
-
- SOAR
-
noun,
an act or instance of soaring.
- ROSE
-
noun,
any of the wild or cultivated, usually prickly-stemmed, pinnate-leaved, showy-flowered shrubs of the genus Rosa.
Compare rose family.
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- 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.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- RNAS
-
- Rus.
-
- Soni
-
- roan
-
noun,
a horse or other animal with a roan coat.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- roar
-
noun,
a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person:
- Sra.
-
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- roil
-
verb (used with object),
to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- role
-
noun,
a part or character played by an actor or actress.
- RONA
-
- Rosa
-
noun,
Salvator [sahl-vah-tawr] /ˈsɑl vɑˌtɔr/ (Show IPA), 1615–73, Italian painter and poet.
- sunn
-
noun,
a tall East Indian shrub, Crotalaria juncea, of the legume family, having slender branches and yellow flowers, and an inner bark that yields a hemplike fiber used for making ropes, sacking, etc.
- sora
-
noun,
a small, short-billed rail, Porzana carolina, of marshy areas of North America.
- sore
-
noun,
a sore spot or place on the body.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- roue
-
noun,
a dissolute and licentious man; rake.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SASE
-
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- 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.
- sori
-
noun,
plural of sorus.
- Ross
-
noun,
the rough exterior of bark.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- Sour
-
noun,
something that is sour.
- Rina
-
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.
- saur
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sur-
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- 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.
- Nino
-
noun,
boy; child.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- rel.
-
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- ious
-
- inae
-
- inns
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- inro
-
noun,
a small lacquer box with compartments for medicines, cosmetics, etc., worn on the waist sash of the traditional Japanese costume.
- ins.
-
- 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 = .
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ISSN
-
- 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.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- 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.
- isls
-
- iso-
-
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- 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.
- 1080
-
- Lorn
-
noun,
Firth of, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, on the W coast of Scotland, leading NE to the Caledonian Canal.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- 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:
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Loss
-
noun,
detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get:
- loun
-
noun,
loon2 .
- lour
-
verb (used without object), noun,
lower2 .
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- 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.
- 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.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- 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.
- 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.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Linn
-
noun,
a waterfall or torrent of rushing water in a river or stream.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ile-
-
- 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.
- arr.
-
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- Arno
-
noun,
Peter (Curtis Arnoux Peters) 1904–68, U.S. cartoonist and author.
- Aron
-
noun,
a male given name.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ANSI
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- asis
-
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- ano-
-
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- 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-
-
- 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.
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Aire
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Anne
-
noun,
1665–1714, queen of England 1702–14 (daughter of James II of England).
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- 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.
- ann.
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- aur-
-
- Eure
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2331 sq. mi. (6035 sq. km). Capital: Evreux.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eros
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of love, identified by the Romans with Cupid.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- eous
-
- ESIS
-
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- eso-
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- Eur.
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- Aus.
-
- ELAS
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Ens.
-
- 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.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- enl.
-
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- Ouse
-
noun,
Also called Great Ouse. a river in E England, flowing NE to the Wash. 160 miles (260 km) long.
- Nora
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Honora.
- Nor.
-
- none
-
noun,
nones1 .
- non-
-
- noir
-
adjective,
black; noting the black numbers in roulette.
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- ours
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- Norn
-
noun,
an extinct Norse dialect, spoken until early modern times in the Shetland and Orkney Islands and in parts of northern Scotland.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- NIRA
-
- Nine
-
noun,
a cardinal number, eight plus one.
- Nina
-
noun,
girl; child.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- nori
-
noun,
a seaweed having a mildly sweet, salty taste, usually dried, used in Japanese cookery mainly as a wrap for sushi.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Orel
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the left bank of the Oka River, S of Moscow.
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- 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.
- 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.
- onus
-
noun,
a difficult or disagreeable obligation, task, burden, etc.
- oral
-
noun,
an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- Oran
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Algeria.
- oras
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- 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:
- 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.
- Orne
-
noun,
a department in NW France. 2372 sq. mi. (6145 sq. km). Capital: Alençon.
- orra
-
adjective,
not regular or scheduled; odd:
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- osar
-
noun,
plural of os3 .
- Osee
-
noun,
Hosea.
- osis
-
- OSSA
-
noun,
plural of os1 .
- nous
-
noun,
Greek Philosophy. mind or intellect.
- noun
-
noun,
any member of a class of words that can function as the main or only elements of subjects of verbs (A dog just barked), or of objects of verbs or prepositions (to send money from home), and that in English can take plural forms and possessive endings (Three of his buddies want to borrow John's laptop). Nouns are often described as referring to persons, places, things, states, or qualities, and the word noun is itself often used as an attributive modifier, as in noun compound; noun group.
See also noun adjunct, noun clause, noun phrase.
Synonyms: substantive, name.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- nos-
-
- 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.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- nane
-
pronoun, adverb, adjective,
none1 .
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- 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.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nene
-
noun,
a barred, gray-brown wild goose, Nesochen sandvicensis, native to Hawaii, where it is the state bird.
- neo-
-
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- neon
-
noun,
Chemistry. a chemically inert gaseous element occurring in small amounts in the earth's atmosphere, used chiefly in a type of electrical lamp. Symbol: Ne; atomic weight: 20.183; atomic number: 10; density: 0.9002 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
- ole-
-
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- 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.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- EEL
-
noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- RNA
-
- ALU
-
- Ore
-
noun,
a metal-bearing mineral or rock, or a native metal, that can be mined at a profit.
- EIS
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- eir
-
- EEO
-
- SOS
-
noun,
any call for help:
- Sou
-
noun,
(formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ae.
-
- Orr
-
noun,
Sir John Boyd, Boyd Orr, Sir John.
- Sr.
-
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- 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.
- SRS
-
- ss.
-
- SSA
-
- SSE
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ROA
-
- RNR
-
- ROI
-
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- USR
-
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- USO
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- al.
-
- ONI
-
- ONR
-
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- USN
-
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ROE
-
noun,
the mass of eggs, or spawn, within the ovarian membrane of the female fish.
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOE
-
- ons
-
- an.
-
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Ora
-
noun,
plural of os2 .
- Ar.
-
- ene
-
- en-
-
- SSN
-
- SSI
-
- Sue
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- SSR
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ure
-
- ARU
-
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- Une
-
- 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.
- uns
-
- ARS
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- REA
-
- 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.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Re.
-
- 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.
- UNO
-
- AOU
-
- aor
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ase
-
- ean
-
- OSS
-
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- ea.
-
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- SUN
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- eo-
-
- ur-
-
- ose
-
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ASU
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- our
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- Sus
-
- ASR
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- ASN
-
- oui
-
adverb, noun,
yes.
- UAR
-
- USA
-
- USS
-
- UAE
-
- ASI
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- OIr
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- nr.
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- NNE
-
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- 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).
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- 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.
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- ESA
-
- IUS
-
- ISR
-
- RSS
-
- RSE
-
- RSA
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- Rs.
-
- Les
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- LON
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nan
-
noun,
naan.
- Luo
-
noun,
a member of a people living mainly in southwest Kenya.
- LSS
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- LSI
-
- ne-
-
- NEA
-
- Lou
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Louis.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Nee
-
adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- NES
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- NIA
-
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- SAE
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SRO
-
- So.
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- ISA
-
- ILS
-
- ILO
-
- OAU
-
- ESR
-
- INN
-
noun,
a commercial establishment that provides lodging, food, etc., for the public, especially travelers; small hotel.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESU
-
- ine
-
- eu-
-
- 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.
- OSA
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- in.
-
- 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.
- SAR
-
- OAS
-
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- io-
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- SLA
-
- ier
-
- SLE
-
- IAS
-
- SLR
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Ia.
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Ir.
-
- Ola
-
- IRS
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- IRO
-
- IRL
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NSU
-
- 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 = .
- ese
-
- ial
-
- NUL
-
- Nun
-
noun,
a woman member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
- ior
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- SNU
-
- ESL
-
- IOU
-
- ol
-
- LR
-
- NI
-
- 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.
- 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.
- ln
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- i.
-
- AO
-
- SN
-
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- N.
-
- ee
-
- RO
-
- UL
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SU
-
- RU
-
- L.
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- U.
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L1
-
- L2
-
- UI
-
- O.
-
- SL
-
- le
-
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- R.
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
-
- RN
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- NL
-
- OA
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- S.
-
- SA
-
- OU
-
noun,
a rare Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea, having an olive-green body, a parrotlike bill, and in the male a bright yellow head.