Anagrams of single-breasted
Word single-breasted has
3535 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of single-breasted.
- gaberdines
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noun,
Also, gabardine. a long, loose coat or frock for men, worn in the Middle Ages, especially by Jews.
- East-sider
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noun,
a native or resident of the East Side of Manhattan, in New York City.
- delineates
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verb (used with object),
to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially:
- denigrates
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verb (used with object),
to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame:
- designates
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adjective,
named or selected for an office, position, etc., but not yet installed (often used in combination following the noun it modifies):
- side-table
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noun,
a table intended to be placed against a wall.
- legendries
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noun,
legends collectively.
- Albigenses
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plural noun,
members of a Catharistic sect in the south of France that arose in the 11th century and was exterminated in the 13th century by a crusade (Albigensian Crusade) and the Inquisition.
- generalist
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noun,
a person whose knowledge, aptitudes, and skills are applied to a field as a whole or to a variety of different fields (opposed to specialist).
- singletree
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noun,
whiffletree.
- gentilesse
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noun,
the quality of being gentle.
- integrable
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adjective,
capable of being integrated, as a mathematical function or differential equation.
- glassed-in
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adjective,
enclosed by glass or glass panels, as for protection or shelter:
- deliberate
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adjective,
carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional:
- easterlies
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noun,
a wind that blows from the east.
- easterling
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noun,
a native of a country lying to the east, especially a merchant from the Baltic.
- bes-antler
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noun,
bay antler.
- Albertine
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Albert.
- sterlings
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noun,
British currency.
- anglesite
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noun,
a mineral, lead sulfate, PbSO 4 , found in massive deposits and in colorless or variously tinted crystals: a minor ore of lead.
- islanders
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of an island.
- greenlets
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noun,
any of various small vireos of the genus Hylophilus, having greenish plumage, found in Central and South America.
- digesters
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noun,
a person or thing that digests.
- agentries
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noun,
the profession, business, or activities of an agent:
- stablings
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noun,
accommodation for horses or other draft or farm animals in a stable.
- beardless
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adjective,
having no beard or one shaved close to the skin.
- sea-green
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noun,
a clear, light, bluish green.
- beastings
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noun,
beestings.
- deaneries
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noun,
the office, jurisdiction, district, or residence of an ecclesiastical dean.
- Dissenter
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noun,
a person who dissents, as from an established church, political party, or majority opinion.
- sealeries
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noun,
a place where seals are caught.
- generable
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adjective,
capable of being generated or produced.
- readiness
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noun,
the condition of being ready.
- regelates
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verb (used without object),
to freeze by regelation.
- gable-end
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noun,
an end wall bearing a gable.
- detainers
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noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- strangles
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noun,
distemper1 (def 1b).
- gaberdine
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noun,
Also, gabardine. a long, loose coat or frock for men, worn in the Middle Ages, especially by Jews.
- designate
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adjective,
named or selected for an office, position, etc., but not yet installed (often used in combination following the noun it modifies):
- beaneries
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noun,
a cheap, usually inferior, restaurant.
- renegades
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noun,
a person who deserts a party or cause for another.
- andesites
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noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- generates
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verb (used with object),
to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- dinergate
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noun,
a soldier ant.
- selenates
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noun,
a salt or ester of selenic acid.
- legendist
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noun,
a person who writes or compiles legends.
- steerages
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noun,
a part or division of a ship, formerly the part containing the steering apparatus.
- ensilages
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noun,
the preservation of green fodder in a silo or pit.
- breedings
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noun,
the producing of offspring.
- datelines
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- astringes
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- treelined
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adjective,
having a line of trees:
- teenagers
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noun,
a person in his or her teens.
- disagrees
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verb (used without object),
to fail to agree; differ:
- essential
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noun,
a basic, indispensable, or necessary element; chief point:
- breasting
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noun,
a piece of leather or other material for covering the heel breast of a shoe.
- desirable
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noun,
a person or thing that is desirable.
- Geraldine
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noun,
a female given name: derived from Gerald.
- treenails
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noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- disenable
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verb (used with object),
to deprive of ability; make unable; prevent.
- serenades
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noun,
a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- detainees
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noun,
a person held in custody, especially for a political offense or for questioning.
- detailers
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noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- engirdles
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verb (used with object),
to engird.
- baseliner
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noun,
a player who typically plays near the baseline using ground strokes, as distinguished from one who typically goes to the net.
- reedlings
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noun,
the bearded tit.
- relegates
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verb (used with object),
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition:
- arsenides
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- reediness
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- stilbenes
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noun,
a colorless to slightly yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 14 H 12 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes (stilbene dyes)
- tangibles
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noun,
something tangible, especially a tangible asset.
- estranges
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- Bengalese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Bengal; Bengali.
- starlings
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noun,
a chunky, medium-sized European passerine bird, Sturnus vulgaris, of iridescent black plumage with seasonal speckles, that nests in colonies: introduced into North America.
- estranged
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adjective,
displaying or evincing a feeling of alienation; alienated.
- arsenites
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- reenlists
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verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- algerines
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noun,
Algerian.
- selenites
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.
- bilanders
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noun,
a small two-masted merchant vessel, a type of hoy distinguished by the trapezoidal shape of the mainsail, used especially on canals and along coasts of the Low Countries.
- delegates
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noun,
a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
- delineate
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verb (used with object),
to trace the outline of; sketch or trace in outline; represent pictorially:
- enlistees
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noun,
a person who enlists for military service.
Compare draftee.
- set-aside
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noun,
something, as land or profits, set aside for a particular purpose.
- stingaree
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noun,
a stingray.
- ganisters
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- engrailed
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adjective,
having an edge of a charge consisting of a number of concave curves.
- steadings
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noun,
a farm, especially its buildings.
- stealings
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noun,
the act of a person who steals.
- draglines
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noun,
a rope dragging from something; dragrope.
- Greendale
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noun,
a town in SE Wisconsin.
- resinates
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- elaterids
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noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- liberates
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verb (used with object),
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- denigrate
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verb (used with object),
to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame:
- bleedings
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noun,
the act, fact, or process of losing blood or having blood flow.
- dentaries
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noun,
one of a pair of membrane bones that in lower vertebrates form the distal part of the lower jaws and in mammals comprise the mandible.
- drainless
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adjective,
inexhaustible.
- tragedies
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noun,
a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster:
- Steinberg
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noun,
Saul, 1914–1999, U.S. painter, cartoonist, and illustrator; born in Romania.
- inselberg
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noun,
monadnock (def 1).
- Greenbelt
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noun,
an area of woods, parks, or open land surrounding a community.
- sidereal
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adjective,
determined by or from the stars:
- tensible
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adjective,
capable of being stretched; tensile.
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- saltines
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- saltires
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- greisens
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noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- sidebars
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noun,
follow-up (def 3b).
- Teresian
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noun,
a member of the reformed order of barefooted Carmelites, founded in Spain in 1562.
- Gassendi
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noun,
Pierre [pyer] /pyɛr/ (Show IPA), 1592–1655, French philosopher and scientist.
- legatees
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noun,
a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
- Teresina
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noun,
a port in NE Brazil, on the Parnahiba River.
- leasings
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noun,
lying; falsehood.
- Lebanese
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Lebanon.
- legatine
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adjective,
of, relating to, or authorized by a legate.
- gantries
-
noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- saltiers
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noun,
saltire.
- greatens
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- Legendre
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noun,
Adrien Marie [a-dree-an ma-ree] /a driˈɛ̃ maˈri/ (Show IPA), 1752–1833, French mathematician.
- arsenide
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noun,
a compound containing two elements of which arsenic is the negative one, as silver arsenide, Ag 3 As.
- liberate
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verb (used with object),
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- Libertas
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noun,
the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- etageres
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noun,
a stand with a series of open shelves for small objects, bric-a-brac, etc.
- degrease
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verb (used with object),
to remove grease, oil, or the like, from, especially by treating with a chemical.
- selenate
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noun,
a salt or ester of selenic acid.
- librates
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- arsenite
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenous acid.
- steading
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noun,
a farm, especially its buildings.
- stealing
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noun,
the act of a person who steals.
- lie-abed
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noun,
a person who remains in bed until a relatively late hour; late riser.
- steadies
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noun,
Informal. a person of the opposite sex whom one dates exclusively; sweetheart; boyfriend or girlfriend.
- estrange
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- delaines
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- delegate
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noun,
a person designated to act for or represent another or others; deputy; representative, as in a political convention.
- esterase
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noun,
any enzyme that hydrolyzes an ester into an alcohol and an acid.
- betaines
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noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, sweet-tasting alkaloid, C 5 H 11 NO 2 , usually obtained from sugar beets or synthesized from glycine, used chiefly in medicine.
- St-Denis
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noun,
Ruth, 1880?–1968, U.S. dancer.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- salients
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noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- besteads
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adjective,
Archaic. placed or situated, often unfavorably or in difficulty.
- salterns
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noun,
a saltworks.
- steering
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noun,
the discriminatory practice by a real estate agent of maneuvering a client from a minority group away from considering a home in a white neighborhood.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- dateless
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adjective,
without a date; undated.
- dateline
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noun,
a line of text giving the place of origin and usually the date of a news dispatch or the like.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- steerage
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noun,
a part or division of a ship, formerly the part containing the steering apparatus.
- gainless
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adjective,
unprofitable.
- Leinster
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noun,
a province in the E Republic of Ireland. 7576 sq. mi. (19,620 sq. km).
- leisters
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noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- signable
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adjective,
suitable for signing, as in being satisfactory, appropriate, or complete:
- dealings
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noun,
Usually, dealings. relations; business:
- Gabriels
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noun,
one of the archangels, appearing usually as a divine messenger. Dan. 8:16, 9:21; Luke 1:19, 26.
- assignee
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noun,
a person to whom some right or interest is transferred, either for his or her own enjoyment or in trust.
- asserted
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Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- Salinger
-
noun,
J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- lesbians
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Lesbos.
- stearins
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- Asnieres
-
noun,
a city in N central France, near Paris.
- Sterling
-
noun,
British currency.
- Griselda
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noun,
a woman of exemplary meekness and patience.
- leadings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that leads.
- blinders
-
noun,
a person or thing that blinds.
- bleeders
-
noun,
a person who bleeds abnormally because of low clotting rate; hemophiliac.
- inserted
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- bleeding
-
noun,
the act, fact, or process of losing blood or having blood flow.
- glanders
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noun,
a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- instable
-
adjective,
not stable; unstable.
- blenders
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noun,
a person or thing that blends.
- Blessing
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noun,
the act or words of a person who blesses.
- integral
-
noun,
an integral whole.
- teenager
-
noun,
a person in his or her teens.
- glassine
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noun,
a strong, thin, glazed, semitransparent paper, often made into small bags, used for packaging foods, for book jackets, etc.
- beelines
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noun,
a direct route traveled quickly (usually in the phrase make a beeline for):
- blisters
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noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- bedrails
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noun,
a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- sensible
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adjective,
having, using, or showing good sense or sound judgment:
- beatings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that beats, as to punish, clean, mix, etc.:
- sentries
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noun,
a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard and prevent the passage of unauthorized persons, watch for fires, etc., especially a sentinel stationed at a pass, gate, opening in a defense work, or the like.
- Gilberts
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetomotive force, equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns. Abbreviation: Gi.
- sea-legs
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plural noun,
the ability to adjust one's sense of balance to the motion of a ship at sea:
- beignets
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noun,
a fritter or doughnut.
- ingrates
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- serbians
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- grantees
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- selenide
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noun,
any compound in which bivalent selenium is combined with a positive element, as potassium selenide, K 2 Se, or with a group.
- segreant
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adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- selenite
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noun,
Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.
- berlines
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noun,
an automobile with the front and rear compartments separated by a glass partition, as some limousines.
- bilander
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noun,
a small two-masted merchant vessel, a type of hoy distinguished by the trapezoidal shape of the mainsail, used especially on canals and along coasts of the Low Countries.
- bilsteds
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noun,
the liquidambar tree.
- seedling
-
noun,
a plant or tree grown from a seed.
- idleness
-
noun,
the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle:
- tearless
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adjective,
not weeping or shedding tears.
- granites
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- glissade
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noun,
a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.
- grandees
-
noun,
a man of high social position or eminence, especially a Spanish or Portuguese nobleman.
- gradient
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noun,
the degree of inclination, or the rate of ascent or descent, in a highway, railroad, etc.
- inbreeds
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verb (used with object),
to breed (individuals of a closely related group) repeatedly.
- seatings
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- beltings
-
noun,
material for belts.
- tangible
-
noun,
something tangible, especially a tangible asset.
- glisters
-
noun,
glitter; sparkle.
- glistens
-
noun,
a glistening; sparkle.
- Belgrade
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noun,
a city in and the capital of Serbia, at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers.
- bearings
-
noun,
the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures:
- islander
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of an island.
- gastrins
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- lastings
-
noun,
a strong, durable, closely woven fabric for shoe uppers, coverings on buttons, etc.
- generate
-
verb (used with object),
to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- generals
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noun,
Military.
U.S. Army and Air Force. an officer ranking above a lieutenant general and below a general of the army or general of the air force.
U.S. Army. an officer of any of the five highest ranks: a brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, or general of the army.
U.S. Marine Corps. an officer holding the highest rank in the corps.
(in numerous armies) an officer in the highest, second, or third highest rank, as one ranking immediately below a field marshal in the British army.
- sardines
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noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- bristles
-
noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- Sergeant
-
noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- strangle
-
verb (used with object),
to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- gelatins
-
noun,
a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- strained
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- tendrils
-
noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- brigands
-
noun,
a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- banister
-
noun,
a baluster.
- stingers
-
noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- Tenebrae
-
noun,
the office of matins and lauds for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of Holy Week, sung respectively on the afternoon of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of that week, at which the Crucifixion is commemorated by the gradual extinguishment of candles.
- sanglier
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noun,
a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- seringas
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- stilbene
-
noun,
a colorless to slightly yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 14 H 12 , used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes (stilbene dyes)
- bandelet
-
noun,
a flat molding, broader than a fillet and narrower than a fascia.
- dabsters
-
noun,
Slang. an expert.
- Balinese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Bali.
- brindles
-
noun,
a brindled coloring.
- bartends
-
verb (used without object),
to serve or work as a bartender.
- giantess
-
noun,
an imaginary female being of human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- Breeding
-
noun,
the producing of offspring.
- Brandeis
-
noun,
Louis Dembitz [dem-bits] /ˈdɛm bɪts/ (Show IPA), 1856–1941, U.S. lawyer and writer: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1916–39.
- seabirds
-
noun,
a bird frequenting the sea or coast.
- brandies
-
noun,
a spirit distilled from wine or from the fermented juice of grapes or of apples, peaches, plums, etc.
- beadings
-
noun,
material composed of or adorned with beads.
- serenade
-
noun,
a complimentary performance of vocal or instrumental music in the open air at night, as by a lover under the window of his lady.
- Breasted
-
noun,
James Henry, 1865–1935, U.S. archaeologist and historian of ancient Egypt.
- telerans
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- gentries
-
noun,
wellborn and well-bred people.
- bastings
-
noun,
sewing with long, loose stitches to hold material in place until the final sewing.
- gentiles
-
noun,
a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
- greenlet
-
noun,
any of various small vireos of the genus Hylophilus, having greenish plumage, found in Central and South America.
- sarsenet
-
noun,
sarcenet.
- bassinet
-
noun,
a basket with a hood over one end, for use as a baby's cradle.
- genitals
-
plural noun,
genitalia.
- Bretagne
-
noun,
French name of Brittany.
- basinets
-
noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- stringed
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- baseline
-
noun,
Baseball. the area between bases within which a base runner must keep when running from one base to another.
- Landseer
-
noun,
Sir Edwin Henry, 1802–73, English painter, especially of animals.
- gristles
-
noun,
cartilage, especially in meats.
- Lansberg
-
noun,
a walled plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 29 miles (46 km) in diameter.
- bestride
-
verb (used with object),
to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
- aglisten
-
adjective,
refulgent; glistening.
- dressing
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that dresses.
- diabetes
-
noun,
any of several disorders characterized by increased urine production.
- alienees
-
noun,
a person to whom property is alienated.
- Triangle
-
noun,
a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles.
- driblets
-
noun,
a small portion or part.
- enlistee
-
noun,
a person who enlists for military service.
Compare draftee.
- enlarges
-
verb (used with object),
to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to:
- dressage
-
noun,
haute école (def 1).
- egalites
-
noun,
equality.
- standees
-
noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- diasters
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- elastins
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- redbaits
-
verb (used without object),
to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.
- elaterid
-
noun,
any beetle of the family Elateridae, comprising the click beetles.
- Algerine
-
noun,
Algerian.
- redlines
-
noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- detrains
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- trade-in
-
noun,
goods given in whole or, usually, part payment of a purchase:
- andesite
-
noun,
a dark-colored volcanic rock composed essentially of plagioclase feldspar and one or more mafic minerals, as hornblende or biotite.
- destines
-
verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- abridges
-
verb (used with object),
to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents:
- detailer
-
noun,
a manufacturer's representative who calls on customers to supply information on products and visits stores to monitor sales and replenish stock.
- relegate
-
verb (used with object),
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition:
- needless
-
adjective,
unnecessary; not needed or wanted:
- detainee
-
noun,
a person held in custody, especially for a political offense or for questioning.
- abristle
-
adverb, adjective,
in a bristling state:
- absentee
-
noun,
a person who is absent, especially from work or school.
- tireless
-
adjective,
untiring; indefatigable:
- detainer
-
noun,
a writ for the further detention of a person already in custody.
- ensilage
-
noun,
the preservation of green fodder in a silo or pit.
- eelgrass
-
noun,
a grasslike marine plant, Zostera marina, having ribbonlike leaves.
- deterges
-
verb (used with object),
to wipe or wash away; cleanse.
- retsinas
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- retables
-
noun,
a decorative structure raised above an altar at the back, often forming a frame for a picture, bas-relief, or the like, and sometimes including a shelf or shelves, as for ornaments.
- engrails
-
verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- anergies
-
noun,
Pathology. deficiency of energy.
- trenails
-
noun,
treenail.
- lineages
-
noun,
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction:
- trendies
-
noun,
a trendy person, place, object, or idea.
- stabling
-
noun,
accommodation for horses or other draft or farm animals in a stable.
- singlets
-
noun,
a sleeveless athletic jersey, especially a loose-fitting top worn by runners, joggers, etc.
- agenesis
-
noun,
absence of or failed development of a body part.
- treadles
-
noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- enargite
-
noun,
a mineral, copper arsenic and sulfide, Cu 3 AsS 4 , occurring in the form of black orthorhombic crystals having perfect cleavage: an important source of copper.
- dingbats
-
noun,
Slang. an eccentric, silly, or empty-headed person.
- elegists
-
noun,
the author of an elegy.
- disables
-
verb (used with object),
to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate:
- disagree
-
verb (used without object),
to fail to agree; differ:
- disaster
-
noun,
a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
- disrates
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- treenail
-
noun,
a wooden pin that swells when moist, used for fastening together timbers, as those of ships.
- ratlines
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- renegade
-
noun,
a person who deserts a party or cause for another.
- dragnets
-
noun,
a net to be drawn along the bottom of a river, pond, etc., or along the ground, to catch fish, small game, etc.
- resignee
-
noun,
a person who has resigned or is about to resign.
- dragline
-
noun,
a rope dragging from something; dragrope.
- Alegrete
-
noun,
a city in SW Brazil.
- realties
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- diesters
-
noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- resinate
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the salts of the acids found in rosin.
- stabiles
-
noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- engirdle
-
verb (used with object),
to engird.
- energies
-
noun,
the capacity for vigorous activity; available power:
- reagents
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- resigned
-
adjective,
submissive or acquiescent.
- digester
-
noun,
a person or thing that digests.
- Dniester
-
noun,
a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.
- resident
-
noun,
a person who resides in a place.
- readings
-
noun,
the action or practice of a person who reads.
- stablers
-
noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- slanders
-
noun,
defamation; calumny:
- retinals
-
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.
- Aberdeen
-
noun,
Also called Aberdeenshire [ab-er-deen-sheer, -sher] /ˌæb ərˈdin ʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in NE Scotland.
- Delsarte
-
noun,
François [fran-swah;; French frahn-swa] /frænˈswɑ;; French frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1811–71, French musician and teacher.
- Starling
-
noun,
a chunky, medium-sized European passerine bird, Sturnus vulgaris, of iridescent black plumage with seasonal speckles, that nests in colonies: introduced into North America.
- trindles
-
noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- re-lease
-
noun,
a contract for re-leasing land or property.
- deniable
-
adjective,
capable of being or liable to be denied or contradicted.
- Reginald
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “counsel and rule.”.
- arenites
-
noun,
psammite.
- reenlist
-
verb (used with or without object),
to enlist again.
- linseeds
-
noun,
flaxseed.
- reedling
-
noun,
the bearded tit.
- sagenite
-
noun,
a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz.
- ringlets
-
noun,
a curled lock of hair.
- slingers
-
noun,
a person or thing that slings.
- slatings
-
noun,
the act or work of covering something with slates.
- L-series
-
noun,
See under L-line.
- deranges
-
verb (used with object),
to throw into disorder; disarrange.
- eserines
-
noun,
physostigmine.
- entrails
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- aniseeds
-
noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- linebred
-
adjective,
produced by linebreeding.
- rideable
-
adjective,
ridable.
- eateries
-
noun,
a restaurant or other commercial establishment serving food.
- editress
-
noun,
a woman employed in the work of editing.
- destains
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- designer
-
noun,
a person who devises or executes designs, especially one who creates forms, structures, and patterns, as for works of art or machines.
- reedings
-
noun,
a set of moldings, as on a column, resembling small convex fluting.
- regelate
-
verb (used without object),
to freeze by regelation.
- designee
-
noun,
a person selected or designated to carry out a duty or role:
- Ndebeles
-
noun,
Also called Matabele. a member of a Nguni people of the Transvaal and Zimbabwe.
- tribades
-
noun,
lesbian (def 5).
- eastings
-
noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- earnests
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- east-end
-
noun,
a section of E London, England.
- antlered
-
adjective,
having antlers.
- giblets
-
plural noun,
the heart, liver, gizzard, and the like, of a fowl, often cooked separately.
- stables
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- Selenga
-
noun,
a river in N central Asia, flowing E and N through the NW Mongolian People's Republic through the Buryat Autonomous Republic in the SE Russian Federation to Lake Baikal. About 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- sensate
-
adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- seniles
-
noun,
a senile person.
- Gilbert
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetomotive force, equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns. Abbreviation: Gi.
- gilders
-
noun,
a person or thing that gilds.
- stabler
-
noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- eldress
-
noun,
a laywoman who is a governing officer in certain Protestant churches.
- girdles
-
noun,
a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- easting
-
noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- easters
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- greenie
-
noun,
Slang. an amphetamine pill, especially one that is green in color.
- braises
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- brained
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- dissert
-
verb (used without object),
to discourse on a subject.
- brasils
-
noun,
Brazil.
- sereins
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- branles
-
noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- slender
-
adjective,
having a circumference that is small in proportion to the height or length:
- brangle
-
noun,
a squabble.
- earnest
-
noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- serdabs
-
noun,
a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased.
- disseat
-
verb (used with object),
to unseat.
- Brandes
-
noun,
Georg Morris [ge-ohrg moh-ris] /gɛˈoʊrg ˈmoʊ rɪs/ (Show IPA), (Georg Morris Cohen) 1842–1927, Danish historian and literary critic.
- dissent
-
noun,
difference of sentiment or opinion.
- Grendel
-
noun,
the monster killed by Beowulf.
- Serbian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Serbia, especially one of the Slavic peoples inhabiting it.
- elegist
-
noun,
the author of an elegy.
- betides
-
verb (used with object),
to happen to; come to; befall:
- grenade
-
noun,
a small shell containing an explosive and thrown by hand or fired from a rifle or launching device.
- Eastern
-
adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- elegies
-
noun,
a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
- braless
-
adjective,
wearing no bra.
- elegant
-
adjective,
tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.:
- stabile
-
noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- sliders
-
noun,
a person or thing that slides.
- greisen
-
noun,
a hydrothermally altered rock of granitic texture composed chiefly of quartz and mica, common in the tin mines of Europe.
- earings
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- blister
-
noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- gradins
-
noun,
one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
- Elberta
-
noun,
a freestone peach having reddish-yellow skin.
- tangles
-
noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- senders
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- sendals
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- blasted
-
noun,
a sudden and violent gust of wind:
- gliders
-
noun,
a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
- egalite
-
noun,
equality.
- brassie
-
noun,
a club with a wooden head, the brass-plated face of which has more slope than a driver but less than a spoon, for hitting long, low drives on the fairway.
- glisten
-
noun,
a glistening; sparkle.
- bindles
-
noun,
a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo.
- Sitsang
-
noun,
Tibet (def 1).
- glister
-
noun,
glitter; sparkle.
- grantee
-
noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- blading
-
noun,
the act of skating on in-line skates.
- glassie
-
noun,
glassy (def 4).
- granite
-
noun,
a coarse-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or augite.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- gnarled
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- grabens
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has dropped downward in relation to adjacent portions.
- slander
-
noun,
defamation; calumny:
- Tangled
-
noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- grandee
-
noun,
a man of high social position or eminence, especially a Spanish or Portuguese nobleman.
- Tangier
-
noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- bistres
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- bisters
-
noun,
bistre.
- grained
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- edibles
-
noun,
Usually, edibles. edible substances; food.
- binders
-
noun,
a person or thing that binds.
- greaten
-
verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- bigener
-
noun,
a bigeneric hybrid, as certain orchids.
- dragees
-
noun,
a sugarcoated nut or candy.
- greases
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- gisants
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- blinder
-
noun,
a person or thing that blinds.
- senegas
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- eatings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- dragnet
-
noun,
a net to be drawn along the bottom of a river, pond, etc., or along the ground, to catch fish, small game, etc.
- Senegal
-
noun,
a republic in W Africa: independent member of the French Community; formerly part of French West Africa. 76,084 sq. mi. (197,057 sq. km). Capital: Dakar.
- eaglets
-
noun,
a young eagle.
- tansies
-
noun,
any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- blessed
-
adjective,
consecrated; sacred; holy; sanctified:
- glaires
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Slinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that slings.
- blendes
-
noun,
sphalerite; zinc sulfide.
- bigness
-
noun,
the fact or condition of being large in size, extent, amount, etc.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- blender
-
noun,
a person or thing that blends.
- slating
-
noun,
the act or work of covering something with slates.
- gratins
-
noun,
au gratin.
- gratine
-
verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- bilsted
-
noun,
the liquidambar tree.
- slaters
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- driblet
-
noun,
a small portion or part.
- bleeder
-
noun,
a person who bleeds abnormally because of low clotting rate; hemophiliac.
- Sigsbee
-
noun,
Charles Dwight, 1845–1923, U.S. naval officer: captain of the Maine in 1898.
- bridles
-
noun,
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- gerents
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- dealers
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- dessert
-
noun,
cake, pie, fruit, pudding, ice cream, etc., served as the final course of a meal.
- desires
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- designs
-
noun,
an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed.
- steelie
-
noun,
a playing marble made of steel.
- gainers
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- entasis
-
noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- destine
-
verb (used with object),
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- dealing
-
noun,
Usually, dealings. relations; business:
- deserts
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- deseret
-
noun,
a territory established by the Mormons in 1849 as a proposed state of the Union: was refused admission to the Union by Congress and incorporated in the newly organized Territory of Utah 1850.
- desalts
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- enteral
-
adjective,
enteric.
- Gabriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels, appearing usually as a divine messenger. Dan. 8:16, 9:21; Luke 1:19, 26.
- destain
-
verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- gaiters
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- Derbies
-
noun,
a city in Derbyshire in central England.
- darings
-
noun,
adventurous courage; boldness.
- enrages
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- Steiner
-
noun,
Jakob [yah-kawp] /ˈyɑ kɔp/ (Show IPA), 1796–1863, Swiss mathematician.
- detrain
-
verb (used without object),
to alight from a railway train; arrive by train.
- singers
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- deterge
-
verb (used with object),
to wipe or wash away; cleanse.
- ganders
-
noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- detains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- dartles
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- Darlene
-
noun,
a female given name: from the Old English word meaning “darling.”.
- Darling
-
noun,
a person very dear to another; one dearly loved.
- darnels
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- details
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- galerie
-
noun,
gallery (def 8).
- ensiles
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- dearies
-
noun,
darling.
- Derbent
-
noun,
a seaport in the SE Dagestan Autonomous Republic, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Caspian Sea.
- darbies
-
noun,
a float having two handles, used by plasterers.
- Delaine
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Delaine Merino.
- deniers
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- silents
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- eserine
-
noun,
physostigmine.
- silanes
-
noun,
Also called silicon tetrahydride. a gas with an unpleasant odor, SiH 4 , soluble in water: used as a doping agent for semiconductors in the production of solid-state devices.
- signets
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- estrins
-
noun,
estrone.
- silages
-
noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- Erigena
-
noun,
Johannes Scotus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s,, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs,, -ˈhæn ɪs/ (Show IPA), a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
- delates
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- Delbert
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert.
- estrade
-
noun,
a slightly raised platform in a room or hall.
- delists
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- Delibes
-
noun,
(Clément Philibert) Léo [kley-mahn fee-lee-ber ley-aw] /kleɪˈmɑ̃ fi liˈbɛr leɪˈɔ/ (Show IPA), 1836–91, French composer, especially of operas, operettas, and ballets.
- deletes
-
verb (used with object),
to strike out or remove (something written or printed); cancel; erase; expunge.
- etagere
-
noun,
a stand with a series of open shelves for small objects, bric-a-brac, etc.
- ergates
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- betaine
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, sweet-tasting alkaloid, C 5 H 11 NO 2 , usually obtained from sugar beets or synthesized from glycine, used chiefly in medicine.
- derails
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- derange
-
verb (used with object),
to throw into disorder; disarrange.
- debases
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in quality or value; adulterate:
- debates
-
noun,
a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints:
- entires
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- signals
-
noun,
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.:
- signees
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- stearin
-
noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- dentals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- entrail
-
plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- signers
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- etesian
-
adjective,
(of certain Mediterranean winds) occurring annually.
- dentils
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- eternal
-
noun,
something that is eternal.
- entrees
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- entries
-
noun,
an act of entering; entrance.
- enlists
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- sidebar
-
noun,
follow-up (def 3b).
- disrate
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce to a lower rating or rank.
- endless
-
adjective,
having or seeming to have no end, limit, or conclusion; boundless; infinite; interminable; incessant:
- Bridget
-
noun,
Saint, Brigid, Saint.
- genesis
-
noun,
an origin, creation, or beginning.
- endears
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- dingbat
-
noun,
Slang. an eccentric, silly, or empty-headed person.
- endgate
-
noun,
tailboard.
- brigade
-
noun,
a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions.
- brigand
-
noun,
a bandit, especially one of a band of robbers in mountain or forest regions.
- bridals
-
noun,
a wedding.
- singlet
-
noun,
a sleeveless athletic jersey, especially a loose-fitting top worn by runners, joggers, etc.
- Brindle
-
noun,
a brindled coloring.
- dilates
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- Staines
-
noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- engilds
-
verb (used with object),
to brighten with or as with golden light:
- digress
-
verb (used without object),
to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc.
- Bridges
-
noun,
Calvin Blackman [blak-muh n] /ˈblæk mən/ (Show IPA), 1889–1938, U.S. geneticist.
- Genista
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- general
-
noun,
Military.
U.S. Army and Air Force. an officer ranking above a lieutenant general and below a general of the army or general of the air force.
U.S. Army. an officer of any of the five highest ranks: a brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, or general of the army.
U.S. Marine Corps. an officer holding the highest rank in the corps.
(in numerous armies) an officer in the highest, second, or third highest rank, as one ranking immediately below a field marshal in the British army.
- disable
-
verb (used with object),
to make unable or unfit; weaken or destroy the capability of; incapacitate:
- gerbils
-
noun,
any of numerous small burrowing rodents of the genus Gerbillus and related genera, of Asia, Africa, and southern Russia, having long hind legs used for jumping.
- disease
-
noun,
a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection, poisons, nutritional deficiency or imbalance, toxicity, or unfavorable environmental factors; illness; sickness; ailment.
- disbars
-
verb (used with object),
to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- breasts
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- Geraint
-
noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- serenes
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- elegits
-
noun,
a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
- dingles
-
noun,
a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.
- gentles
-
adjective,
kindly; amiable:
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- enables
-
verb (used with object),
to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to; authorize:
- stagers
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- Gentile
-
noun,
a person who is not Jewish, especially a Christian.
- genteel
-
adjective,
belonging or suited to polite society.
- genital
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- digests
-
noun,
a collection or compendium, usually of literary, historical, legal, or scientific matter, especially when classified or condensed.
- bristle
-
noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- garbles
-
noun,
the act or process of garbling.
- gastrin
-
noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- Stiegel
-
noun,
Henry William, 1729–85, German iron and glass manufacturer in America.
- sestina
-
noun,
a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
- dabster
-
noun,
Slang. an expert.
- diaster
-
noun,
the stage in mitosis at which the chromosomes, after their division and separation, are grouped near the poles of the spindle.
- enlarge
-
verb (used with object),
to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to:
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- dialers
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- gearset
-
noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- sterile
-
adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- gasters
-
- garnets
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- dangles
-
noun,
the act of dangling.
- gardens
-
noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- Daniels
-
noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- standee
-
noun,
a person who stands, as a passenger in a train, a spectator at a theater, etc., either because all the seats are taken or because standing room is cheaper than a seat.
- enisles
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- geneal.
-
- gelatin
-
noun,
a nearly transparent, faintly yellow, odorless, and almost tasteless glutinous substance obtained by boiling in water the ligaments, bones, skin, etc., of animals, and forming the basis of jellies, glues, and the like.
- strides
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- engirds
-
verb (used with object),
to encircle; encompass:
- serials
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- strange
-
adverb,
in a strange manner.
- strands
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- strains
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- seriate
-
adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- singles
-
noun,
one person or thing; a single one.
- diester
-
noun,
an organic compound that contains two ester groups.
- diesels
-
noun,
diesel engine.
- serines
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- engrail
-
verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- BSTrans
-
- stinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- seringa
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- betises
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- easiest
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- linters
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- albites
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- banters
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- resiles
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- tendril
-
noun,
a threadlike, leafless organ of climbing plants, often growing in spiral form, which attaches itself to or twines round some other body, so as to support the plant.
- tenders
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- lasting
-
noun,
a strong, durable, closely woven fabric for shoe uppers, coverings on buttons, etc.
- Bardeen
-
noun,
John, 1908–91, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1956, 1972.
- re-sign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- resting
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- bareges
-
noun,
a sheer fabric constructed in a leno weave of silk warp and cotton or worsted filling, often used to make veils and dresses.
- Alberti
-
noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- Barents
-
noun,
Willem [wil-uh m] /ˈwɪl əm/ (Show IPA), died 1597, Dutch navigator and explorer.
- trainee
-
noun,
a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- largess
-
noun,
generous bestowal of gifts.
- aldrins
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- retable
-
noun,
a decorative structure raised above an altar at the back, often forming a frame for a picture, bas-relief, or the like, and sometimes including a shelf or shelves, as for ornaments.
- sardine
-
noun,
the pilchard, Sardina pilchardus, often preserved in oil and used for food.
- Algiers
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Algeria, in the N part.
- retenes
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- Leander
-
noun,
a Greek youth, the lover of Hero, who swam the Hellespont every night to visit her until he was drowned in a storm.
- Sanders
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- leading
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that leads.
- baleens
-
noun,
whalebone (def 1).
- lead-in
-
noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- bangers
-
noun,
a person or thing that bangs.
- leaders
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- Teniers
-
noun,
David [dey-vid;; Flemish dah-vit;; French dah-veed] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; Flemish ˈdɑ vɪt;; French dɑˈvid/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder") 1582–1649, Flemish painter and engraver.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- bandies
-
noun,
an early form of tennis.
- bandlet
-
noun,
annulet (def 1).
- sangers
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- latrine
-
noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- resents
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- barites
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- retinal
-
noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- randies
-
noun,
Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.
- labrets
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- Teleran
-
noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- telegas
-
noun,
a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- sateens
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- trebles
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- seabeds
-
noun,
seafloor.
- beading
-
noun,
material composed of or adorned with beads.
- bastide
-
noun,
a medieval fortified town, planned as a whole and built at one time, especially in southern France, for strategic or commercial purposes.
- Seabees
-
noun,
a member of the construction battalions of the U.S. Navy, established in December, 1941, to build landing facilities, airfields, etc., in combat areas.
- reneges
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- seabird
-
noun,
a bird frequenting the sea or coast.
- Seagirt
-
noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- islands
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- Bearden
-
noun,
Romare Howard [roh-mair] /ˈroʊ mɛər/ (Show IPA), 1911–88, U.S. artist.
- basting
-
noun,
sewing with long, loose stitches to hold material in place until the final sewing.
- resails
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- tenable
-
adjective,
capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against attack or dispute:
- basinet
-
noun,
a globular or pointed helmet of the 14th century, often provided with a visor or aventail: evolved from the cervellière.
Compare great basinet.
- resends
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- bartend
-
verb (used without object),
to serve or work as a bartender.
- resedas
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- Landers
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- reseats
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- transl.
-
- airless
-
adjective,
lacking air.
- basters
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- Sargent
-
noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- resales
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- treadle
-
noun,
a lever or the like worked by continual action of the foot to impart motion to a machine.
- lisente
-
noun,
plural of sente.
- Laertes
-
noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- telesis
-
noun,
deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals.
- ladings
-
noun,
the act of lading.
- leaners
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- alienee
-
noun,
a person to whom property is alienated.
- beastie
-
noun,
Chiefly Literary. a small animal, especially one toward which affection is felt.
- aniseed
-
noun,
the aromatic seed of anise, the oil of which (anise oil, aniseed oil, oil of anise) is used in the manufacture of anethole, in medicine as a carminative and expectorant, and in cookery and liqueurs for its licoricelike flavor.
- antbird
-
noun,
any of numerous passerine birds of the family Formicariidae, of the New World tropics, many species of which follow army ant swarms to feed on insects disturbed by the ants.
- librate
-
verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- sabines
-
noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- tinsels
-
noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- artless
-
adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- tinders
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- ringlet
-
noun,
a curled lock of hair.
- tirades
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- Lessing
-
noun,
Doris (May) 1919–2013, British novelist in Africa; born in Persia; Nobel Prize in Literature 2007.
- Anglist
-
noun,
Anglicist.
- anglers
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- sailers
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- liernes
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- nailers
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- listens
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- linseed
-
noun,
flaxseed.
- arenite
-
noun,
psammite.
- lingers
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- tingles
-
noun,
a tingling sensation.
- lineate
-
adjective,
marked with lines, especially parallel lengthwise lines; striped.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- lineage
-
noun,
lineal descent from an ancestor; ancestry or extraction:
- ligands
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a molecule, as an antibody, hormone, or drug, that binds to a receptor.
- Linares
-
noun,
a city in S Spain.
- linages
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- listers
-
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.
- ligates
-
verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- ligases
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- Antibes
-
noun,
a seaport in SE France, SW of Nice: preserved ruins of 4th-century b.c. Roman town.
- tigress
-
noun,
a female tiger.
- salines
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- tensile
-
adjective,
of or relating to tension:
- saltire
-
noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- tessera
-
noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- legates
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- legatee
-
noun,
a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
- Nereids
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- atingle
-
adjective,
tingling; stimulated.
- ledgers
-
noun,
Bookkeeping. an account book of final entry, in which business transactions are recorded.
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- leasing
-
noun,
lying; falsehood.
- bailees
-
noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- tisanes
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- nestles
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Learned
-
adjective,
having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite:
- Negress
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a black woman or girl.
- negates
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- Lesbian
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Lesbos.
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- Sienese
-
noun,
an inhabitant of Siena.
- nasties
-
noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- Ndebele
-
noun,
Also called Matabele. a member of a Nguni people of the Transvaal and Zimbabwe.
- Angeles
-
noun,
a city in the Philippines, on S central Luzon.
- ridable
-
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- riblets
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- legists
-
noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- Astilbe
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- ribands
-
noun,
a decorative ribbon.
- Salters
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- astride
-
preposition,
with a leg on each side of; straddling:
- ribalds
-
noun,
a ribald person.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- Needles
-
noun,
a town in SE California: on Colorado River at Arizona line.
- bearing
-
noun,
the manner in which one conducts or carries oneself, including posture and gestures:
- Bassein
-
noun,
a city in SW Burma, near the mouth of the Irrawaddy River.
- Adeline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adele.
- related
-
adjective,
associated; connected.
- seeders
-
noun,
a person or thing that seeds.
- redline
-
noun,
Automotive.
the maximum rotational speed, or angular velocity, of the engine crankshaft that is considered safe: often measured in rpm.
a red line or boundary of a red area that delineates such a value, as on a tachometer.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- Abilene
-
noun,
a city in central Texas.
- beignet
-
noun,
a fritter or doughnut.
- inserts
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- regales
-
noun,
a sumptuous feast.
- Bernese
-
noun,
an inhabitant or native of Bern.
- seating
-
noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- seidels
-
noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- begirds
-
verb (used with object),
to gird about; encompass; surround.
- ingress
-
noun,
the act of going in or entering.
- rebated
-
noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- belting
-
noun,
material for belts.
- instals
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- instars
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- seiners
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- trindle
-
noun,
British Dialect. a wheel, especially of a wheelbarrow.
- idlesse
-
noun,
idleness.
- reginas
-
noun,
queen.
- instead
-
Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- redbait
-
verb (used without object),
to denounce or deprecate as a political radical, especially to accuse of being communist.
- redlegs
-
noun,
a member of a secret organization, formed in Kansas in 1862, that engaged in guerrilla activities during the Civil War.
- Belgian
-
noun,
a native or an inhabitant of Belgium.
- regains
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- ingesta
-
plural noun,
substances ingested.
- Belinda
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old Spanish word meaning “beautiful.”.
- ideates
-
noun,
ideatum.
- teasers
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- tearing
-
noun,
a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles. Synonyms: teardrop.
- ingests
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- relates
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- seaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- ingates
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- ingrate
-
noun,
an ungrateful person.
- trienes
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- berlins
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- Beltane
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic festival observed on May Day in Scotland and Ireland to mark the beginning of summer.
- seeings
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- berates
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- Seeland
-
noun,
Zealand.
- triages
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- release
-
noun,
a freeing or releasing from confinement, obligation, pain, emotional strain, etc.
- belated
-
adjective,
coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time:
- trenail
-
noun,
treenail.
- berline
-
noun,
an automobile with the front and rear compartments separated by a glass partition, as some limousines.
- relents
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- aediles
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- tringle
-
noun,
a narrow, straight molding, as a fillet.
- reagins
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- tribade
-
noun,
lesbian (def 5).
- ageless
-
adjective,
not aging or appearing to age.
- abseils
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- Beatles
-
noun,
the (used with a plural verb) British rock-'n'-roll group (1962–70) including George Harrison, (born 1943), John (Winston) Lennon [len-uh n] /ˈlɛn ən/ (Show IPA) (1940–80), Paul (James) McCartney [muh-kahrt-nee] /məˈkɑrt ni/ (Show IPA) (born 1942), and Ringo [ring-goh] /ˈrɪŋ goʊ/ (Show IPA), Starr, (Richard Starkey) (born 1940).
- re-laid
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of re-lay.
- Reigate
-
noun,
a city in Surrey in SE England, a London suburb.
- beating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that beats, as to punish, clean, mix, etc.:
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- Grindle
-
noun,
bowfin.
- bestead
-
adjective,
Archaic. placed or situated, often unfavorably or in difficulty.
- beaters
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- abridge
-
verb (used with object),
to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents:
- absents
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- reeding
-
noun,
a set of moldings, as on a column, resembling small convex fluting.
- Bengali
-
noun,
a native or an inhabitant of Bengal; Bengalese.
- Ireland
-
noun,
John, 1838–1918, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer, born in Ireland: archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., 1888–1918.
- sealers
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- bestial
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- ratings
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- bestirs
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- grilses
-
noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- sedates
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- bengals
-
noun,
a former province in NE India, now divided between India and Bangladesh.
Compare East Bengal, West Bengal.
- besiege
-
verb (used with object),
to lay siege to.
- reagent
-
noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- readies
-
noun,
the state or condition of being ready.
- Seaside
-
noun,
the land along the sea; seacoast.
- beeline
-
noun,
a direct route traveled quickly (usually in the phrase make a beeline for):
- tressed
-
adjective,
(of the hair) arranged or formed into tresses; braided; plaited.
- triable
-
- gristle
-
noun,
cartilage, especially in meats.
- Reading
-
noun,
the action or practice of a person who reads.
- Benares
-
noun,
a former name of Varanasi.
- inbreed
-
verb (used with object),
to breed (individuals of a closely related group) repeatedly.
- reglets
-
noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- redness
-
noun,
the quality or state of being red.
- besides
-
adverb,
moreover; furthermore; also:
- benders
-
noun,
a person or thing that bends, as a pair of pliers or a powered machine.
- integer
-
noun,
Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.
Compare whole number.
- bedrail
-
noun,
a board at the side of a bed connecting the footboard and headboard.
- teeners
-
noun,
a teenager.
- teasels
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- teenage
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a teenager.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- edgers
-
noun,
a person who puts an edge, especially a finishing edge, on a garment, surface, lens, etc.
- ensile
-
verb (used with object),
to preserve (green fodder) in a silo.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Edessa
-
noun,
an ancient city in NW Mesopotamia, on the modern site of Urfa: an early center of Christianity; the capital of a principality under the Crusaders.
- slangs
-
noun,
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- nebris
-
noun,
a fawn skin worn in Greek mythology by Dionysus and his followers.
- needle
-
noun,
a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
- riband
-
noun,
a decorative ribbon.
- Ederle
-
noun,
Gertrude Caroline, 1906–2003, U.S. swimmer.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- Sinbad
-
noun,
Sindbad the Sailor.
- reglet
-
noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- sabres
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- regnal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- 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.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- sledge
-
noun,
a vehicle of various forms, mounted on runners and often drawn by draft animals, used for traveling or for conveying loads over snow, ice, rough ground, etc.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- Esdras
-
noun,
either of the first two books of the Apocrypha, I Esdras or II Esdras.
- sabirs
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- enter-
-
- rident
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- slates
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Regain
-
noun,
(in a moisture-free fabric) the percentage of the weight that represents the amount of moisture the material is expected to absorb under normal conditions.
- regale
-
noun,
a sumptuous feast.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- ringed
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- nadirs
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- entire
-
noun,
Archaic. the whole; entirety.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- Sabine
-
noun,
one of the Sabine people.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- sabins
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth 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.
- ediles
-
noun,
aedile.
- elders
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- enable
-
verb (used with object),
to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to; authorize:
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- eldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- endear
-
verb (used with object),
to make dear, esteemed, or beloved:
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- Enders
-
noun,
John Franklin, 1897–1985, U.S. bacteriologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1954.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Elbert
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch range: second highest peak of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. 14,431 feet (4399 meters).
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- Reseda
-
noun,
a grayish green.
- resend
-
verb (used with object),
to send again.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- rebate
-
noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- Engels
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1820–95, German socialist in England: collaborated with Karl Marx in systematizing Marxism.
- Elsene
-
noun,
Dutch name of Ixelles.
- raised
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- renege
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- ranids
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- ranged
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- elegit
-
noun,
a writ of execution against a judgment debtor's goods, property, or land, held by the judgment creditor until payment of the debt, as from rents on the land.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- sirees
-
noun,
sirree.
- elides
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- elints
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- rebids
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- engild
-
verb (used with object),
to brighten with or as with golden light:
- Neisse
-
noun,
a river in N Europe, flowing N from the NW Czech Republic along part of the boundary between Germany and Poland to the Oder River. 145 miles (233 km) long.
- nested
-
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.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- egrets
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- egress
-
noun,
the act or an instance of going, especially from an enclosed place.
- egests
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- Redleg
-
noun,
a member of a secret organization, formed in Kansas in 1862, that engaged in guerrilla activities during the Civil War.
- Nessie
-
noun,
Loch Ness monster.
- Egbert
-
noun,
a.d. 775?–839, king of the West Saxons 802–839; 1st king of the English 828–839.
- Nesbit
-
noun,
E(dith) 1858–1924, English children's author, novelist, and poet.
- Nergal
-
noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Nereis
-
noun,
clamworm.
- Nereid
-
noun,
any elongate cylindrical worm of the polychaete family Nereididae, including clamworms.
- Edirne
-
noun,
a city in NW Turkey, in the European part.
- singes
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- enisle
-
verb (used with object),
to make an island of.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- reside
-
noun,
a piece or section of siding:
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- redans
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- engird
-
verb (used with object),
to encircle; encompass:
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- elated
-
adjective,
very happy or proud; jubilant; in high spirits:
- redial
-
noun,
automatic redial.
- resist
-
noun,
a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
- eiders
-
noun,
eider duck.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Elaine
-
noun,
any of several women in Arthurian romance, as the daughter of King Pelles and the mother, by Lancelot, of Sir Galahad.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- Eileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- single
-
noun,
one person or thing; a single one.
- grilse
-
noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- Sidras
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- sadist
-
noun,
Psychiatry. a person who has the condition of sadism, in which one receives sexual gratification from causing pain and degradation to another.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- Gildas
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “golden.”.
- Gilder
-
noun,
a person or thing that gilds.
- Gilead
-
noun,
a district of ancient Palestine, E of the Jordan River, in present N Jordan.
- girdle
-
noun,
a lightweight undergarment, worn especially by women, often partly or entirely of elastic or boned, for supporting and giving a slimmer appearance to the abdomen, hips, and buttocks.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- irades
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- intra-
-
- senile
-
noun,
a senile person.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- Glaber
-
noun,
Raoul [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), or Rudolphe [roo-dawlf] /ruˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), c990–c1050, French ecclesiastic and chronicler.
- instr.
-
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- glades
-
noun,
an open space in a forest.
- glaire
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- glairs
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- glares
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Glaser
-
noun,
Donald A. 1926–2013, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- gleans
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- gleeds
-
noun,
a glowing coal.
- seabed
-
noun,
seafloor.
- lading
-
noun,
the act of lading.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- Serene
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- labrid
-
noun,
any of numerous fishes of the family Labridae, including the wrasses, the tautog, and the cunner, and characterized chiefly by well-developed teeth and, often, brilliant colors.
- Gerald
-
noun,
a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “spear” and “rule.”.
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- gerbil
-
noun,
any of numerous small burrowing rodents of the genus Gerbillus and related genera, of Asia, Africa, and southern Russia, having long hind legs used for jumping.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- satins
-
noun,
a fabric in a warp-effect or filling-effect satin weave, as acetate, rayon, nylon, or silk, often having a glossy face and a soft, slippery texture.
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Gibran
-
noun,
Kahlil [kah-leel] /kɑˈlil/ (Show IPA), 1883–1931, Lebanese mystic, poet, dramatist, and artist; in the U.S. after 1910.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- Gesner
-
noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- Gessen
-
noun,
Goshen (def 1).
- serein
-
noun,
fine rain falling after sunset from a sky in which no clouds are visible.
- Seabee
-
noun,
a member of the construction battalions of the U.S. Navy, established in December, 1941, to build landing facilities, airfields, etc., in combat areas.
- gestes
-
noun,
gest.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- serdab
-
noun,
a chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- giblet
-
plural noun,
the heart, liver, gizzard, and the like, of a fowl, often cooked separately.
- Isabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- glebes
-
noun,
Also called glebe land. Chiefly British. the cultivable land owned by a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
- gleets
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- Greats
-
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- Grasse
-
noun,
François Joseph Paul [frahn-swa zhaw-zef pawl] /frɑ̃ˈswa ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Grasse-Tilly) 1722–1788, French admiral.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- ideate
-
noun,
ideatum.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- Seeger
-
noun,
Alan, 1888–1916, U.S. poet.
- seeing
-
noun,
the act of a person who sees.
- Seidel
-
noun,
a large beer mug with a capacity of one liter (1.1 quarts) and often having a hinged lid.
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- seiner
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a seine.
- grebes
-
noun,
any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, related to the loons, but having a rudimentary tail and lobate rather than webbed toes.
- Seeder
-
noun,
a person or thing that seeds.
- greeds
-
noun,
excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
- seines
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- Selden
-
noun,
George Baldwin, 1846–1922, U.S. inventor of a gasoline-powered car.
- Greene
-
noun,
Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
- grists
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- greens
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- selen-
-
- easies
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- grinds
-
noun,
the act of grinding.
- Selene
-
noun,
the Greek goddess of the moon.
Compare Thyone.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- idlers
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- sedile
-
noun,
one of the seats (usually three) on the south side of the chancel, often recessed, for the use of the officiating clergy.
- Sender
-
noun,
a person or thing that sends.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- Glenda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- sendee
-
noun,
the person to whom something is sent.
- Ingles
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- glider
-
noun,
a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
- glides
-
noun,
a gliding movement, as in dancing.
- Gliere
-
noun,
Reinhold Moritzovich [rahyn-hawlt maw-ryi-tsuh-vyich] /ˈraɪn hɔlt ˈmɔ ryɪ tsə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1956, Russian composer.
- glints
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- gnarls
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- gneiss
-
noun,
a metamorphic rock, generally made up of bands that differ in color and composition, some bands being rich in feldspar and quartz, others rich in hornblende or mica.
- graben
-
noun,
a portion of the earth's crust, bounded on at least two sides by faults, that has dropped downward in relation to adjacent portions.
- sedges
-
noun,
any rushlike or grasslike plant of the genus Carex, growing in wet places.
Compare sedge family.
- grades
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- gradin
-
noun,
one of a series of steps or seats raised one above another.
- grails
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- inbred
-
adjective,
naturally inherent; innate; native:
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- grand-
-
- sedans
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- sedate
-
adjective,
calm, quiet, or composed; undisturbed by passion or excitement:
- Grande
-
noun,
Rio. Rio Grande.
- seders
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- grands
-
noun,
grand piano.
- grani-
-
- gentle
-
adjective,
kindly; amiable:
- lagers
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- Lenard
-
noun,
Philipp [fee-lip] /ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), 1862–1947, German physicist, born in Austria-Hungary: Nobel Prize 1905.
- signee
-
noun,
a person who signs a document, register, etc.; signer; signatory:
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- signal
-
noun,
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.:
- Lesser
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- lessen
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- lessee
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., to whom a lease is granted.
- gabies
-
noun,
a fool.
- gabled
-
adjective,
provided with a gable or gables:
- gables
-
noun,
the portion of the front or side of a building enclosed by or masking the end of a pitched roof.
- salted
-
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.
- 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.
- ribald
-
noun,
a ribald person.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- Gadite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Gad.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- grides
-
noun,
a griding or grating sound.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- Leiden
-
noun,
a city in W Netherlands.
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- sidles
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- Legree
-
noun,
Simon, Simon Legree.
- legits
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- gaited
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- liangs
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- legist
-
noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- ligans
-
noun,
lagan.
- 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.
- linger
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- silage
-
noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- Essene
-
noun,
a member of a Palestinian sect, characterized by asceticism, celibacy, and joint holding of property, that flourished from the 2nd century b.c. to the 2nd century a.d.
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- linage
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- lignes
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- ligers
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- ligate
-
verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- ligase
-
noun,
any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- liards
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- ligand
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a molecule, as an antibody, hormone, or drug, that binds to a receptor.
- lierne
-
noun,
an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- lieges
-
noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- lidars
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- libras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- gaiter
-
noun,
a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot.
Compare upper1 (def 7).
- legers
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- genit.
-
- larges
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- gelati
-
noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- lasing
-
noun,
the generation of coherent light by a laser.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- gelees
-
noun,
a jellied substance, especially a cosmetic gel or a jellied food.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- serges
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- gender
-
noun,
either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behavior:
Compare sex (def 1).
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- Geisel
-
noun,
Theodor Seuss [soos] /sus/ (Show IPA), ("Dr. Seuss") 1904–91, U.S. humorist, illustrator, and author of children's books.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- Sardis
-
noun,
an ancient city in W Asia Minor: the capital of ancient Lydia.
- Langer
-
noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- Lander
-
noun,
a space probe designed to land on a planet or other solid celestial body.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- lairds
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- genets
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- genial
-
adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- genies
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- sarges
-
noun,
sergeant.
- series
-
noun,
a group or a number of related or similar things, events, etc., arranged or occurring in temporal, spatial, or other order or succession; sequence.
- serine
-
noun,
a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Symbol: S. Abbreviation: Ser;
- legend
-
noun,
a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
- gassed
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- Gander
-
noun,
the male of the goose.
Compare goose (def 2).
- legate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- ledges
-
noun,
a relatively narrow, projecting part, as a horizontal, shelflike projection on a wall or a raised edge on a tray.
- Ledger
-
noun,
Bookkeeping. an account book of final entry, in which business transactions are recorded.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- garble
-
noun,
the act or process of garbling.
- leases
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- Garden
-
noun,
a plot of ground, usually near a house, where flowers, shrubs, vegetables, fruits, or herbs are cultivated.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- gaslit
-
noun,
light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.
- Sander
-
noun,
a person or thing that sands or sandpapers.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- Gasser
-
noun,
Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- gastr-
-
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- Gbaris
-
noun,
Gwari.
- leader
-
noun,
a person or thing that leads.
- leaden
-
adjective,
inertly heavy like lead; hard to lift or move:
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- latins
-
noun,
an Italic language spoken in ancient Rome, fixed in the 2nd or 1st century b.c., and established as the official language of the Roman Empire. Abbreviation: L.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lateen
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- Lerida
-
noun,
a city in NE Spain.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- brents
-
noun,
brant.
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- breads
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- bredes
-
noun,
something braided or entwined, especially a plait of hair; braid.
- Ariege
-
noun,
a department in S France. 1893 sq. mi. (4905 sq. km). Capital: Foix.
- breeds
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Brenda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “flame” or “sword.”.
- argils
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- branle
-
noun,
a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Briand
-
noun,
Aristide [ar-uh-steed;; French a-ree-steed] /ˈær əˌstid;; French a riˈstid/ (Show IPA), 1862–1932, French statesman: minister of France 11 times; Nobel Peace Prize 1926.
- bridal
-
noun,
a wedding.
- Bridge
-
noun,
a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like.
- Arendt
-
noun,
Hannah, 1906–75, U.S. author, political scientist, and teacher, born in Germany.
- bridle
-
noun,
part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
- ardent
-
adjective,
having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
- brines
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- brings
-
Verb phrases,
bring about, to accomplish; cause:
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- ardebs
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- brants
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- blends
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- assign
-
noun,
Usually, assigns. Law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee:
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- blinds
-
noun,
something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- asides
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- Brandt
-
noun,
Willy [wil-ee;; German vil-ee] /ˈwɪl i;; German ˈvɪl i/ (Show IPA), (Karl Herbert Frahm) 1913–1992, West German political leader: chancellor 1969–74; Nobel Peace Prize 1971.
- tables
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- arsen-
-
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- braids
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- tinder
-
noun,
a highly flammable material or preparation formerly used for catching the spark from a flint and steel struck together for fire or light.
- brails
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- brains
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- brands
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stride
-
noun,
a striding manner or a striding gait.
- Strega
-
- bleeds
-
noun,
Printing.
a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration.
a part thus trimmed off.
- debits
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- steels
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Steele
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- dealer
-
noun,
a person who buys and sells articles without altering their condition; trader or merchant, especially a wholesaler:
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- steeds
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- Andres
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- debars
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- debase
-
verb (used with object),
to reduce in quality or value; adulterate:
- debate
-
noun,
a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints:
- debris
-
noun,
the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble:
- Dassin
-
noun,
Jules [joolz;; French zhyl] /dʒulz;; French ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1911–2008, French motion-picture director, born in the U.S.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- deesis
-
noun,
a representation in Byzantine art of Christ enthroned and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, often found on an iconostasis.
- steads
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- degree
-
noun,
any of a series of steps or stages, as in a process or course of action; a point in any scale.
- deigns
-
verb (used with object),
to condescend to give or grant:
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- deists
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- delate
-
verb (used with object),
Chiefly Scot. to inform against; denounce or accuse.
- 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.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- dassie
-
noun,
hyrax.
- tingle
-
noun,
a tingling sensation.
- steles
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Strand
-
noun,
the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- stings
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- 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.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- Dairen
-
noun,
former Japanese name of Dalian (def 2).
- steres
-
- tirade
-
noun,
a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation:
- danger
-
noun,
liability or exposure to harm or injury; risk; peril.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- angsts
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- dangle
-
noun,
the act of dangling.
- Angles
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- angler
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- angled
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Darien
-
noun,
Gulf of, an arm of the Caribbean between NE Panama and NW Colombia.
- daring
-
noun,
adventurous courage; boldness.
- darnel
-
noun,
any of several grasses of the genus Lolium, having simple stems, flat leaves, and terminal spikes.
- dartle
-
verb (used with or without object),
to dart or shoot forth repeatedly.
- blende
-
noun,
sphalerite; zinc sulfide.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- aligns
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- barit.
-
- Bengal
-
noun,
a former province in NE India, now divided between India and Bangladesh.
Compare East Bengal, West Bengal.
- Benita
-
noun,
a female given name.
- basnet
-
noun,
basinet.
- berate
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- Bergen
-
noun,
Edgar, 1903–78, U.S. ventriloquist.
- basils
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- Bering
-
noun,
Vitus [vee-too s] /ˈvi tʊs/ (Show IPA), 1680–1741, Danish navigator: explorer of the N Pacific.
- Berlin
-
noun,
a large, four-wheeled, closed carriage hung between two perches and having two interior seats.
- Barnet
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- Barnes
-
noun,
Albert Coombs [koomz] /kumz/ (Show IPA), 1873–1951, U.S. inventor and art collector.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- Bernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Bernard.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- Baring
-
noun,
Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton, 1774–1848, British statesman.
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- barges
-
noun,
a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
- Besant
-
noun,
bezant.
- besets
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- beside
-
Idioms,
beside oneself, almost out of one's senses from a strong emotion, as from joy, delight, anger, fear, or grief:
- barege
-
noun,
a sheer fabric constructed in a leno weave of silk warp and cotton or worsted filling, often used to make veils and dresses.
- Bessel
-
noun,
Friedrich Wilhelm [free-drik wil-helm;; German free-drikh vil-helm] /ˈfri drɪk ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈfri drɪx ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1784–1846, German astronomer.
- Bessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tender
-
noun,
the act of tendering; an offer of something for acceptance.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- bardes
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- Basset
-
noun,
one of a breed of hounds having short legs, long body and ears, and usually a black, tan, and white coat.
- bastes
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- beiges
-
noun,
very light brown, as of undyed wool; light gray with a brownish tinge.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- beaten
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- beasts
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- beetle
-
noun,
any of numerous insects of the order Coleoptera, characterized by hard, horny forewings that cover and protect the membranous flight wings.
- beards
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- begats
-
plural noun,
genealogical lists, especially those in the Old Testament.
- beanie
-
noun,
a skullcap, often brightly colored, worn especially by children and by college freshmen, especially in the 1940s.
- begets
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
- begins
-
verb (used with object),
to proceed to perform the first or earliest part of (some action):
- begird
-
verb (used with object),
to gird about; encompass; surround.
- Beagle
-
noun,
one of a breed of small hounds having long ears, short legs, and a usually black, tan, and white coat.
- beings
-
noun,
the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- Bender
-
noun,
a person or thing that bends, as a pair of pliers or a powered machine.
- Beadle
-
noun,
a parish officer having various subordinate duties, as keeping order during services, waiting on the rector, etc.
- beader
-
noun,
a tool for forming beads on lumber.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Belgae
-
noun,
an ancient chiefly Celtic people that lived in northern Gaul.
- belgas
-
noun,
a former Belgian currency unit in foreign exchange, equal to five Belgian francs: in use from 1926 to 1945.
- Belsen
-
noun,
locality in NW Germany: site of Nazi concentration camp during World War II.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- belted
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- teleg.
-
- telega
-
noun,
a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- bating
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- bardee
-
noun,
bardy2 .
- tiered
-
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.
- Blaine
-
noun,
James Gillespie [gi-les-pee] /gɪˈlɛs pi/ (Show IPA), 1830–93, U.S. statesman.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- tergal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- badges
-
noun,
a special or distinctive mark, token, or device worn as a sign of allegiance, membership, authority, achievement, etc.:
- blains
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- bailee
-
noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- Badger
-
noun,
any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
- Blairs
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- blasts
-
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Tessie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- Astrid
-
noun,
a female given name: from Scandinavian, meaning “divine strength.”.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- bleats
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- birses
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- banter
-
noun,
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
- edible
-
noun,
Usually, edibles. edible substances; food.
- betels
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- betide
-
verb (used with object),
to happen to; come to; befall:
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- BGeNEd
-
- B-girl
-
noun,
a woman employed by a bar, nightclub, etc., to act as a companion to male customers and induce them to buy drinks.
- bangle
-
noun,
a rigid, ring-shaped bracelet usually made without a clasp so as to slip over the hand, but sometimes having a hinged opening and a clasp.
- biased
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- banger
-
noun,
a person or thing that bangs.
- bidets
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- bandit
-
noun,
a robber, especially a member of a gang or marauding band.
- bields
-
noun,
a shelter; refuge.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- bairns
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- baleen
-
noun,
whalebone (def 1).
- binate
-
adjective,
produced or borne in pairs; double.
- Baldie
-
noun,
a bald person (sometimes used as a facetious term of address).
- binder
-
noun,
a person or thing that binds.
- bindle
-
noun,
a bundle, usually of bedding and other possessions, carried by a hobo.
- Balder
-
noun,
a god, a son of Odin and Frigg and the twin brother of Hod, by whom he was killed.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- binges
-
noun,
a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.
- bingle
-
noun,
base hit.
- tangle
-
noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- delete
-
verb (used with object),
to strike out or remove (something written or printed); cancel; erase; expunge.
- beater
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- desert
-
noun,
a region so arid because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all:
Synonyms: waste, wasteland, barren wilderness.
- deters
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- triene
-
noun,
any compound containing three double bonds.
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- abient
-
adjective,
tending to move away from a stimulus or situation.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- triads
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- staged
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- abides
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- desist
-
verb (used without object),
to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- desire
-
noun,
a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment:
- design
-
noun,
an outline, sketch, or plan, as of the form and structure of a work of art, an edifice, or a machine to be executed or constructed.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- aedile
-
noun,
one of a board of magistrates in charge of public buildings, streets, markets, games, etc.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- dentes
-
noun,
plural of dens.
- denti-
-
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- derail
-
noun,
a track device for derailing rolling stock in an emergency.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- Derain
-
noun,
André [ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (Show IPA), 1880–1954, French painter.
- abeles
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- Aeneid
-
noun,
a Latin epic poem by Vergil, recounting the adventures of Aeneas after the fall of Troy.
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- Aeetes
-
noun,
a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.
- adren-
-
- stands
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- alders
-
- Diesel
-
noun,
diesel engine.
- triage
-
noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- dinars
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- treads
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- Digest
-
noun,
a collection or compendium, usually of literary, historical, legal, or scientific matter, especially when classified or condensed.
- diners
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- stages
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- absent
-
adjective,
not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present):
- trans.
-
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- Aileen
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- treble
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- diable
-
adjective,
highly spiced; prepared with hot or piquant seasoning; deviled.
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- ad-lib
-
noun,
something improvised in speech, music, etc.:
- dialer
-
noun,
a person or thing that dials.
- Dingle
-
noun,
a deep, narrow cleft between hills; shady dell.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- dinges
-
noun,
the condition of being dingy.
- Stalin
-
noun,
Joseph V (Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili or Dzugashvili) 1879–1953, Soviet political leader: secretary general of the Communist Party 1922–53; premier of the U.S.S.R. 1941–53.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- dinger
-
noun,
humdinger.
- dienes
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- agreed
-
adjective,
arranged or set by common consent:
- driest
-
noun,
a prohibitionist.
- tsadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- drails
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- aglets
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- dragee
-
noun,
a sugarcoated nut or candy.
- disbar
-
verb (used with object),
to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- eaglet
-
noun,
a young eagle.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- slider
-
noun,
a person or thing that slides.
- earing
-
noun,
a rope attached to a cringle and used for bending a corner of a sail to a yard, boom, or gaff or for reefing a sail.
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- sleets
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- denier
-
noun,
a person who denies.
- denies
-
Idioms,
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
- slides
-
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- stades
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- Ealing
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- trends
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- aglint
-
adjective,
displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering:
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- drains
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- agists
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- algins
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- distr.
-
- slings
-
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- Aldrin
-
noun,
a brown, water-insoluble, toxic solid consisting of more than 95 percent of the chlorinated hydrocarbon C 12 H 8 Cl 6 : used as an insecticide.
- stable
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- Algren
-
noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- Denise
-
noun,
a female given name: derived from Denis.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- trades
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- Dnestr
-
noun,
Russian name of Dniester.
- trend
-
noun,
the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:
- badge
-
noun,
a special or distinctive mark, token, or device worn as a sign of allegiance, membership, authority, achievement, etc.:
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- sanit
-
- 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.
- banes
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Redan
-
noun,
a V -shaped work, usually projecting from a fortified line.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Leeds
-
noun,
a city in West Yorkshire, in N England.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Adler
-
noun,
Alfred, 1870–1937, Austrian psychiatrist and psychologist.
- Bangs
-
noun,
John Kendrick [ken-drik] /ˈkɛn drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1862–1922, U.S. humorist.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- tera-
-
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- Adige
-
noun,
a river in N Italy, flowing SE to the Adriatic Sea. 220 miles (354 km) long.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- balds
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- reads
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- aeri-
-
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- Reade
-
noun,
Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- rends
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- bands
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- bagel
-
noun,
a leavened, doughnut-shaped, firm-textured roll, with a brownish glazed surface, made of dough first poached and then baked.
- bairn
-
noun,
a child; son or daughter.
- ledge
-
noun,
a relatively narrow, projecting part, as a horizontal, shelflike projection on a wall or a raised edge on a tray.
- adret
-
noun,
a side of a mountain receiving direct sunlight.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sands
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- rebid
-
noun,
Bridge. a second bid:
- Rebel
-
noun,
a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- lebes
-
noun,
a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Triad
-
noun,
a group of three, especially of three closely related persons or things.
- Balt.
-
- relig
-
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Aedes
-
noun,
yellow-fever mosquito.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- 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.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- 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.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- tele-
-
- Regin
-
noun,
a smith, the brother of Fafnir, who raises Sigurd and encourages him to kill Fafnir in the hope of gaining the gold he guards.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- Ital.
-
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- basts
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- trig.
-
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- regle
-
noun,
a groove or channel for guiding a sliding door.
- Teide
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA) a volcanic peak in the Canary Islands, on Tenerife. 12,190 feet (3716 meters).
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Irene
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 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.
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- isbas
-
noun,
izba.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- Beard
-
noun,
the growth of hair on the face of an adult man, often including a mustache.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- beans
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- 30-30
-
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Regt.
-
- beads
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- redes
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- tried
-
noun,
an attempt or effort:
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- barge
-
noun,
a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
- Abner
-
noun,
the commander of the Israelite army and a cousin of Saul. I Sam. 14:50; 26:5.
- abrin
-
noun,
a highly poisonous protein found in the seeds of the rosary pea: inhibits protein synthesis, causing symptoms such as internal bleeding, intestinal upset, and irritation of mucous membranes.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- 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.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- abstr
-
- 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.
- Adele
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”.
- aden-
-
- Sans.
-
- Barde
-
noun,
bard2 (def 1).
- redia
-
noun,
a cylindrical larval stage of some trematodes, produced by a sporocyst and giving rise to daughter rediae or to cercariae.
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- lards
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- abele
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- saris
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- basis
-
noun,
the bottom or base of anything; the part on which something stands or rests.
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- Laird
-
noun,
a landed proprietor.
- basin
-
noun,
a circular container with a greater width than depth, becoming smaller toward the bottom, used chiefly to hold water or other liquid, especially for washing.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- abide
-
Verb phrases,
abide by,
to act in accord with.
to submit to; agree to:
to remain steadfast or faithful to; keep:
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- bases
-
noun,
plural of basis.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- sards
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- lang.
-
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- Bart.
-
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Baden
-
noun,
a region in SW Germany, formerly a state, now incorporated in Baden-Württemberg.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- rings
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- nabes
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- Nabis
-
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- Nader
-
noun,
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- nadir
-
noun,
Astronomy. the point on the celestial sphere directly beneath a given position or observer and diametrically opposite the zenith.
- 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.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- nards
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- 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.
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Angl.
-
- anis-
-
- Sabin
-
noun,
Physics. a unit of sound absorption, equal to one square foot (929 square centimeters) of a perfectly absorptive surface.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- ardeb
-
noun,
a unit of capacity used for dry measure in Egypt and neighboring countries, officially equivalent in Egypt to 5.62 U.S. bushels, but varying greatly in different localities.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- sadis
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- Albee
-
noun,
Edward, born 1928, U.S. playwright.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- anti-
-
- 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.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- ante-
-
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- natl.
-
- Arden
-
noun,
Forest of, a forest district in central England, in N Warwickshire: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It.
- algid
-
adjective,
cold; chilly.
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- alti-
-
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- nerds
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- nidge
-
verb (used with object),
to dress (a stone) with a pick or kevel.
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- retd.
-
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- trade
-
noun,
the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries:
- ridge
-
noun,
a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- rides
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- angi-
-
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- nears
-
- nitr-
-
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- Nebr.
-
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- tired
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Andre
-
noun,
John, 1751–80, British major hanged as a spy by the Americans in the Revolutionary War: plotted the betrayal of West Point with Benedict Arnold.
- andr-
-
- needs
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- rabid
-
adjective,
irrationally extreme in opinion or practice:
- Rabin
-
noun,
Yitzhak [yits-khahk] /yɪtsˈxɑk/ (Show IPA), 1922–95, Israeli military and political leader: prime minister 1974–77 and 1992–95: Nobel Peace Prize 1994.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- ranid
-
noun,
frog1 (def 2).
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- tiled
-
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.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- Liard
-
noun,
a former silver coin of France, the fourth part of a sol, issued from the 15th century to 1793 and made from copper after 1650.
- rands
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- 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.
- assn.
-
- reni-
-
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- 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.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Leger
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- leges
-
noun,
plural of lex.
- Legis
-
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- tiger
-
noun,
a large, carnivorous, tawny-colored and black-striped feline, Panthera tigris, of Asia, ranging in several subspecies from India and the Malay Peninsula to Siberia: the entire species is endangered, with some subspecies thought to be extinct.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- astr.
-
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- 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.
- asst.
-
- Asben
-
noun,
Aïr.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- lign-
-
- ligne
-
noun,
(in Swiss watchmaking) a unit equal to 0.0888 inch or 2.2558 millimeters, divided into 12 douziemes: used mainly to gauge the thickness of a movement.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- raids
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- tread
-
noun,
the action of treading, stepping, or walking.
- saids
-
noun,
sayyid.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- ling.
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- lings
-
noun,
an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- sages
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- treed
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- sails
-
noun,
an area of canvas or other fabric extended to the wind in such a way as to transmit the force of the wind to an assemblage of spars and rigging mounted firmly on a hull, raft, iceboat, etc., so as to drive it along.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- LIDAR
-
noun,
a device similar to radar in principle and operation but using infrared laser light instead of radio waves and capable of detecting particles, distant objects, and varying physical conditions in the atmosphere.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- 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.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Liege
-
noun,
a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- Arnel
-
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- Arndt
-
noun,
Ernst Moritz [ernst moh-rits] /ɛrnst ˈmoʊ rɪts/ (Show IPA), 1769–1860, German poet and historian.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- 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).
- treas
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- sedge
-
noun,
any rushlike or grasslike plant of the genus Carex, growing in wet places.
Compare sedge family.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- Sidra
-
noun,
Gulf of, an inlet of the Mediterranean, on the N coast of Libya.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Gabes
-
noun,
Gulf of, a gulf of the Mediterranean on the E coast of Tunisia.
- debar
-
verb (used with object),
to shut out or exclude from a place or condition:
- Gable
-
noun,
the portion of the front or side of a building enclosed by or masking the end of a pitched roof.
- debag
-
verb (used with object),
to depants.
- dears
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- steed
-
noun,
a horse, especially a high-spirited one.
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- siege
-
noun,
the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to isolate it from help and supplies, for the purpose of lessening the resistance of the defenders and thereby making capture possible.
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- debit
-
noun,
the recording or an entry of debt in an account.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- gains
-
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- darts
-
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- sides
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- darns
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Debir
-
noun,
a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.
- Debra
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Deborah.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Ernie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Ernest.
- 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.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- silds
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- denes
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Deneb
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Cygnus.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- denar
-
noun,
the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- estab
-
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- signs
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- deles
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- deign
-
verb (used with object),
to condescend to give or grant:
- Degas
-
noun,
Hilaire Germain Edgar [ee-ler zher-man ed-gar] /iˈlɛr ʒɛrˈmɛ̃ ɛdˈgar/ (Show IPA), 1834–1917, French impressionist painter.
- deets
-
plural noun,
details:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- deers
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- Deere
-
noun,
John, 1804–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of farm implements.
- Dares
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Brit.
-
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- Bring
-
Verb phrases,
bring about, to accomplish; cause:
- Brine
-
noun,
water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt.
- Brig.
-
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- Bride
-
noun,
a newly married woman or a woman about to be married.
- Genie
-
noun,
Islamic Mythology. jinn.
- Brian
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Genl.
-
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- Brent
-
noun,
brant.
- gelts
-
noun,
money.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Breen
-
noun,
a deep brownish green.
- Breed
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- brede
-
noun,
something braided or entwined, especially a plait of hair; braid.
- Breda
-
noun,
a city in the S Netherlands.
- bread
-
noun,
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- Brass
-
noun,
any of various metal alloys consisting mainly of copper and zinc.
- Brant
-
noun,
any of several species of small, dark-colored geese of the genus Branta, especially B. bernicla, breeding in high northern latitudes and migrating south in the autumn.
- Brans
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Gbari
-
noun,
Gwari.
- garbs
-
noun,
a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind:
- dangs
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- sials
-
noun,
the assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and alumina, that comprise the continental portions of the upper layer of the earth's crust.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- ster.
-
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- gasts
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- GATED
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- seti-
-
- stge.
-
- gelid
-
adjective,
very cold; icy.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- 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.
- Geber
-
noun,
(Jabir ibn Hayyan) 8th-century a.d, Arab alchemist.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- geese
-
noun,
a plural of goose.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- BSRet
-
- BSElE
-
- gelds
-
noun,
a payment; tax.
- Gelee
-
noun,
a jellied substance, especially a cosmetic gel or a jellied food.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- drest
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- slabs
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- eerie
-
adjective,
uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird:
- Drina
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing N along the part of the border between Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Sava River at Belgrade, Serbia. 285 miles (459 km) long.
- Egadi
-
noun,
a group of islands in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of W Sicily. 15 sq. mi. (39 sq. km).
- egads
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- dries
-
noun,
a plural of dry.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- dribs
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- snibs
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- eider
-
noun,
eider duck.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- dress
-
noun,
an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- dregs
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- drees
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- drats
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- drang
-
noun,
a narrow lane or alleyway.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Drain
-
noun,
something, as a pipe or conduit, by which a liquid drains.
- slags
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- Edsel
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “rich” and “hall.”.
- drags
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- EDGAR
-
noun,
an award given annually in various categories of mystery writing.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- eared
-
noun,
the part of a cereal plant, as corn, wheat, etc., that contains the flowers and hence the fruit, grains, or kernels.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- Eagle
-
noun,
any of several large, soaring birds of prey belonging to the hawk family Accipitridae, noted for their size, strength, and powers of flight and vision: formerly widespread in North America, eagles are mostly confined to Alaska and a few isolated populations.
Compare bald eagle, golden eagle.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- 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.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- snags
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- edger
-
noun,
a person who puts an edge, especially a finishing edge, on a garment, surface, lens, etc.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- edges
-
noun,
a line or border at which a surface terminates:
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- slang
-
noun,
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- edile
-
noun,
aedile.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- edit.
-
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- drail
-
noun,
a hook with a lead-covered shank used in trolling.
- 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.
- sines
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse.
(of an angle) a trigonometric function equal to the ratio of the ordinate of the end point of the arc to the radius vector of this end point, the origin being at the center of the circle on which the arc lies and the initial point of the arc being on the x-axis. Abbreviation: sin.
- dial.
-
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- dinar
-
noun,
any of various former coins of the Near East, especially gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Engel
-
noun,
Lehman [ley-muh n] /ˈleɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1910–1982, U.S. conductor and composer.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- Engle
-
noun,
Paul (Hamilton) 1908–91, U.S. poet and educator.
- engr.
-
- diene
-
noun,
any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH 2 =CH−CH=CH 2 , that contains two double bonds.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- diag.
-
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- deter
-
verb (used with object),
to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding:
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- dent.
-
- dense
-
adjective,
having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact:
- sing.
-
- diner
-
noun,
a person who dines.
- Ender
-
noun,
Kornelia [kawr-neyl-yuh,, -ney-lee-uh] /kɔrˈneɪl yə,, -ˈneɪ li ə/ (Show IPA), born 1958, German swimmer.
- Srta.
-
- elide
-
verb (used with object),
to omit (a vowel, consonant, or syllable) in pronunciation.
- drabs
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Elder
-
noun,
a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- stabs
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- dist.
-
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- dirts
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- 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.
- dinge
-
noun,
the condition of being dingy.
- dirls
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- dirge
-
noun,
a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- Dirae
-
plural noun,
the Furies. See fury (def 3).
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- sings
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- dings
-
noun,
a ringing sound.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- gests
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- Brand
-
noun,
kind, grade, or make, as indicated by a stamp, trademark, or the like:
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bield
-
noun,
a shelter; refuge.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- grebe
-
noun,
any diving bird of the family Podicipedidae, related to the loons, but having a rudimentary tail and lobate rather than webbed toes.
- bidet
-
noun,
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
- greed
-
noun,
excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.
- bides
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- betel
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- gride
-
noun,
a griding or grating sound.
- bests
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- grind
-
noun,
the act of grinding.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- seise
-
verb (used with or without object),
Chiefly Law. seize.
- Berns
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- Seine
-
noun,
a fishing net that hangs vertically in the water, having floats at the upper edge and sinkers at the lower.
- bilge
-
noun,
Nautical.
either of the rounded areas that form the transition between the bottom and the sides on the exterior of a hull.
Also, bilges. (in a hull with a double bottom) an enclosed area between frames at each side of the floors, where seepage collects.
Also called bilge well. a well into which seepage drains to be pumped away.
Also called bilge water. seepage accumulated in bilges.
- binal
-
adjective,
double; twofold.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- Grail
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter). Also called Holy Grail. a cup or chalice that in medieval legend was associated with unusual powers, especially the regeneration of life and, later, Christian purity, and was much sought after by medieval knights: identified with the cup used at the Last Supper and given to Joseph of Arimathea.
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- Blain
-
noun,
an inflammatory swelling or sore.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- blade
-
noun,
the flat cutting part of a sword, knife, etc.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- grabs
-
noun,
a sudden, quick grasp or snatch:
- grade
-
noun,
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity:
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- grads
-
noun,
a graduate.
- birne
-
noun,
boule1 (def 1).
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- bints
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- binge
-
noun,
a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree.
- Binet
-
noun,
Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1857–1911, French psychologist: co-deviser of the Binet-Simon scale.
- bines
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- binds
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- tangs
-
- GRASS
-
noun,
any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
Compare grass family.
- Berne
-
noun,
Bern.
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- Bland
-
noun,
James A(llen) 1854–1911, U.S. songwriter and minstrel performer.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Tarde
-
noun,
Gabriel [ga-bree-el] /ga briˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1843–1904, French sociologist.
- belie
-
verb (used with object),
to show to be false; contradict:
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- belga
-
noun,
a former Belgian currency unit in foreign exchange, equal to five Belgian francs: in use from 1926 to 1945.
- Belg.
-
- in-lb
-
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- being
-
noun,
the fact of existing; existence (as opposed to nonexistence).
- beige
-
noun,
very light brown, as of undyed wool; light gray with a brownish tinge.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Indra
-
noun,
Hinduism. the chief of the Vedic gods, the god of rain and thunder.
- inst.
-
- Begin
-
noun,
Menachem [muh-nah-khuh m] /məˈnɑ xəm/ (Show IPA), 1913–92, Israeli political leader, born in Poland: prime minister 1977–83; Nobel Peace Prize 1978.
- beget
-
verb (used with object),
(especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
- begat
-
verb,
simple past tense of beget.
- begar
-
noun,
compulsory labor, as for the repair of bridges or roads.
- began
-
verb,
simple past tense of begin.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- intr.
-
- beedi
-
noun,
bidi.
- irade
-
noun,
a decree of a Muslim ruler.
- Iran.
-
- Indre
-
noun,
a department in central France. 2667 sq. mi. (6910 sq. km). Capital: Châteauroux.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- IATSE
-
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Ibsen
-
noun,
Henrik [hen-rik] /ˈhɛn rɪk/ (Show IPA), 1828–1906, Norwegian dramatist and poet.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- bergs
-
noun,
iceberg.
- seeds
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- bends
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- bents
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- idler
-
noun,
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
- tears
-
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Benis
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- Beng.
-
- Seder
-
noun,
a ceremonial dinner that commemorates the Exodus from Egypt and includes the reading of the Haggadah and the eating of symbolic foods, generally held on the first night of Passover by Reform Jews and Jews in Israel and on both the first and second nights by Orthodox and Conservative Jews outside of Israel.
- Benet
-
noun,
Stephen Vincent, 1898–1943, U.S. poet and novelist.
- Benes
-
noun,
Eduard [e-doo-ahrt] /ˈɛ dʊˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1884–1948, Czech patriot and statesman: president of Czechoslovakia 1935–38 and 1945–48.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- sebi-
-
- glint
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- glans
-
noun,
the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- blent
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- gilds
-
noun,
guild.
- brads
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- gland
-
noun,
Anatomy.
a cell, group of cells, or organ producing a secretion.
any of various organs or structures resembling the shape but not the function of true glands.
- blend
-
noun,
an act or manner of blending:
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- bless
-
verb (used with object),
to consecrate or sanctify by a religious rite; make or pronounce holy.
- bleed
-
noun,
Printing.
a sheet or page margin trimmed so as to mutilate the text or illustration.
a part thus trimmed off.
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- Gilda
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “golden.”.
- Bragi
-
noun,
the god of poetry and eloquence, son of Odin, husband of Idun: may be an apotheosis of the 9th-century poet Bragi Boddason.
- brags
-
noun,
a boast or vaunt.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- sends
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- glads
-
noun,
gladiolus (def 1).
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- braid
-
noun,
a braided length or plait, especially of hair.
- gists
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- girts
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- girds
-
noun,
a gibe.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Bliss
-
noun,
supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment:
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- gilts
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- blind
-
noun,
something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse.
- Blida
-
noun,
a city in N Algeria.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- glade
-
noun,
an open space in a forest.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- Glass
-
noun,
a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates that also contain soda and lime, as in the ordinary variety used for windows and bottles.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- glide
-
noun,
a gliding movement, as in dancing.
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- Brale
-
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- gibes
-
noun,
a taunting or sarcastic remark.
- bldg.
-
- gleet
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- brain
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the part of the central nervous system enclosed in the cranium of humans and other vertebrates, consisting of a soft, convoluted mass of gray and white matter and serving to control and coordinate the mental and physical actions.
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- glees
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- BldgE
-
- gleed
-
noun,
a glowing coal.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- gleba
-
noun,
the sporogenous tissue forming the central part of the sporophore in certain fungi, as in puffballs and stinkhorns.
- glebe
-
noun,
Also called glebe land. Chiefly British. the cultivable land owned by a parish church or ecclesiastical benefice.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- Sra.
-
- tri-
-
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- tRNA
-
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SASE
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- rend
-
verb (used with object),
to separate into parts with force or violence:
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- 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.
- Seed
-
noun,
the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- rel.
-
- 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.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- SEbS
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- 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.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- tel-
-
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- TRIB
-
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- SBLI
-
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- snib
-
noun,
a bolt, catch, lock, or fastening on a door or window.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Sat.
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- sld.
-
- SATB
-
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- trid
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sags
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- tab.
-
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- 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.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- stbd
-
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- 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.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- sibs
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- ter.
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Rind
-
noun,
a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:
- Ring
-
noun,
a typically circular band of metal or other durable material, especially one of gold or other precious metal, often set with gems, for wearing on the finger as an ornament, a token of betrothal or marriage, etc.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Rida
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- 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.
- ride
-
noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Sig.
-
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Ste.
-
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- rids
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of ride.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- ten.
-
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- 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.
- stlg
-
- str.
-
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- 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.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- sgd.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- rit.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Sard
-
noun,
a reddish-brown chalcedony, used as a gem.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- RNAS
-
- std.
-
- Sab.
-
- TDRS
-
- 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.
- stg.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- 1080
-
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gds.
-
- beld
-
adjective,
bald; hairless.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- Bend
-
noun,
the act of bending.
- Bene
-
adverb,
of validity for the time being but subject to objection or nullification at a later date; provisionally:
- Beni
-
noun,
a river flowing NE from W Bolivia to the Madeira River. About 600 miles (965 km) long.
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- bens
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- geds
-
noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- Bent
-
noun,
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination:
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- begs
-
noun,
bey.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gerd
-
noun,
the daughter of a giant and the consort of Frey, who wooed her through his servant Skirnir.
- Ger.
-
- geld
-
noun,
a payment; tax.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Gen.
-
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- est.
-
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- ESIS
-
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- bide
-
Idioms,
bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity:
- Esd.
-
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Bglr
-
- bet.
-
- Berg
-
noun,
iceberg.
- Gal.
-
- Gard
-
noun,
a department in S France. 2271 sq. mi. (5882 sq. km). Capital: Nîmes.
- garb
-
noun,
a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind:
- Gand
-
noun,
French name of Ghent.
- Bern
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Switzerland, in the W part: capital of Bern canton.
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- gads
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- gabs
-
noun,
idle talk; chatter.
- Gabe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gabriel.
- Bess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gibe
-
noun,
a taunting or sarcastic remark.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- Barn
-
noun,
a building for storing hay, grain, etc., and often for housing livestock.
- IADB
-
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Bass
-
noun,
the bass part.
- darg
-
noun,
Scot. and North England. a day's work.
- Ind.
-
- gtd.
-
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- BDes
-
- bdl.
-
plural,
bundle.
- bdle
-
plural,
bundle.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- Iban
-
noun,
Also called Sea Dayak. a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak.
- gres
-
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- ign.
-
- band
-
noun,
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop:
- bane
-
noun,
a person or thing that ruins or spoils:
- IEEE
-
- Bang
-
noun,
a loud, sudden, explosive noise, as the discharge of a gun.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- ible
-
- bani
-
noun,
plural of ban4 .
- bant
-
verb (used without object),
to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- idae
-
- bar.
-
- Bard
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
- grid
-
noun,
a grating of crossed bars; gridiron.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- gibs
-
noun,
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- girt
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- gird
-
noun,
a gibe.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- been
-
verb,
past participle of be.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- gild
-
noun,
guild.
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- gids
-
- Gide
-
noun,
André (Paul Guillaume) [ahn-drey pawl gee-yohm] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ pɔl giˈyoʊm/ (Show IPA), 1869–1951, French novelist, essayist, poet, and critic: Nobel Prize 1947.
- Bede
-
noun,
Saint ("the Venerable Bede") a.d. 673?–735, English monk, historian, and theologian: wrote earliest history of England.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- bdls
-
plural,
bundle.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- BDSA
-
- gras
-
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- grad
-
noun,
a graduate.
- grab
-
noun,
a sudden, quick grasp or snatch:
- bead
-
noun,
a small, usually round object of glass, wood, stone, or the like with a hole through it, often strung with others of its kind in necklaces, rosaries, etc.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- glib
-
adjective,
readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so:
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- Glee
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- Bean
-
noun,
the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- Glad
-
noun,
gladiolus (def 1).
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- Din.
-
- DIRE
-
adjective,
causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible:
- dir.
-
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- ding
-
noun,
a ringing sound.
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- dabs
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- DIRT
-
noun,
any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
- digs
-
noun,
thrust; poke:
- dig.
-
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- dibs
-
noun,
money in small amounts.
- dirl
-
verb (used without object),
to vibrate; shake.
- dis-
-
- dia-
-
- BSRT
-
- drag
-
noun,
Nautical.
a designed increase of draft toward the stern of a vessel.
resistance to the movement of a hull through the water.
any of a number of weights dragged cumulatively by a vessel sliding down ways to check its speed.
any object dragged in the water, as a sea anchor.
any device for dragging the bottom of a body of water to recover or detect objects.
- BSIE
-
- BSIR
-
- BSIT
-
- BSLS
-
- BSNA
-
- BSSA
-
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- BSSE
-
- drab
-
noun,
dull gray; dull brownish or yellowish gray.
- btl.
-
- DEng
-
- dlr.
-
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- dags
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- drat
-
interjection,
(used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like):
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Debs
-
noun,
Eugene Victor, 1855–1926, U.S. labor leader: Socialist candidate for president 1900–20.
- deb.
-
- DEAR
-
noun,
a person who is good, kind, or generous:
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- Dang
-
verb (used with object), adjective, noun,
damn (used euphemistically).
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- dbl.
-
- Danl
-
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dat.
-
- Dare
-
noun,
an act of daring or defiance; challenge.
- Darn
-
noun,
a darned place, as in a garment:
- debt
-
noun,
something that is owed or that one is bound to pay to or perform for another:
- Deer
-
noun,
any of several ruminants of the family Cervidae, most of the males of which have solid, deciduous antlers.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- dern
-
adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
darn2 .
- dere
-
adjective,
dear2 .
- der.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Dene
-
noun,
a bare, sandy tract or low sand hill near the sea.
- Den.
-
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- dees
-
noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- dele
-
noun,
a mark, as or , used to indicate matter to be deleted.
- Del.
-
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- deg.
-
- deet
-
plural noun,
details:
- BSGE
-
- BSES
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- ELAS
-
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- 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.
- Elbe
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- bint
-
noun,
a contemptuous term used to refer to a woman or girl.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Bird
-
noun,
any warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard-shelled egg.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- Bing
-
noun,
a heap or pile.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- egad
-
interjection,
(used as an expletive or mild oath):
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- ergs
-
- biga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by two horses harnessed abreast.
- Ens.
-
- enl.
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- Eng.
-
- bine
-
noun,
a twining plant stem, as of the hop.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- bin-
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- BIND
-
noun,
the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- blad
-
noun,
a flier or other promotional material distributed by a company to sell a product.
- BSEE
-
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- Brag
-
noun,
a boast or vaunt.
- Bran
-
noun,
the partly ground husk of wheat or other grain, separated from flour meal by sifting.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- Bred
-
noun,
Genetics. a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Brad
-
noun,
a slender wire nail having either a small, deep head or a projection to one side of the head end.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- Drin
-
noun,
a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.
- drib
-
noun,
a small or minute quantity; bit.
- BSAE
-
- dreg
-
noun,
dregs, the sediment of liquids; lees; grounds.
- dree
-
adjective,
tedious; dreary.
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- Eden
-
noun,
the place where Adam and Eve lived before the Fall. Gen. 2:8–24.
- EDTA
-
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Edie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Edith.
- Edge
-
noun,
a line or border at which a surface terminates:
- EDES
-
noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- bldr
-
- 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.
- blin
-
noun,
singular of blini.
- BLit
-
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- ile-
-
- NASD
-
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- Alb.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- nabe
-
noun,
a neighborhood movie theater.
- nabs
-
verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- Aire
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- 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.
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- AInd
-
- nard
-
noun,
an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Ald.
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- NDSL
-
- agst
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- agr.
-
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- NEbE
-
- NEBS
-
noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- agit
-
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- Ltd.
-
- need
-
noun,
a requirement, necessary duty, or obligation:
- 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:
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- ant.
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- ANSI
-
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lit.
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- LitB
-
- LitD
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- ands
-
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- alt.
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- Alis
-
- Alg.
-
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- agin
-
preposition,
against; opposed to.
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rad.
-
- rads
-
noun,
a standard unit of absorbed dose of radiation equal to 0.01 gray2 .
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- abed
-
adverb,
in bed:
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- RAID
-
noun,
a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed:
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- rain
-
noun,
water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter.
Compare drizzle (def 6).
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- RAND
-
noun,
(in shoemaking) a strip of leather set in a shoe at the heel before the lifts are attached.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Read
-
noun,
an act or instance of reading:
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- rede
-
noun,
counsel; advice.
- reds
-
noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Reed
-
noun,
the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, especially of the genera Phragmites and Arundo, growing in marshy places.
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reg.
-
- regd
-
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Reid
-
noun,
Sir George Huston, 1845–1918, Australian statesman, born in Scotland: prime minister 1904–05.
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- nerd
-
noun,
a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- aged
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old people collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- aet.
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- 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.
- aer-
-
- nibs
-
noun,
his/her nibs, Informal: Often Facetious. a person in authority, especially one who is demanding and tyrannical:
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- 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.
- RIBA
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIRA
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- NLRB
-
- abs-
-
- NRAB
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- NTIA
-
- NTSB
-
- abr.
-
- ABLS
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- abl.
-
- 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.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Dari
-
noun,
a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.
- asgd
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- ISBN
-
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- 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.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- lea.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- BAgE
-
- BAgr
-
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- bade
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- ASSR
-
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Lani
-
- Badr
-
noun,
Battle of, Islam. a decisive battle in the early days of Islam (a.d. 624), in which Muhammad with about 300 men overcame a force of about 1000 Meccans.
- asis
-
- ISSN
-
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- bads
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- isls
-
- lard
-
noun,
the rendered fat of hogs, especially the internal fat of the abdomen.
- Lab.
-
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- BAEd
-
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- Ire.
-
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- 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.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Bald
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a treeless mountaintop or area near the top: often used as part of a proper name.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- 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.
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- IndE
-
- Arg.
-
- 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.
- 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.
- inae
-
- bal.
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- ARIS
-
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- arid
-
adjective,
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched:
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- intl
-
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- art.
-
- Lib.
-
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- ates
-
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- int.
-
- leg.
-
- ins.
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- BTE
-
- STI
-
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- be-
-
- abt
-
- bd.
-
plural,
board.
- BDS
-
plural,
board.
- DAB
-
noun,
a quick or light blow; a pat, as with the hand or something soft.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ADB
-
- BST
-
- DBE
-
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- Bt.
-
- TGN
-
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BED
-
noun,
a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- Ar.
-
- Ban
-
noun,
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
- DAR
-
- 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.
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- ab-
-
- ad-
-
- ag-
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- al.
-
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- an.
-
- BAg
-
noun,
a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
- bl.
-
- abd
-
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- Dag
-
noun,
one of a series of decorative scallops or foliations along the edge of a garment, cloth, etc.
- DAE
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- BDA
-
- Bde
-
- bad
-
noun,
that which is bad:
- abn
-
- Br.
-
- BSS
-
- STL
-
- 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.
- BSN
-
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- tlr
-
- TNB
-
- Tng
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- 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.
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- asb
-
- 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.
- ase
-
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- ASI
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- Tbi
-
- TBD
-
- TBA
-
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- bi-
-
- BID
-
noun,
an act or instance of bidding.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- BIE
-
- ARS
-
- Ben
-
noun,
the inner or back room of a two-room cottage, especially when used as a combined parlor and bedroom.
- big
-
noun,
the bigs, Sports Slang. the highest level of professional competition, as the major leagues in baseball.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ANG
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- BLA
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- BRE
-
- ast
-
- BRT
-
- BSL
-
- BSA
-
- age
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- at.
-
- ard
-
- ATB
-
- BSD
-
- BSE
-
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ae.
-
- TID
-
- TIA
-
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- beg
-
noun,
bey.
- BLS
-
- TAL
-
- 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.
- ASN
-
- ble
-
- Agt
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Bn.
-
- ASR
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- BNS
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- La.
-
- lag
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- Lt.
-
- LSD
-
- LDS
-
- sb.
-
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- SBA
-
- SBE
-
- ite
-
- SDA
-
- SDI
-
- SDR
-
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- SAR
-
- se-
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- lg.
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- Les
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Ldg
-
- Ld.
-
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- SDS
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ide
-
- IDB
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- IBN
-
- ib.
-
- IAS
-
- ial
-
- ier
-
- Ia.
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- id.
-
- GTS
-
- gt.
-
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- il-
-
- ITA
-
- IRS
-
- ist
-
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- ise
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- ISA
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- Is.
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noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IRL
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- Ir.
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- ing
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- ine
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- SED
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- in.
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- ILS
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- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- GSA
-
- NIA
-
- nr.
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- nit
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noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- ret
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verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- Nil
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noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIG
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verb (used with object),
nidge.
- nib
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noun,
the point of a pen, or either of its divisions.
- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NSA
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- NES
-
- RGB
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- NEG
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noun,
a photographic negative.
- rib
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noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- Nee
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adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NRA
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- Rd.
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- NEB
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noun,
a bill or beak, as of a bird.
- RBI
-
- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- red
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noun,
any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
- Reb
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noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- REA
-
- RDS
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- RDA
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- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- Re.
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- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Rai
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noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- rag
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noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- Rab
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noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- NED
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noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- RID
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noun,
a journey or excursion on a horse, camel, etc., or on or in a vehicle.
- Lir
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noun,
Ler.
- LST
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- RSS
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- rt.
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- rte
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- RTS
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- sd.
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- LTA
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- LSS
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- RSA
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- LSI
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- LNG
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- Sad
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noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- lis
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SAE
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- SAG
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noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- RSE
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- Rs.
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- NEA
-
- rig
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noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- ne-
-
- NDE
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- NBS
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- NbE
-
- NBA
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- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- rin
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the thousandth part of a yen or the tenth part of a sen.
- rnd
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- NAG
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noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- nae
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAD
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- NAB
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verb (used with object),
to arrest or capture.
- RLD
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- ltr
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- RNA
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- GSR
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- IDS
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noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- gre
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- DSA
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- DSR
-
- DSS
-
- DST
-
- Eg.
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- SLR
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ETD
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- ea.
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- ead
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- ean
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- ear
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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.
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EbN
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- Sr.
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- EEG
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- sis
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noun,
sister.
- SIT
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verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- EIS
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- eir
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- SLA
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- EEL
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noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EEE
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- EBS
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- EDT
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- EDS
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noun,
education:
- Ede
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noun,
a city in SW Nigeria.
- EdB
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- EDA
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noun,
a female given name.
- ed.
-
- DRG
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- DRE
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- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- DNA
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- DBA
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- DBS
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- de-
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- DEA
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- Dee
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noun,
a metal loop attached to tack, for fastening gear:
- DEI
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adverb,
by the grace of God.
- STB
-
- DET
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- di.
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- DIB
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verb (used without object),
to fish by letting the bait bob lightly on the water.
- Die
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noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- DIL
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- dit
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noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DLS
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- DNB
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- SRB
-
- SSE
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- SRI
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noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- SRS
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- ss.
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- SSA
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- SSB
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- SSD
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- SSI
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- DNR
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- SSN
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- SSR
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- SST
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- St.
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- Sta
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- Dr.
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- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- SLE
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- SIR
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noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- GAS
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noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- Geb
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noun,
the god of the earth and the father of Osiris and Isis.
- SES
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- GDR
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- Gde
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- Gat
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noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- Sgt
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- Sib
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noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- Gee
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noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- GAN
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noun,
cotton gin.
- Gad
-
noun,
the act of gadding.
- GAB
-
noun,
idle talk; chatter.
- gi.
-
- en-
-
- Ged
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noun,
any fish of the pike family.
- Gel
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- GAR
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noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- git
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noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- GRB
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Gr.
-
- Gld
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- glb
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- gl.
-
- GIs
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noun,
a lightweight, two-piece, usually white garment worn by barefooted martial-arts participants, consisting of loose-fitting pants and a wraparound jacket with cloth belt.
- Ges
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- GIN
-
noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Gil
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noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- gie
-
noun,
gi.
- Gib
-
noun,
a hooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
- get
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noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- GBE
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- TSS
-
- ese
-
- ERT
-
- ene
-
- Ga.
-
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ESR
-
- ESA
-
- ESL
-
- ETS
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ETR
-
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- DA
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noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- D.
-
- R.
-
- NL
-
- DB
-
- L.
-
- IG
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- DN
-
- TN
-
- RA
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- dl
-
- RI
-
- RN
-
- L1
-
- L2
-
- DG
-
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- GN
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- i.
-
- 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.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- le
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- rg
-
- Eb
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NG
-
- ND
-
- NB
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- T1
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TD
-
- ee
-
- TL
-
- EI
-
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- SN
-
- GB
-
- NI
-
- TG
-
- et
-
verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- BG
-
- ln
-
- B-
-
- GD
-
- LR
-
- BA
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- SI
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- SL
-
- TB
-
- SG
-
- G.
-
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- SA
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- S.
-
- t.
-