Anagrams of sertularian
Word sertularian has
1245 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of sertularian.
- re-strain
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verb (used with or without object),
to strain again.
- Aleutians
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noun,
Aleut (def 1).
- arterials
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noun,
a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access:
- Luristan
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noun,
a mountainous region in W Iran.
- asternal
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adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- restrain
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verb (used with object),
to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress:
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Erastian
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noun,
an advocate of Erastianism.
- Serratia
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noun,
a genus of rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria that are saprophytic on decaying plant or animal materials.
- Santeria
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noun,
(sometimes lowercase) a religion merging the worship of Yoruba deities with veneration of Roman Catholic saints: practiced in Cuba and spread to other parts of the Caribbean and to the U.S. by Cuban emigrés.
- Urartian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Urartu.
- uranites
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- Artesian
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adjective,
noting, pertaining to, or characteristic of an artesian well.
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- Asturian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asturias.
- taurines
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- arterial
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noun,
a main route, channel, or other course of flow or access:
- uralites
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- naturals
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noun,
any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
- narrates
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verb (used with object),
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
- retrains
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- Aleutian
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noun,
Aleut (def 1).
- Eurasian
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noun,
the offspring of a European and an Asian.
- Sarraute
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noun,
Nathalie [na-ta-lee] /na taˈli/ (Show IPA), (Nathalie Ilyanova Tcherniak) 1900–1999, French novelist, born in Russia.
- retinula
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noun,
a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- Neustria
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noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- seatrain
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noun,
a ship for the transportation of loaded railroad cars.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- alunites
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noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- Aurelian
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noun,
(Lucius Domitius Aurelianus) a.d. 212?–275, Roman emperor 270–275.
- Lusatian
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Lusatia.
- trailers
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noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- urinates
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- insulate
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verb (used with object),
to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound:
- trainers
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- neutrals
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noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- Austral.
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- strainer
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noun,
a person or thing that strains.
- narrate
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verb (used with object),
to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- ratines
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noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ratline
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- insular
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noun,
an inhabitant of an island; islander.
- Antaeus
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noun,
an African giant who was invincible when in contact with the earth but was lifted into the air by Hercules and crushed.
- Antares
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noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- insurer
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noun,
a person or company that contracts to indemnify another in the event of loss or damage; underwriter.
- taurine
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- saltine
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- reliant
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adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Anterus
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noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- saltern
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noun,
a saltworks.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- Turners
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noun,
a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
- antiars
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noun,
the upas tree.
- Sinatra
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noun,
Frank (Francis Albert) 1915–98, U.S. singer and actor.
- tarsier
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noun,
a small, arboreal, nocturnal primate of the genus Tarsius, of Indonesia and the Philippines, having a long thin tail, very large immobile eyes, and prominent pads on the fingers and toes: all populations are dwindling.
- transl.
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- anurias
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noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- luteins
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noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- tarries
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noun,
a stay; sojourn.
- Austria
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noun,
a republic in central Europe. 32,381 sq. mi. (83,865 sq. km). Capital: Vienna.
- Eurasia
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noun,
Europe and Asia considered together as one continent.
- eluants
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noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- saunter
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noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- Trainer
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noun,
a person or thing that trains.
- Aurelia
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noun,
moon jellyfish.
- saurian
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noun,
a saurian animal, as a dinosaur or lizard.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- trailer
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noun,
a large van or wagon drawn by an automobile, truck, or tractor, used especially in hauling freight by road.
Compare full trailer, semitrailer.
- sealant
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noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- atresia
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noun,
the congenital absence, or the pathological closure, of an opening, passage, or cavity.
- nutrias
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noun,
the coypu.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- Aterian
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adjective,
of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
- neutral
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noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- Astaire
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noun,
Fred, 1899–1987, U.S. dancer and actor.
- Etruria
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noun,
an ancient country located between the Arno and Tiber rivers, roughly corresponding to modern Tuscany in W Italy.
- artisan
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noun,
a person skilled in an applied art; a craftsperson.
- Natalie
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noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “birthday.”.
- arsenal
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noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- natural
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noun,
any person or thing that is or is likely or certain to be very suitable to and successful in an endeavor without much training or difficulty.
- arteri-
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- Lusatia
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noun,
a region in E Germany and SW Poland, between the Elbe and Oder rivers.
- terrain
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noun,
a tract of land, especially as considered with reference to its natural features, military advantages, etc.
- Santali
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noun,
the Munda language spoken by the Santal.
- tsarina
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noun,
czarina.
- ranulas
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noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- Aruntas
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noun,
Aranda.
- erratas
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noun,
plural of erratum.
- Setaria
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noun,
any grass of the genus Setaria, having a dense panicle, grown for forage.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- Artesia
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noun,
a city in S California.
- Antlers
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noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Renault
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noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1843–1918, French jurist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- Lateran
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noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- retinal
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- surreal
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism, an artistic and literary style; surrealistic.
- retrain
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verb (used with object),
to train again, especially for a different vocation or different tasks.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Uralian
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adjective,
of or relating to the Ural Mountains or their inhabitants.
- salient
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- uralite
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- returns
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noun,
the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- uranias
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noun,
uranium dioxide.
- uranite
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- Sultana
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noun,
a small, seedless raisin.
- lariats
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noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- larries
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noun,
a hoe with a perforated blade for mixing mortar or plaster.
- Latinus
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noun,
the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- urinals
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noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- urinate
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- latrias
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- rituals
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noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- rutiles
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noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- rustler
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noun,
a cattle thief.
- laurate
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noun,
a salt or ester of lauric acid.
- Laurens
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noun,
Henry, 1724–92, South Carolina and U.S. Revolutionary political leader: president of the Continental Congress 1777–78.
- 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.
- ruinate
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adjective,
ruined.
- utensil
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noun,
any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- retains
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verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retsina
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- aneuria
-
noun,
neurasthenia.
- sinuate
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- alunite
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noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- inulase
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noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- Latina
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noun,
a woman of Latin-American descent.
- instal
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verb (used with object),
install.
- tineas
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noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- latria
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noun,
the supreme worship, which may be offered to God only.
- lunate
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noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- elints
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noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- latins
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noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- neural
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adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- silent
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noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- lunies
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noun,
a lunatic.
- lunars
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Strine
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noun,
Australian English.
- enlist
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- 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.
- Stalin
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noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- lianas
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- inures
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verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- insure
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verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- transe
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noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- trans.
-
- tra-la
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noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- trains
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noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- inters
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verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- intra-
-
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- irreal
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adjective,
unreal.
- Lauren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- instr.
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- lauras
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- lauans
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- sinter
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noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- tinsel
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- Larine
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adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- tiaras
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noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- lariat
-
noun,
a long, noosed rope used to catch horses, cattle, or other livestock; lasso.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- set-in
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adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- tarsia
-
noun,
intarsia.
- Iseult
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noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- sutler
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noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- narial
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adjective,
of or relating to the nares or nostrils.
- natals
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noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- taenia
-
noun,
Classical Antiquity. a headband or fillet.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- Sierra
-
noun,
a chain of hills or mountains, the peaks of which suggest the teeth of a saw.
- silane
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- 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.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- Lister
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- linter
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- errant
-
adjective,
deviating from the regular or proper course; erring; straying.
- errata
-
noun,
plural of erratum.
- sunlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Terris
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- nausea
-
noun,
sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- terras
-
noun,
earth; land.
- Lieut.
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- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- lanate
-
adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- lutein
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lanais
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- inter.
-
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- rulers
-
noun,
a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- antiar
-
noun,
the upas tree.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- austr-
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- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- anlaut
-
noun,
initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- Antlia
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Air Pump, a small southern constellation between Vela and Hydra.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- Arista
-
noun,
Botany. a bristlelike appendage of the spikelets of grains or grasses; an awn.
- Rasure
-
noun,
an erasure.
- arrant
-
adjective,
downright; thorough; unmitigated; notorious:
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- raters
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- anuria
-
noun,
the absence or suppression of urine.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Ariane
-
noun,
Rocketry. a French-built, three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth.
- realia
-
plural noun,
Education. objects, as coins, tools, etc., used by a teacher to illustrate everyday living.
- Turner
-
noun,
a person or thing that turns or is employed in turning.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- reruns
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- riatas
-
noun,
a lariat.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- aerial
-
noun,
a radio or television antenna.
- Salian
-
noun,
a Salian Frank.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- ruanas
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- Urania
-
noun,
uranium dioxide.
- return
-
noun,
the act or fact of returning as by going or coming back or bringing, sending, or giving back:
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Salina
-
noun,
a saline marsh, spring, or the like.
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- Altair
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Aquila.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- 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.
- retral
-
adjective,
at or toward the back; posterior.
- Alesia
-
noun,
an ancient city and fortress in Gaul: Caesar captured Vercingetorix here 52 b.c.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- arrest
-
noun,
the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law.
- ultra-
-
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- Tuinal
-
- Sarnia
-
noun,
a port in SE Ontario, in S Canada, on the S shore of Lake Huron, on the St. Clair River, across from Port Huron, Michigan.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- nurser
-
noun,
a person, animal, or thing that nurses.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- triers
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- Sartre
-
noun,
Jean-Paul [zhahn-pawl] /ʒɑ̃ˈpɔl/ (Show IPA), 1905–80, French philosopher, novelist, and dramatist: declined 1964 Nobel Prize in literature.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- ranula
-
noun,
a cystic tumor formed beneath the tongue, caused by obstruction of the sublingual or submaxillary gland or of a mucous gland.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- arsen-
-
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Arunta
-
noun,
Aranda.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- raster
-
noun,
Television. a pattern of scanning lines covering the area upon which the image is projected in the cathode-ray tube or liquid-crystal display of a television set or other screen.
- treasr
-
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- ster.
-
- riata
-
noun,
a lariat.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- ruler
-
noun,
a person who rules or governs; sovereign.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Srta.
-
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- sauna
-
noun,
a bath that uses dry heat to induce perspiration, and in which steam is produced by pouring water on heated stones.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- 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.
- Starr
-
noun,
Belle (Myra Belle Shirley) 1848–89, U.S. outlaw and folk hero.
- riser
-
noun,
a person who rises, especially from bed:
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- 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.
- Liana
-
noun,
any of various usually woody vines that may climb as high as the tree canopy in a tropical forest.
- rural
-
noun,
a person who lives in a rural area.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- ruana
-
noun,
a poncholike outer garment of heavy wool, worn especially in the mountains of Colombia.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- satin
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- rares
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- nears
-
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- 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.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- naut.
-
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- rears
-
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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).
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- 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.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- naira
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Nigeria, equal to 100 kobo: replaced the pound in 1973.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- rater
-
noun,
a person who makes rates or ratings.
- seti-
-
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- sanit
-
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- neut.
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- slate
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- neur-
-
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- restr
-
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- Sarre
-
noun,
French name of Saar.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- 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.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- raias
-
noun,
rayah.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rerun
-
noun,
the act of rerunning.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- reni-
-
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- nitr-
-
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Arrau
-
noun,
Claudio [klaw-dee-oh;; Spanish klou-th yaw] /ˈklɔ diˌoʊ;; Spanish ˈklaʊ ðyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–91, Chilean pianist.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Asian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Asia, or a person of Asian descent.
- ASEAN
-
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- Artur
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- arris
-
noun,
a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
- Arras
-
noun,
a rich tapestry.
- astr.
-
- Arran
-
noun,
an island in SW Scotland, in the Firth of Clyde. 166 sq. mi. (430 sq. km).
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Arnel
-
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- arias
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- arian
-
noun,
an adherent of Arianism.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- tiles
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Asura
-
noun,
(in Indian mythology) a god or demon.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- treas
-
- Aust.
-
- aurar
-
noun,
plural of eyrir.
- Aural
-
adjective,
of or relating to an aura.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- Trier
-
noun,
a person or thing that tries or tests; tester.
- atria
-
noun,
Architecture.
Also called cavaedium. the main or central room of an ancient Roman house, open to the sky at the center and usually having a pool for the collection of rain water.
a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early or medieval Christian church.
a skylit central court in a contemporary building or house.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- alias
-
noun,
a false name used to conceal one's identity; an assumed name:
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- Alas.
-
- uran-
-
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- alani
-
plural noun,
a nomadic Iranian people who flourished in the 2nd–4th centuries a.d. and are ancestors of the present-day Ossets.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- 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.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- Aeria
-
noun,
an area in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
- aeri-
-
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- USLTA
-
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- 30-30
-
- 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.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- ulent
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- Unit.
-
- Anita
-
noun,
a female given name: Spanish form of Anna.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- anat.
-
- UNRRA
-
- anal.
-
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- Altai
-
noun,
a territory of the Russian Federation in central Asia. 101,000 sq. mi. (261,700 sq. km). Capital: Barnaul.
- Alta.
-
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- intr.
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- inst.
-
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- IATSE
-
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Iran.
-
- tears
-
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Ital.
-
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Taira
-
noun,
a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Tarai
-
noun,
Terai.
- 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.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- Lanai
-
noun,
a veranda, especially a fully furnished one used as a living room.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- 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.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- terr.
-
- tera-
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Terra
-
noun,
earth; land.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Terri
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- tiara
-
noun,
a jeweled, ornamental coronet worn by women.
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Laura
-
noun,
a monastery consisting formerly of a group of cells or huts for monks who met together for meals and worship.
- lauan
-
noun,
Philippine mahogany.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Latin
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 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.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- uret
-
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- uria
-
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Ste.
-
- USAR
-
- str.
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Sra.
-
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- sur-
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- 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.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Rus.
-
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- USIA
-
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- USNA
-
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- saur
-
- tRNA
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- tri-
-
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- 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.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- ter.
-
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Sat.
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- slat
-
noun,
a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc.
- uni-
-
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- tile
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Tues
-
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- 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.
- taur
-
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- 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.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- 1080
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lit.
-
- LIST
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Ire.
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- errs
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Aria
-
noun,
an air or melody.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lin.
-
- ARIS
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- arr.
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- 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.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- nail
-
noun,
a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- ANSI
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ant.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- 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.
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- ANTU
-
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- inae
-
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- ins.
-
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- int.
-
- intl
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- art.
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- Lani
-
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- AURA
-
noun,
a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- aur-
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- Itea
-
noun,
any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Itea, of the saxifrage family, having simple, alternate leaves and clusters of small, greenish-white flowers, as the Virginia willow, I. virginica.
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- 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.
- Irra
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of pestilence.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Asia
-
noun,
a continent bounded by Europe and the Arctic, Pacific, and Indian oceans. About 16,000,000 sq. mi. (41,440,000 sq. km).
- lea.
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- 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.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- 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.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- aet.
-
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Aiea
-
noun,
a town on S Oahu, in Hawaii.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- IAEA
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- aer-
-
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- RNAS
-
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- est.
-
- Ens.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- enl.
-
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- rit.
-
- Eur.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- RARE
-
adjective,
coming or occurring far apart in time; unusual; uncommon:
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Alis
-
- 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).
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NIRA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- Nile
-
noun,
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean. 3473 miles (5592 km) long; from the headwaters of the Kagera River, 4000 miles (6440 km) long.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- alt.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Anas
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- ile-
-
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- iana
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Aire
-
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- IATA
-
- ELAS
-
- 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.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- Ala.
-
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- Raia
-
noun,
rayah.
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- 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).
- NTIA
-
- Alai
-
noun,
a mountain range in SW Kyrgyzstan, part of the Tien Shan. To 19,280 feet (5880 meters).
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- err
-
verb (used without object),
to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
- tlr
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- EIS
-
- 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.
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- en-
-
- ean
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- tin
-
noun,
Chemistry. a low-melting, malleable, ductile metallic element nearly approaching silver in color and luster: used in plating and in making alloys, tinfoil, and soft solders. Symbol: Sn; atomic weight: 118.69; atomic number: 50; specific gravity: 7.31 at 20°C.
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- eir
-
- EAA
-
- ea.
-
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- AUA
-
- AAU
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ur-
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- ure
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- AEA
-
- ae.
-
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- uns
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- AAS
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- Aar
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- AAE
-
- USN
-
- Ar.
-
- an.
-
- USR
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- al.
-
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- AIA
-
- uti
-
- ALU
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- ATA
-
- at.
-
- ASU
-
- ast
-
- TSE
-
- TSI
-
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- Tu.
-
- tue
-
- ASR
-
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- ASN
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- ASA
-
noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ARU
-
- ARS
-
- UAR
-
- USA
-
- UAE
-
- UIT
-
- 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.
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- ARA
-
noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- 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.
- ult
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- Une
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- TIA
-
- ise
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- NEA
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- NAA
-
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- NES
-
- ltr
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- 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).
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- Sr.
-
- LTA
-
- SNU
-
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SLR
-
- SLE
-
- SLA
-
- LSI
-
- LST
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- RNR
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- rin
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- SAE
-
- SAA
-
- RNA
-
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- Rs.
-
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- Ria
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- se-
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- nr.
-
- NRA
-
- NSA
-
- NSU
-
- NUL
-
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- Re.
-
- REA
-
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- SAR
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Les
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- TAU
-
noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- ILS
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- in.
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- ine
-
- Ir.
-
- IRL
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- il-
-
- IRS
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- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- ISA
-
- Isl
-
- ISR
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- ist
-
- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- tea
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noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- ITA
-
- ETR
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ERT
-
- ESA
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- ESU
-
- ETS
-
- ier
-
- eu-
-
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITU
-
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- IAS
-
- TAL
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- ite
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- STI
-
- STL
-
- Stu
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- Sue
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noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sui
-
noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- 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.
- Lt.
-
- uts
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- IUS
-
- La.
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- AU
-
plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- NI
-
- i.
-
- SL
-
- SA
-
- S.
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- EI
-
- AA
-
noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- L.
-
- SU
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- le
-
- RU
-
- 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.
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- 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.
- SN
-
- NL
-
- LU
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- UL
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- N.
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- T1
-
- t.
-
- TN
-
- R.
-
- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RI
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- RN
-
- TL
-
- LR
-
- UI
-
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- L1
-
- L2
-
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- U.
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- ln
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