Anagrams of singularities
Word singularities has
2027 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of singularities.
- sustainer
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noun,
a person or thing that sustains.
- agilities
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noun,
the power of moving quickly and easily; nimbleness:
- sinistral
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adjective,
of, relating to, or on the left side; left (opposed to dextral).
- astringes
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- strangles
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noun,
distemper1 (def 1b).
- stealings
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noun,
the act of a person who steals.
- retailing
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noun,
the business of selling goods directly to consumers (distinguished from wholesaling).
- liturgies
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noun,
a form of public worship; ritual.
- singulars
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noun,
the singular number.
- 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.
- assurgent
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adjective,
curving upward, as leaves; ascendant.
- signature
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noun,
a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
- alienists
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- nut-grass
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noun,
either of two sedges, Cyperus rotundus or C. esculentus, that have small, nutlike tubers and are often troublesome weeds.
- lustering
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noun,
the treatment of fabrics by chemical or mechanical means in order to increase their property to reflect light.
- intrigues
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noun,
the use of underhand machinations or deceitful stratagems.
- ganisters
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- granulite
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noun,
a metamorphic rock composed of granular minerals of uniform size, as quartz, feldspar, or pyroxene, and showing a definite banding.
- ligatures
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noun,
the act of binding or tying up:
- sterlings
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noun,
British currency.
- gauntries
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noun,
gantry.
- insulates
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verb (used with object),
to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound:
- ringtails
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noun,
any phalanger of the genus Pseudocheirus, having the prehensile tail curled into a ring.
- gelatins
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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.
- Neustria
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noun,
the W part of the Frankish kingdom, corresponding roughly to N and NW France.
- Stirling
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noun,
Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
- Riesling
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noun,
Horticulture.
a variety of grape.
the vine bearing this grape, grown in Europe and California.
- Silurian
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noun,
Geology. the Silurian Period or System of rocks.
- stingers
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noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- retsinas
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noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- retinula
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noun,
a group of elongate neural receptor cells forming part of an arthropod compound eye: each retinula cell leads to a nerve fiber passing to the optic ganglion.
- retinals
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noun,
an orange pigment, C 20 H 28 O, that is the active component of rhodopsin and is liberated upon the absorption of light in the vision cycle; vitamin A aldehyde.
- anuresis
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noun,
retention of urine in the bladder.
- ringtail
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noun,
any phalanger of the genus Pseudocheirus, having the prehensile tail curled into a ring.
- leasings
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noun,
lying; falsehood.
- stunsail
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noun,
studdingsail.
- suitings
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noun,
fabric for making suits.
- alunites
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noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- ruinates
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adjective,
ruined.
- uralites
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noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- anestrus
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noun,
(of a female mammal) the interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of heat or rut.
- teniasis
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noun,
taeniasis.
- girtline
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noun,
gantline.
- genitals
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plural noun,
genitalia.
- languets
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noun,
any of various small tongue-shaped parts, processes, or projections.
- strigils
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noun,
an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping the skin at the bath and in the gymnasium.
- giantess
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noun,
an imaginary female being of human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- lastings
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noun,
a strong, durable, closely woven fabric for shoe uppers, coverings on buttons, etc.
- eastings
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noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- ringsail
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noun,
ringtail (def 3).
- ringlets
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noun,
a curled lock of hair.
- Sterling
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noun,
British currency.
- gantries
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noun,
a framework spanning a railroad track or tracks for displaying signals.
- lienitis
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noun,
inflammation of the spleen; splenitis.
- engrails
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verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- litanies
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noun,
a ceremonial or liturgical form of prayer consisting of a series of invocations or supplications with responses that are the same for a number in succession.
- sinuates
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adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- trenails
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noun,
treenail.
- raisings
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noun,
a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- Triangle
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noun,
a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles.
- railings
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noun,
a fencelike barrier composed of one or more horizontal rails supported by widely spaced uprights; balustrade.
- entrails
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- Luristan
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noun,
a mountainous region in W Iran.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- nitriles
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noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- elastins
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- trussing
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noun,
the members that form a truss.
- slingers
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noun,
a person or thing that slings.
- slatings
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noun,
the act or work of covering something with slates.
- neutrals
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noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- neuritis
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noun,
inflammation of a nerve.
- astringe
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verb (used with object),
to compress; bind together; constrict.
- Starling
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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.
- 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.
- Ligurian
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noun,
an apparently Indo-European language used in ancient times along the NW coast of the Ligurian Sea.
- gastrins
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- ligature
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noun,
the act of binding or tying up:
- 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.
- ganister
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noun,
a highly refractory, siliceous rock used to line furnaces.
- lignites
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noun,
a soft coal, usually dark brown, often having a distinct woodlike texture, and intermediate in density and carbon content between peat and bituminous coal.
- unitages
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noun,
specification of the amount making up a unit in a system of measurement.
- singlets
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noun,
a sleeveless athletic jersey, especially a loose-fitting top worn by runners, joggers, etc.
- gainless
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adjective,
unprofitable.
- linguist
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noun,
a specialist in linguistics.
- linarite
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noun,
a mineral, a complex basic sulfate of lead and copper, having a deep-blue color resembling that of azurite.
- stealing
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noun,
the act of a person who steals.
- singular
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noun,
the singular number.
- Tiresias
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noun,
a blind prophet, usually said to have been blinded because he saw Athena bathing, and then to have been awarded the gift of prophecy as a consolation for his blindness.
- sinister
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adjective,
threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous:
- ratlines
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noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- Tiselius
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noun,
Arne [ahr-nuh] /ˈɑr nə/ (Show IPA), 1902–71, Swedish biochemist: Nobel prize 1948.
- uranites
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noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- strangle
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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.
- air-line
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adjective,
straight; direct; traveling a direct route:
- saltiers
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noun,
saltire.
- initials
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- airlines
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noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- seringas
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noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- senarius
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noun,
a Latin verse of six feet, especially an iambic trimeter.
- saunters
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noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- inertias
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- igniters
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noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- tailings
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noun,
the part of a projecting stone or brick tailed or inserted in a wall.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- sea-slug
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noun,
a nudibranch.
- ingrates
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- airiness
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noun,
openness to the air:
- inulases
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noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- intrigue
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noun,
the use of underhand machinations or deceitful stratagems.
- insulars
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noun,
an inhabitant of an island; islander.
- insulate
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verb (used with object),
to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound:
- sailings
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noun,
the activity of a person or thing that sails.
- Ignatius
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noun,
Saint (Ignatius Theophorus) a.d. c40–107? bishop of Antioch and Apostolic Father.
- sanities
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noun,
the state of being sane; soundness of mind.
- granites
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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.
- saltines
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noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- seatings
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noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- integral
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noun,
an integral whole.
- urinates
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verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- glistens
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noun,
a glistening; sparkle.
- Salinger
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noun,
J(erome) D(avid) 1971–2010, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- gristles
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noun,
cartilage, especially in meats.
- salterns
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noun,
a saltworks.
- glisters
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noun,
glitter; sparkle.
- taurines
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- Israelis
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- 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.
- 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.
- granules
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noun,
a little grain.
- 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.
- aglisten
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adjective,
refulgent; glistening.
- listing
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noun,
a list; record; catalog.
- ingesta
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plural noun,
substances ingested.
- estrins
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noun,
estrone.
- issuant
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adjective,
Heraldry. (of a beast) represented with the body erect and only the forepart visible:
- Guarini
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noun,
Guarino [gwah-ree-naw] /gwɑˈri nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1624–83, Italian architect.
- listers
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noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- ingests
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verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- ingrate
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noun,
an ungrateful person.
- listens
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Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- ingress
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noun,
the act of going in or entering.
- linters
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noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- initial
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noun,
an initial letter, as of a word.
- tisanes
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noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- lingers
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verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- inliers
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noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- taurine
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noun,
a neutral crystalline substance, C 2 H 7 NO 3 S, obtained from bile.
- inserts
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noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Linares
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noun,
a city in S Spain.
- gainers
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noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- ingates
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noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- triages
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noun,
the process of sorting victims, as of a battle or disaster, to determine medical priority in order to increase the number of survivors.
- transl.
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- nasties
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noun,
Informal. a nasty person or thing.
- eluants
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noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- lustres
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- triunes
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noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- luteins
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noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- lutings
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noun,
any of various readily molded substances for sealing joints, cementing objects together, or waterproofing surfaces.
- nailers
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noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- gunsels
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noun,
a criminal armed with a gun.
- gutless
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adjective,
lacking courage, fortitude, or determination.
- elastin
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noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- taluses
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noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- Slinger
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noun,
a person or thing that slings.
- eatings
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noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- Tangier
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noun,
a seaport in N Morocco, on the W Strait of Gibraltar: capital of the former Tangier Zone.
- tangles
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noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- lusters
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noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- igniter
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noun,
a person or thing that ignites.
- trenail
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noun,
treenail.
- Erastus
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noun,
Thomas [tom-uh s;; German toh-mahs] /ˈtɒm əs;; German ˈtoʊ mɑs/ (Show IPA), 1524–83, Swiss-German theologian.
- guineas
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noun,
a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary.
- inertia
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noun,
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
- tailing
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noun,
the part of a projecting stone or brick tailed or inserted in a wall.
- instals
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verb (used with object),
install.
- Staines
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noun,
a town in Surrey, SE England, on the Thames River near Heathrow airport.
- stagers
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noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- Ileitis
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noun,
inflammation of the ileum.
- Igraine
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noun,
the mother of King Arthur.
- engluts
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verb (used with object),
to gulp down.
- entrail
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plural noun,
the internal parts of the trunk of an animal body.
- entasis
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noun,
a slight convexity given to a column or tower, as to correct an optical illusion.
- entails
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noun,
the act of entailing.
- lungers
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noun,
a person who has chronic lung disease, especially tuberculosis.
- enlists
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verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- ignites
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verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- engrail
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verb (used with object),
to ornament the edge of with curved indentations.
- linages
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noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- tearing
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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.
- Taussig
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noun,
Frank William, 1859–1940, U.S. economist.
- lasting
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noun,
a strong, durable, closely woven fabric for shoe uppers, coverings on buttons, etc.
- languet
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noun,
any of various small tongue-shaped parts, processes, or projections.
- langurs
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noun,
any of various slender, long-tailed monkeys of the genus Presbytis, of Asia, feeding on leaves, fruits, and seeds: several species are threatened or endangered.
- largess
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noun,
generous bestowal of gifts.
- tegular
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adjective,
pertaining to or resembling a tile.
- strigil
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noun,
an instrument with a curved blade, used especially by the ancient Greeks and Romans for scraping the skin at the bath and in the gymnasium.
- inutile
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adjective,
of no use or service.
- Latinus
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noun,
the father of Lavinia and king of Latium at the time of the arrival of Aeneas.
- langues
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noun,
the linguistic system shared by the members of a community (contrasted with parole).
- latrine
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noun,
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
- Geraint
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noun,
one of the knights of the Round Table, husband of Enid.
- Laurens
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noun,
Henry, 1724–92, South Carolina and U.S. Revolutionary political leader: president of the Continental Congress 1777–78.
- inulase
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noun,
an enzyme that converts insulin to levulose.
- tigress
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noun,
a female tiger.
- strange
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adverb,
in a strange manner.
- sustain
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verb (used with object),
to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- gisants
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noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- strains
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noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- lagunes
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noun,
lagoon (def 2).
- Sungari
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noun,
Songhua.
- glisten
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noun,
a glistening; sparkle.
- glassie
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noun,
glassy (def 4).
- glister
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noun,
glitter; sparkle.
- suiting
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noun,
fabric for making suits.
- glaires
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noun,
the white of an egg.
- Israeli
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noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- iris-in
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noun,
the gradual appearance of an image or scene through an expanding circle.
- glutens
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noun,
the tough, viscid, nitrogenous substance remaining when the flour of wheat or other grain is washed to remove the starch.
- Sturgis
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noun,
Russell, 1836–1909, U.S. architect and author.
- Giulini
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noun,
Carlo Maria [kahr-loh] /ˈkɑr loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1914–2005, Italian orchestral conductor.
- Sturges
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noun,
Preston, 1898–1959, U.S. playwright and screenwriter.
- gitalin
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noun,
a mixture of glycosides from Digitalis purpurea, used chiefly in the management of congestive heart failure.
- isatins
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noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- granite
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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.
- granule
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noun,
a little grain.
- instars
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noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- sunrise
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noun,
the rise or ascent of the sun above the horizon in the morning.
- gasters
-
- ligases
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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.
- ligates
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verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- grilses
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noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- garnets
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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.
- tingles
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noun,
a tingling sensation.
- instils
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verb (used with object),
instill.
- stearin
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noun,
Chemistry. any of the three glyceryl esters of stearic acid, especially C 3 H 5 (C 18 H 35 O 2) 3 , a soft, white, odorless solid found in many natural fats.
- lignite
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noun,
a soft coal, usually dark brown, often having a distinct woodlike texture, and intermediate in density and carbon content between peat and bituminous coal.
- gristle
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noun,
cartilage, especially in meats.
- tinsels
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noun,
a glittering metallic substance, as copper or brass, in thin sheets, used in pieces, strips, threads, etc., to produce a sparkling effect cheaply.
- ligures
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noun,
a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
- Liguria
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noun,
a region in NW Italy. 2099 sq. mi. (5435 sq. km).
- gaiters
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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).
- gastrin
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noun,
a hormone that stimulates the secretion of gastric juice.
- insular
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noun,
an inhabitant of an island; islander.
- genital
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adjective,
of, relating to, or noting reproduction.
- insures
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- leasing
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noun,
lying; falsehood.
- Genista
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Genista, of the legume family, having showy flowers and including many species of broom.
- legists
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noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- sutlers
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noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- gelatin
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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.
- tilings
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noun,
the operation of covering with tiles.
- gratine
-
verb (used with object),
to bake or broil (food) in au gratin style.
- Liatris
-
noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- stinger
-
noun,
a person or thing that stings.
- gratins
-
noun,
au gratin.
- Lessing
-
noun,
Doris (May) 1919–2013, British novelist in Africa; born in Persia; Nobel Prize in Literature 2007.
- Gautier
-
noun,
Théophile [tey-aw-feel] /teɪ ɔˈfil/ (Show IPA), 1811–72, French poet, novelist, and critic.
- sternal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- insults
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- liaises
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- seating
-
noun,
an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.
- tringle
-
noun,
a narrow, straight molding, as a fillet.
- easting
-
noun,
Navigation. the distance due east made good on any course tending eastward; easterly departure.
- Anterus
-
noun,
Saint, pope a.d. 235–236.
- Silures
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- Silesia
-
noun,
a lightweight, smoothly finished, twilled fabric of acetate, rayon, or cotton, for garment linings.
- unseals
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- Silenus
-
noun,
a forest spirit, sometimes referred to as the oldest of the satyrs and the foster father, teacher, and companion of Dionysus: often represented as a bearded old man.
- silents
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- ringlet
-
noun,
a curled lock of hair.
- unseats
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- argents
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- neutral
-
noun,
a person or a nation that remains neutral, as in a controversy or war.
- risings
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- silages
-
noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- rituals
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- anguses
-
noun,
Formerly Forfar. a historic county in E Scotland.
- Anguier
-
noun,
François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1604–69, and his brother Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA) 1614–86, French sculptors.
- signets
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- Anglist
-
noun,
Anglicist.
- unrests
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- retsina
-
noun,
a strong, resinated white or red wine of Greece and Cyprus.
- anglers
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- Renault
-
noun,
Louis [loo-ee;; French lwee] /ˈlu i;; French lwi/ (Show IPA), 1843–1918, French jurist: Nobel Peace Prize 1907.
- 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.
- reginas
-
noun,
queen.
- unitage
-
noun,
specification of the amount making up a unit in a system of measurement.
- artless
-
adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- singlet
-
noun,
a sleeveless athletic jersey, especially a loose-fitting top worn by runners, joggers, etc.
- singles
-
noun,
one person or thing; a single one.
- reliant
-
adjective,
having or showing dependence:
- arsines
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- singers
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- 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.
- unities
-
noun,
the state of being one; oneness.
- resails
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- re-sign
-
verb (used with or without object),
to sign again.
- resting
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- results
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- retails
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- retains
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- arguses
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to the peacock's tail.
- signers
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- signals
-
noun,
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.:
- realist
-
noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- sangers
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- airings
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- saltier
-
noun,
saltire.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- 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.
- urinals
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- urinate
-
verb (used without object),
to pass or discharge urine.
- salutes
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- sensual
-
adjective,
pertaining to, inclined to, or preoccupied with the gratification of the senses or appetites; carnal; fleshly.
- santirs
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- airline
-
noun,
Aeronautics.
a system furnishing air transport, usually scheduled, between specified points.
the airplanes, airports, etc., of such a system.
Often, airlines. a company that owns or operates such a system.
- Sargent
-
noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- seising
-
noun,
seizing.
- saugers
-
noun,
a freshwater, North American pikeperch, Stizostedion canadense.
- saunter
-
noun,
a leisurely walk or ramble; stroll.
- saurels
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- sauries
-
noun,
a sharp-snouted fish, Scomberesox saurus, inhabiting temperate regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- utensil
-
noun,
any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.:
- Seagirt
-
noun,
surrounded by the sea.
- airless
-
adjective,
lacking air.
- Salters
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Angelus
-
noun,
a devotion in memory of the Annunciation.
- rustles
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- ruinate
-
adjective,
ruined.
- uralite
-
noun,
a fibrous, dark-green hornblende formed by the hydrothermal alteration of pyroxene.
- alunite
-
noun,
a mineral, a hydrous sulfate of potassium and aluminum, KAl 3 (SO 4) 2 (OH) 6 , commonly occurring in fine-grained masses.
- uranite
-
noun,
any of the uranium phosphates, as autunite or torbernite.
- rulings
-
noun,
an authoritative decision, as one by a judge on a debated point of law.
- runless
-
adjective,
without having scored a run; without runs:
- Russian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Russia.
- 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.
- rutiles
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- seringa
-
noun,
any of several Brazilian trees of the genus Hevea, yielding rubber.
- serials
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Algiers
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Algeria, in the N part.
- sailers
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- sailing
-
noun,
the activity of a person or thing that sails.
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- Salieri
-
noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- salines
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- ulsters
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- 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.
- 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.
- nilgais
-
noun,
a large, Indian antelope, Boselaphus tragocamelus, the male of which is bluish gray with small horns, the female tawny and hornless.
- Nigeria
-
noun,
a republic in W Africa: member of the Commonwealth of Nations; formerly a British colony and protectorate. 356,669 sq. mi. (923,773 sq. km). Capital: Abuja.
- sinters
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- sinuate
-
adjective,
bent in and out; winding; sinuous.
- atingle
-
adjective,
tingling; stimulated.
- raisins
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- aurists
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- raising
-
noun,
a rule of transformational grammar that shifts the subject or object of an embedded clause into the subject or object position of the main clause, as in the derivation of The suspect appears to be innocent from It appears that the suspect is innocent.
- 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.
- railing
-
noun,
a fencelike barrier composed of one or more horizontal rails supported by widely spaced uprights; balustrade.
- augites
-
noun,
a silicate mineral, chiefly of calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum: a dark-green to black variety of monoclinic pyroxene, characteristic of basic rocks.
- nitrile
-
noun,
any of a class of organic compounds with the general formula RC≡N.
- Sitsang
-
noun,
Tibet (def 1).
- Sistine
-
adjective,
of or relating to any pope named Sixtus.
- Tunisia
-
noun,
a republic in N Africa, on the Mediterranean: a French protectorate until 1956. 48,330 sq. mi. (125,175 sq. km). Capital: Tunis.
- ratines
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- nutrias
-
noun,
the coypu.
- slaters
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- reagins
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- ratings
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- slating
-
noun,
the act or work of covering something with slates.
- ratline
-
noun,
any of the small ropes or lines that traverse the shrouds horizontally and serve as steps for going aloft.
- saults
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- nitres
-
noun,
niter.
- situla
-
noun,
a deep urn, vase, or bucket-shaped vessel, especially one made in the ancient world.
- tangle
-
noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- sutler
-
noun,
(formerly) a person who followed an army or maintained a store on an army post to sell provisions to the soldiers.
- lustre
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- sautes
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- serais
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- niters
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- saints
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- intra-
-
- lutein
-
noun,
Also called xanthophyll. a yellow-red, water-insoluble, crystalline, carotenoid alcohol, C 40 H 56 O 2 , found in the petals of marigold and certain other flowers, egg yolk, algae, and corpora lutea: used chiefly in the biochemical study of the carotenoids.
- 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.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- luting
-
noun,
any of various readily molded substances for sealing joints, cementing objects together, or waterproofing surfaces.
- inters
-
verb (used with object),
to place (a dead body) in a grave or tomb; bury.
- inter.
-
- 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.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- insure
-
verb (used with object),
to guarantee against loss or harm.
- serins
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- rutins
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- irises
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- nutria
-
noun,
the coypu.
- Seurat
-
noun,
Georges [zhawrzh] /ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), 1859–91, French (pointillist) painter.
- gutser
-
noun,
a person who eats too much and greedily.
- setula
-
noun,
a short, blunt seta.
- sunlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the sun.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- istles
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- russet
-
noun,
yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
- sunset
-
noun,
the setting or descent of the sun below the horizon in the evening.
- Russia
-
noun,
Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- luster
-
noun,
the state or quality of shining by reflecting light; glitter, sparkle, sheen, or gloss:
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Rustin
-
noun,
Bayard [bey-erd] /ˈbeɪ ərd/ (Show IPA), 1910–1987, U.S. civil rights leader.
- rustle
-
noun,
the sound made by anything that rustles:
- neural
-
adjective,
of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
- nurses
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- 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.
- rutile
-
noun,
a common mineral, titanium dioxide, TiO 2 , usually reddish-brown in color with a brilliant metallic or adamantine luster, occurring in crystals: used to coat welding rods.
- Iseult
-
noun,
Also, Yseult. German Isolde. Arthurian Romance.
the daughter of a king of Ireland who became the wife of King Mark of Cornwall: she was the beloved of Tristram.
daughter of the king of Brittany, and wife of Tristram.
- isatin
-
noun,
a yellowish-red or orange, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 8 H 5 NO 2 , used chiefly in the synthesis of vat dyes.
- surges
-
noun,
a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep:
- Susian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Susa or Susiana.
- iritis
-
noun,
inflammation of the iris of the eye.
- Nistru
-
noun,
Romanian name of Dniester.
- insult
-
noun,
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
- snares
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Ingles
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- sutras
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- sanies
-
noun,
a thin, often greenish, serous fluid that is discharged from ulcers, wounds, etc.
- inlier
-
noun,
an outcrop of a formation completely surrounded by rocks of younger age.
- inlaut
-
noun,
medial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.
- sansei
-
noun,
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
- santir
-
noun,
a Persian musical instrument resembling a dulcimer.
- Sanusi
-
noun,
a member of an Islamic brotherhood established among the anticolonial Bedouins of North Africa.
- INGRES
-
noun,
Jean Auguste Dominique [zhahn oh-gyst daw-mee-neek] /ʒɑ̃ oʊˈgüst dɔ miˈnik/ (Show IPA), 1780–1867, French painter.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- slings
-
- sarges
-
noun,
sergeant.
- Nautes
-
noun,
(in the Aeneid) an aged Trojan and advisor to Aeneas.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- ingest
-
verb (used with object),
to take, as food, into the body (opposed to egest).
- Nergal
-
noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- ingate
-
noun,
gate1 (def 15).
- seisin
-
noun,
seizin.
- 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.
- Saturn
-
noun,
an ancient Roman god of agriculture, the consort of Ops, believed to have ruled the earth during an age of happiness and virtue, identified with the Greek god Cronus.
- Seguin
-
noun,
a city in SE Texas.
- sauger
-
noun,
a freshwater, North American pikeperch, Stizostedion canadense.
- Iletin
-
- insert
-
noun,
something inserted or to be inserted.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- Segura
-
noun,
Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Pancho Segura"Segoo") born 1921, Ecuadorian tennis player.
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- nailer
-
noun,
a person or thing that drives nails, as a machine that drives nails automatically.
- niseis
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- 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.
- insula
-
noun,
a group of convolutions situated at the base of the lateral fissure of the brain.
- 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.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- sliest
-
adjective,
a superlative of sly.
- nilgai
-
noun,
a large, Indian antelope, Boselaphus tragocamelus, the male of which is bluish gray with small horns, the female tawny and hornless.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- inures
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- nasute
-
noun,
a soldier termite characterized by a beaklike snout through which a sticky secretion repellent to other insects is emitted.
- saltus
-
noun,
oscillation (def 5b).
- salugi
-
noun,
a gamelike prank in which a youth grabs something belonging to another and throws it to a third, preventing the owner from retrieving it as it is tossed back and forth.
- instar
-
noun,
an insect in any one of its periods of postembryonic growth between molts.
- saurel
-
noun,
any of several elongated marine fishes of the genus Trachurus, having bony plates along each side.
- salute
-
noun,
Military.
the special act of respect paid in saluting.
the position of the hand or rifle in saluting:
- Nature
-
noun,
the material world, especially as surrounding humankind and existing independently of human activities.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- insist
-
verb (used with object),
to assert or maintain firmly:
- insets
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- ignite
-
verb (used with object),
to set on fire; kindle.
- instr.
-
- linger
-
verb (used with object),
to pass (time, life, etc.) in a leisurely or a tedious manner (usually followed by away or out):
- sultan
-
noun,
the sovereign of an Islamic country.
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- 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.
- ligans
-
noun,
lagan.
- resign
-
verb (used with object),
to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
- sinter
-
noun,
siliceous or calcareous matter deposited by springs, as that formed around the vent of a geyser.
- Lieut.
-
- 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.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- result
-
noun,
something that happens as a consequence; outcome.
- steins
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- liangs
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- retain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep possession of.
- retina
-
noun,
the innermost coat of the posterior part of the eyeball that receives the image produced by the lens, is continuous with the optic nerve, and consists of several layers, one of which contains the rods and cones that are sensitive to light.
- sterns
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- 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.
- Sirena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stings
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- silure
-
plural noun,
a British Celtic tribe resident in southeastern Wales at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain.
- Leguia
-
noun,
Augusto Bernardino [ou-goos-taw ber-nahr-th ee-naw] /aʊˈgus tɔ ˌbɛr nɑrˈði nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1932, president of Peru 1908–12, 1919–30.
- legits
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- 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.
- ligate
-
verb (used with object),
to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- legist
-
noun,
an expert in law, especially ancient law.
- linter
-
noun,
linters, short cotton fibers that stick to seeds after a first ginning.
- linear
-
adjective,
of, consisting of, or using lines:
- 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.
- lingua
-
noun,
the tongue or a part like a tongue.
- Regina
-
noun,
queen.
- reagin
-
noun,
Also called Wassermann antibody. an antibody formed in response to syphilis and reactive with cardiolipin in various blood tests for the disease.
- regius
-
adjective,
of or belonging to a king.
- linage
-
noun,
the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- regnal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- regula
-
noun,
(in a Doric entablature) a fillet, continuing a triglyph beneath the taenia, from which guttae are suspended.
- reigns
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- ligure
-
noun,
a precious stone, probably the jacinth. Ex. 28:19.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rating
-
noun,
classification according to grade or rank.
- single
-
noun,
one person or thing; a single one.
- ligni-
-
- 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.
- Ligeti
-
noun,
György Sándor [jawr-jee shahn-dawr,, dyawr-] /ˈdʒɔr dʒi ˈʃɑn dɔr,, ˈdyɔr-/ (Show IPA), 1923–2006, Austrian composer, born in Hungary.
- singes
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- ratine
-
noun,
a loosely woven fabric made with nubby or knotty yarns.
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- ligers
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- Singer
-
noun,
a person who sings, especially a trained or professional vocalist.
- 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.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- suites
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- Langer
-
noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- Larine
-
adjective,
characteristic of or resembling a gull.
- lunate
-
noun,
Anatomy. the second bone from the thumb side of the proximal row of bones of the carpus.
- larges
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- Lanier
-
noun,
Sidney, 1842–81, U.S. poet and literary scholar.
- signet
-
noun,
a small seal, as on a finger ring.
- langur
-
noun,
any of various slender, long-tailed monkeys of the genus Presbytis, of Asia, feeding on leaves, fruits, and seeds: several species are threatened or endangered.
- Sisera
-
noun,
the commander of the Canaanite army of King Jabin: killed by Jael. Judges 4:17–22.
- Sister
-
noun,
a female offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; female sibling.
- lunger
-
noun,
a person who has chronic lung disease, especially tuberculosis.
- signer
-
noun,
a person who signs.
- langue
-
noun,
the linguistic system shared by the members of a community (contrasted with parole).
- signal
-
noun,
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.:
- string
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- sigils
-
noun,
a seal or signet.
- siesta
-
noun,
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.
- rugate
-
adjective,
wrinkle; rugose.
- sitars
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- lunges
-
noun,
a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
- lungis
-
noun,
a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- ruling
-
noun,
an authoritative decision, as one by a judge on a debated point of law.
- lagune
-
noun,
lagoon (def 2).
- liners
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- lagers
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- sugars
-
noun,
a sweet, crystalline substance, C 12 H 22 O 11 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose.
Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- suints
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- strung
-
noun,
a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- Strine
-
noun,
Australian English.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- rising
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that rises.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- stains
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- raisin
-
noun,
a grape of any of various sweet varieties dried in the sun or by artificial means, often used in cookery.
- 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:
- Strain
-
noun,
any force or pressure tending to alter shape, cause a fracture, etc.
- raises
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- stages
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- rinses
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- sirens
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- Laurie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laura.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- lasing
-
noun,
the generation of coherent light by a laser.
- Lauren
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Straus
-
noun,
Isidor, 1845–1912, U.S. retail merchant and politician, born in Bavaria: congressman 1894–95 (brother of Nathan and Oscar Solomon Straus).
- silage
-
noun,
fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- 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.
- Strega
-
- ritual
-
noun,
an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- lunars
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- Lassie
-
noun,
a young girl; lass.
- Sirius
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Dog Star, the brightest-appearing star in the heavens, located in the constellation Canis Major.
- lunies
-
noun,
a lunatic.
- tissue
-
noun,
Biology. an aggregate of similar cells and cell products forming a definite kind of structural material with a specific function, in a multicellular organism.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- estrus
-
noun,
Also, estrum [es-truh m] /ˈɛs trəm/ (Show IPA), oestrus. the period of heat or rut; the period of maximum sexual receptivity of the female.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- trans.
-
- trains
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- glairs
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- glaire
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- Ugrian
-
noun,
a member of any of the Ugrian peoples.
- angler
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- 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.
- angsts
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- gisant
-
noun,
a sculptured representation of a dead person in a recumbent position, usually as part of a sepulchral monument.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- Girtin
-
noun,
Thomas, 1775–1802, English painter.
- tenuis
-
noun,
an unaspirated, voiceless plosive.
- tragus
-
noun,
a fleshy prominence at the front of the external opening of the ear.
- girlie
-
noun,
Offensive. a term of address used for a girl or woman.
- anises
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Estrin
-
noun,
estrone.
- glares
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- gluten
-
noun,
the tough, viscid, nitrogenous substance remaining when the flour of wheat or other grain is washed to remove the starch.
- gnarls
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- algins
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Algren
-
noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- triens
-
noun,
a copper coin of ancient Rome, issued during the Republic, a third part of an as.
- aligns
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- augite
-
noun,
a silicate mineral, chiefly of calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminum: a dark-green to black variety of monoclinic pyroxene, characteristic of basic rocks.
- 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.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- urates
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- Augier
-
noun,
Guillaume Victor Émile [gee-yohm veek-tawr ey-meel] /giˈyoʊm vikˈtɔr eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1820–89, French dramatist.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Glarus
-
noun,
a canton in E central Switzerland. 264 sq. mi. (684 sq. km).
- 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.
- glints
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- gleans
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- Turing
-
noun,
Alan Mathison [math-uh-suh n] /ˈmæθ ə sən/ (Show IPA), 1912–54, English mathematician, logician, and pioneer in computer theory.
- tussal
-
adjective,
pertaining to tussis.
- tussle
-
noun,
a rough physical contest or struggle; scuffle.
- Ugarit
-
noun,
an ancient city in Syria, N of Latakia, on the site of modern Ras Shamra: destroyed by an earthquake early in the 13th century b.c.; excavations have yielded tablets written in cuneiform and hieroglyphic script that reveal important information on Canaanite mythology.
- Glaser
-
noun,
Donald A. 1926–2013, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- Atreus
-
noun,
the father of Plisthenes, Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia upon whose house Thyestes pronounced a curse.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- tergal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- 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.
- gelati
-
noun,
a rich ice cream, made with eggs and usually containing a relatively low percentage of butterfat.
- genit.
-
- unrest
-
noun,
lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet:
- genial
-
adjective,
warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial:
- unreal
-
adjective,
not real or actual.
- 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.
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- ultras
-
noun,
an extremist, as in politics, religion, fashion, etc.
- arises
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- ungirt
-
adjective,
having a girdle loosened or removed.
- tingle
-
noun,
a tingling sensation.
- tinges
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- genius
-
noun,
an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.:
Synonyms: intelligence, ingenuity, wit; brains.
- tiling
-
noun,
the operation of covering with tiles.
- gaslit
-
noun,
light produced by the combustion of illuminating gas.
- Gasser
-
noun,
Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
- gastr-
-
- Arliss
-
noun,
George, 1868–1946, English actor.
- unless
-
conjunction,
except under the circumstances that:
- unites
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- arsen-
-
- Uniate
-
noun,
a member of an Eastern church that is in union with the Roman Catholic Church, acknowledges the Roman pope as supreme in matters of faith, but maintains its own liturgy, discipline, and rite.
- arsine
-
noun,
Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, AsH 3 , having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- ultra-
-
- assure
-
verb (used with object),
to declare earnestly to; inform or tell positively; state with confidence to:
- Gaines
-
noun,
Edmund Pendleton, 1777–1849, U.S. general.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- Ulster
-
noun,
a former province in Ireland, now comprising Northern Ireland and a part of the Republic of Ireland.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- unseat
-
verb (used with object),
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
- unseal
-
verb (used with object),
to break or remove the seal of; open, as something sealed or firmly closed:
- Assiut
-
noun,
Asyut.
- Gainer
-
noun,
a person or thing that gains.
- anuses
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- unrigs
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- assign
-
noun,
Usually, assigns. Law. a person to whom the property or interest of another is or may be transferred; assignee:
- argues
-
verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- gainst
-
preposition,
against.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Tessin
-
noun,
French and German name of Ticino.
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- tirage
-
noun,
the withdrawing of wine from a barrel, as for testing or tasting.
- 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).
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- 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.
- Tigris
-
noun,
a river in SW Asia, flowing SE from SE Turkey through Iraq, joining the Euphrates to form the Shatt-al-Arab. 1150 miles (1850 km) long.
- argils
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- auntie
-
noun,
Informal. aunt.
- urases
-
noun,
urease.
- aurist
-
noun,
a physician specializing in the treatment of ear diseases; otologist.
- grists
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- urines
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- grunts
-
noun,
a sound of grunting.
- tuners
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- Tulare
-
noun,
a city in central California.
- gruels
-
noun,
a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
- ailing
-
adjective,
sickly; unwell.
- urinal
-
noun,
a flushable wall fixture, as in a public lavatory, used by men for urinating.
- Tuinal
-
- G-suit
-
noun,
anti-G suit.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- Guinea
-
noun,
a coastal region in W Africa, extending from the Gambia River to the Gabon estuary.
- austr-
-
- grilse
-
noun,
a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- airing
-
noun,
an exposure to the air, as for drying.
- trinal
-
adjective,
threefold; triple; trine.
- Greats
-
- Tulear
-
noun,
a city on SW Madagascar.
- Agrius
-
noun,
one of the Gigantes.
- Gunite
-
noun,
a mixture of cement, sand or crushed slag, and water, sprayed over reinforcement as a lightweight concrete construction.
- Tarsus
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. the bones of the proximal segment of the foot; the bones between the tibia and the metatarsus, contributing to the construction of the ankle joint.
- Elissa
-
noun,
Phoenician name of Dido.
- guilts
-
noun,
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:
- agists
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- usages
-
noun,
a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice:
- guiles
-
noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- Ealing
-
noun,
a borough of Greater London, England.
- aglets
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- Triune
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) the Trinity.
- Tassie
-
noun,
tass.
- aglint
-
adjective,
displaying bright points of light, as by reflection; glittering:
- eluant
-
noun,
a liquid used for elution.
- guitar
-
noun,
a stringed musical instrument with a long, fretted neck, a flat, somewhat violinlike body, and typically six strings, which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
- trines
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- englut
-
verb (used with object),
to gulp down.
- ursine
-
adjective,
of or relating to a bear or bears.
- 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.
- 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.
- usneas
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- urials
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- urgent
-
adjective,
compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing:
- Tuareg
-
noun,
a Berber or Hamitic-speaking member of the Muslim nomads of the Sahara.
- Aussie
-
noun,
an Australian.
- tsuris
-
noun,
trouble; woe.
- Austen
-
noun,
Jane, 1775–1817, English novelist.
- Gussie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Augusta.
- gusset
-
noun,
a small, triangular piece of material inserted into a shirt, shoe, etc., to improve the fit or for reinforcement.
Compare godet (def 1), gore3 (def 1).
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- 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.
- grains
-
noun,
an iron instrument with barbed prongs, for spearing or harpooning fish.
- tegula
-
noun,
(in certain insects) a scalelike lobe at the base of the forewing.
- grani-
-
- gunsel
-
noun,
a criminal armed with a gun.
- Auster
-
noun,
the south wind personified.
- Austin
-
noun,
Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- Gursel
-
noun,
Cemal [je-mahl] /dʒɛˈmɑl/ (Show IPA), 1895–1966, Turkish army officer and statesman: president 1961–66.
- 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.
- aisles
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- gratis
-
adverb,
without charge or payment; free:
- gratin
-
noun,
au gratin.
- Gunter
-
noun,
a jib-headed sail fastened to a vertical spar that is attached to a short mast, usually by two rings, in such a way that the spar can slide up the mast to spread the sail.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- 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.
- eating
-
noun,
the act of a person or thing that eats.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- 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.
- Tulsa
-
noun,
a city in NE Oklahoma: center of a rich oil-producing region.
- reign
-
noun,
the period during which a sovereign occupies the throne.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Unit.
-
- 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.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- Regt.
-
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- neut.
-
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- REGIS
-
noun,
a male given name.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- 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.
- 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.
- neur-
-
- Niger
-
noun,
a republic in NW Africa: formerly part of French West Africa. 458,976 sq. mi. (1,188,748 sq. km). Capital: Niamey.
- sings
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- 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.
- tules
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- Neuss
-
noun,
a city W Germany, near Düsseldorf.
- Nigel
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Neil.
- Niter
-
noun,
potassium nitrate.
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- nugae
-
plural noun,
trifles.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- 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.
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- slags
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- auger
-
noun,
Carpentry.
a bit, as for a brace.
a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a transverse handle.
- 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).
- sires
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- situs
-
noun,
position; situation.
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- sites
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- 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.
- siris
-
noun,
lebbek (def 1).
- ragis
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- nurls
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- Nurse
-
noun,
a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm.
Compare nurse-midwife, nurse-practitioner, physician's assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse.
- Aulis
-
noun,
a port in ancient Boeotia, in E central Greece: the Greek fleet set out from here for Troy during the Trojan War.
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- SISAL
-
noun,
Also called sisal hemp. a fiber yielded by an agave, Agave sisalana, of Yucatán, used for making rope, rugs, etc.
- Turin
-
noun,
a city in NW Italy, on the Po: capital of the Kingdom of Italy 1860–65.
- Aust.
-
- Siren
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
- uglis
-
- Tunas
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- assn.
-
- asst.
-
- nisus
-
noun,
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.
- Assur
-
noun,
the god of war and supreme national god of Assyria.
- ulnas
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- tuner
-
noun,
a person or thing that tunes.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- TUNIS
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tunisia, in the NE part.
- astr.
-
- ulent
-
- nitr-
-
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- nitre
-
noun,
niter.
- ulans
-
noun,
uhlan.
- tunes
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- ranis
-
noun,
ranee.
- Sinus
-
noun,
a curve; bend.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- Urena
-
noun,
any tropical plant or shrub belonging to the genus Urena, of the mallow family, having clusters of small, yellow flowers, especially U. lobata, which yields a useful bast fiber.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- sains
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Urgel
-
noun,
a town in NE Spain, SSW of Andorra: cathedral.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- urges
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- Urial
-
noun,
a wild, bearded sheep, Ovis vignei, of southern Asia, having a reddish coat.
- Uriel
-
noun,
one of the archangels. II Esdras 4.
- 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.
- agues
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- Salus
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess of health and prosperity: identified with the Greek goddess Hygeia.
- 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.
- urate
-
noun,
a salt of uric acid.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- rusts
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- rutin
-
noun,
a bright yellow or greenish-yellow substance, C 27 H 30 O 16 , obtained chiefly from buckwheat, and used in the treatment of capillary fragility.
- align
-
verb (used with object),
to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- serin
-
noun,
a small finch, Serinus serinus, of Europe and northern Africa, closely related to the canary.
- 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.
- algin
-
noun,
any hydrophilic, colloidal substance found in or obtained from various kelps, as alginic acid or one of its soluble salts.
- Algie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Algernon.
- sages
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- Aleut
-
noun,
Also, Aleutian. a member of a people native to the Aleutian Islands and the western Alaska Peninsula who are related physically and culturally to the Eskimos.
- Aleus
-
noun,
a king of Tegea and the father of Amphidamas, Auge, Cepheus, and Lycurgus.
- ureas
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- urine
-
noun,
the liquid-to-semisolid waste matter excreted by the kidneys, in humans being a yellowish, slightly acid, watery fluid.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Russ.
-
abbreviation,
Russia.
- saute
-
noun,
a dish of sautéed food.
- USLTA
-
- Sauls
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- Sault
-
noun,
a waterfall or rapid.
- AEGIS
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon.
- Aegir
-
noun,
a sea god, husband of Ran, and host at feast of the gods spoiled by Loki.
- Usnea
-
noun,
any pale-green or gray, mosslike lichen of the genus Usnea, common on rocks and trees.
- Segni
-
noun,
Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1891–1972, Italian teacher, lawyer, and statesman: president 1962–64.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- utile
-
adjective,
useful.
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- 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.
- 30-30
-
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- aeri-
-
- satis
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- usage
-
noun,
a customary way of doing something; a custom or practice:
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- sanit
-
- Sans.
-
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- agist
-
verb (used with object),
to feed or pasture (livestock) for a fee.
- agile
-
adjective,
quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe:
- 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.
- sengi
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, equal to 1/10,000 (.0001) of a zaire.
- 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.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- sasin
-
noun,
blackbuck.
- 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.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- urase
-
noun,
urease.
- seti-
-
- unite
-
noun,
a former gold coin of England, equal to 20 shillings, issued under James I and Charles I.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Argus
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a giant with 100 eyes, set to guard the heifer Io: his eyes were transferred after his death to the peacock's tail.
- argue
-
verb (used with object),
to state the reasons for or against:
- 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.
- argil
-
noun,
clay, especially potter's clay.
- Sinas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sinai
-
noun,
Also called Sinai Peninsula. a peninsula in NE Egypt, at the N end of the Red Sea between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba. 230 miles (370 km) long.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- riant
-
adjective,
laughing; smiling; cheerful.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- unrig
-
verb (used with object),
to strip of rigging, as a ship.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Rigel
-
noun,
a first-magnitude star in the constellation Orion.
- silts
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- sing.
-
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- 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.
- relig
-
- arsis
-
noun,
Music. the upward stroke in conducting; upbeat.
Compare thesis (def 4).
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- reni-
-
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Arnel
-
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- 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.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- singe
-
noun,
a superficial burn.
- Arius
-
noun,
died a.d. 336, Christian priest at Alexandria: founder of Arianism.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Silas
-
noun,
a male given name.
- runts
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- uran-
-
- angi-
-
- sigil
-
noun,
a seal or signet.
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Rugen
-
noun,
an island in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, off the NE coast, in the Baltic Sea. 358 sq. mi. (926 sq. km).
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- 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).
- ruins
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- Angie
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Angel.
- Rules
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- alure
-
noun,
a passageway, as the walk along one side of a cloister.
- Altus
-
noun,
a city in SW Oklahoma.
- 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.
- runes
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- alti-
-
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- signa
-
verb,
(used imperatively, in prescriptions) mark; write; label.
- Angl.
-
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- rises
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- 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.
- anti-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- ante-
-
- rinse
-
noun,
an act or instance of rinsing.
- unset
-
adjective,
not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
- untie
-
verb (used with object),
to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- 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.
- anis-
-
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- until
-
conjunction,
up to the time that or when; till:
- Angus
-
noun,
Formerly Forfar. a historic county in E Scotland.
- signs
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- Negus
-
noun,
a title of Ethiopian royalty.
- trugs
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- slues
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- Taegu
-
noun,
a city in SE South Korea: commercial center.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- Genl.
-
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- guar.
-
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- guans
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- genus
-
noun,
Biology. the usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.
- Tigre
-
noun,
a Semitic language spoken in northern Ethiopia.
- 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.
- 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.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- gests
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- 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.
- genii
-
noun,
a plural of genius.
- Terni
-
noun,
a city in central Italy.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- gilts
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- 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.
- Giles
-
noun,
Saint, 8th century a.d., Athenian hermit in France.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- 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.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- giant
-
noun,
(in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- 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.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- init.
-
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- tera-
-
- Ingle
-
noun,
a fire burning in a hearth.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- grain
-
noun,
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- ster.
-
- Gatun
-
noun,
a town in the N Canal Zone of Panama.
- liang
-
noun,
a Chinese unit of weight, equal to 1/16 (0.0625) catty, and equivalent to about 1.33 ounces (38 grams).
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- gauls
-
noun,
an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- Gaunt
-
noun,
John of, John of Gaunt.
- guile
-
noun,
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- gaurs
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- Gauss
-
noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of magnetic induction, equal to the magnetic induction of a magnetic field in which one abcoulomb of charge, moving with a component of velocity perpendicular to the field and equal to one centimeter per second, is acted on by a force of one dyne; 1 maxwell per square centimeter or 10− 4 weber per square meter. Symbol: G.
- Guest
-
noun,
a person who spends some time at another person's home in some social activity, as a visit, dinner, or party.
- guars
-
noun,
a plant, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, of the legume family, grown as a forage crop and for its seeds, which produce a gum (guar gum) used as a thickening agent and stabilizer in foods and pharmaceuticals and as sizing for paper and cloth.
- Guat.
-
- Legis
-
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- legit
-
noun,
the legitimate theater or stage.
- gelts
-
noun,
money.
- stirs
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- 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.
- 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:
- stge.
-
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- guess
-
noun,
an opinion that one reaches or to which one commits oneself on the basis of probability alone or in the absence of any evidence whatever.
- sting
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- 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.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- sties
-
noun,
a pen or enclosure for swine; pigpen.
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- gluts
-
noun,
a full supply.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- glias
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- issue
-
noun,
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution:
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- glint
-
noun,
a tiny, quick flash of light.
- Issei
-
noun,
a Japanese person who immigrated to the U.S. or Canada after 1907 and was not eligible until 1952 for citizenship.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- glues
-
noun,
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- sural
-
adjective,
of or relating to the calf of the leg.
- suras
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- GRASS
-
noun,
any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
Compare grass family.
- Surat
-
noun,
a seaport in S Gujarat, in W India: first British settlement in India 1612.
- surg.
-
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- nears
-
- 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.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- inure
-
verb (used with object),
to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually followed by to):
- Irgun
-
noun,
a militant Zionist underground group, active chiefly during the period (1917–48) of British control by mandate of Palestine.
- Irina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Susie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- Inuit
-
noun,
a member of the Eskimo peoples inhabiting northernmost North America from northern Alaska to eastern Canada and Greenland.
- intr.
-
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Susan
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Susanna or Susannah.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- surge
-
noun,
a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep:
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- sutra
-
noun,
Hinduism. a collection of aphorisms relating to some aspect of the conduct of life.
- Ital.
-
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- gruel
-
noun,
a light, usually thin, cooked cereal made by boiling meal, especially oatmeal, in water or milk.
- stung
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- stuns
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- girns
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- 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.
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- grunt
-
noun,
a sound of grunting.
- lang.
-
- Grues
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- Laius
-
noun,
a king of Thebes, the husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus: unwittingly killed by Oedipus.
- gists
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- Laing
-
noun,
R(onald) D(avid) 1927–1989, British psychiatrist and author, born in Scotland.
- inst.
-
- glair
-
noun,
the white of an egg.
- tears
-
- suint
-
noun,
the natural grease of the wool of sheep, consisting of a mixture of fatty matter and potassium salts, used as a source of potash and in the preparation of ointments.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- 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.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- suite
-
noun,
a number of things forming a series or set.
- grins
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- sugis
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- suets
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- glans
-
noun,
the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- Sugar
-
noun,
a sweet, crystalline substance, C 12 H 22 O 11 , obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and flavoring of certain foods and as a fermenting agent in the manufacture of certain alcoholic beverages; sucrose.
Compare beet sugar, cane sugar.
- grist
-
noun,
grain to be ground.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- guilt
-
noun,
the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability:
- gulas
-
noun,
Zoology.
the upper part of the throat or gullet.
the front or forward part of the neck.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- Elura
-
noun,
Ellora.
- snits
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- engr.
-
- lures
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- lunts
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- snugs
-
noun,
British. a small, secluded room in a tavern, as for private parties.
- trine
-
noun,
a set or group of three; triad.
- lungs
-
noun,
either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
- lungi
-
noun,
a cloth used as a turban, scarf, sarong, etc., in India, Pakistan, and Burma.
- trigs
-
noun,
trigonometry.
- lunge
-
noun,
a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- lunes
-
noun,
Archaic. fits of madness.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- ileus
-
noun,
intestinal obstruction characterized by lack of peristalsis and leading to severe colicky pain and vomiting.
- lunas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- triga
-
noun,
a two-wheeled chariot drawn by a team of three horses.
- lunar
-
noun,
a lunar observation taken for purposes of navigation or mapping.
- Srta.
-
- Luing
-
noun,
one of a breed of beef cattle developed on Luing Island off Scotland by interbreeding Shorthorn bulls and purebred West Highland cows.
- sruti
-
noun,
the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
- gasts
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Luger
-
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- lusts
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- gules
-
noun,
the tincture red.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- iasis
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tangs
-
- slugs
-
noun,
any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops.
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- naut.
-
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- sluit
-
noun,
(in South Africa) a deep, dry gulch or channel formed by erosion due to heavy rains.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- talus
-
noun,
the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- slung
-
noun,
a device for hurling stones or other missiles that consists, typically, of a short strap with a long string at each end and that is operated by placing the missile in the strap, and, holding the ends of the strings in one hand, whirling the instrument around in a circle and releasing one of the strings to discharge the missile.
- truss
-
noun,
Civil Engineering, Building Trades.
any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc. Compare complete (def 8), incomplete (def 3), redundant (def 5c).
any of various structural frames constructed on principles other than the geometric rigidity of the triangle or deriving stability from other factors, as the rigidity of joints, the abutment of masonry, or the stiffness of beams.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- Elgin
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- IATSE
-
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- sluts
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- 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.
- Iglau
-
noun,
Jihlava.
- Gunas
-
noun,
(in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- 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.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- 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.
- Lugar
-
noun,
Richard G(reen) born 1932, U.S. politician: senator 1977–2013.
- luges
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- trig.
-
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Tagus
-
noun,
a river in SW Europe, flowing W through central Spain and Portugal to the Atlantic at Lisbon. 566 miles (910 km) long.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- etuis
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- inert
-
adjective,
having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active):
- Guise
-
noun,
general external appearance; aspect; semblance:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- lings
-
noun,
an elongated, marine, gadid food fish, Molva molva, of Greenland and northern Europe.
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- ling.
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- liner
-
noun,
a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Tiran
-
noun,
Strait of, a navigable waterway between the N Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- lign-
-
- ligan
-
noun,
lagan.
- Guin.
-
- tinge
-
noun,
a slight degree of coloration.
- garni
-
adjective,
garnished.
- liger
-
noun,
the offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
- tings
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- 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.
- gains
-
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- Gaius
-
noun,
a.d. c110–c180, Roman jurist and writer, especially on civil law.
- gaits
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Linus
-
noun,
Saint, died a.d. 76? pope 67?–76?.
- Iran.
-
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- 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.
- treas
-
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- 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.
- 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.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- train
-
noun,
Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- lists
-
noun,
an enclosed arena for a tilting contest.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- Inari
-
noun,
Lake, a lake in NE Finland. About 500 sq. mi. (1295 sq. km).
- Urga
-
noun,
former name of Ulan Bator.
- Uris
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- uret
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- USIA
-
- taur
-
- USGA
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- USES
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- USIS
-
- uria
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- USNA
-
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- 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.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- USAR
-
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- seis
-
noun,
sei whale.
- USSR
-
noun,
a former federal union of 15 constituent republics, in E Europe and W and N Asia, comprising the larger part of the former Russian Empire: dissolved in December 1991. 8,650,069 sq. mi. (22,402,200 sq. km). Capital: Moscow.
Abbreviation: U.S.S.R., USSR.
- Utas
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- urge
-
noun,
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- user
-
noun,
a person or thing that uses.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Utes
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- 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.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- sirs
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- sris
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- sits
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- 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.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- tuns
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- Tura
-
noun,
Cosimo [kaw-zee-maw] /ˈkɔ zi mɔ/ (Show IPA), c1430–98? Italian painter.
- tri-
-
- Sra.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- ugli
-
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Ulan
-
noun,
uhlan.
- ulna
-
noun,
Anatomy. the bone of the forearm on the side opposite to the thumb.
Compare radius (def 7).
- Ste.
-
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- situ
-
noun,
in situ.
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- ungt
-
- Tula
-
noun,
a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, S of Moscow.
- slue
-
noun,
the act of sluing.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Tues
-
- tugs
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- slur
-
noun,
a slurred utterance or sound.
- slut
-
noun,
Disparaging and Offensive. a sexually promiscuous woman, or a woman who behaves or dresses in an overtly sexual way.
- tuis
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- snug
-
noun,
British. a small, secluded room in a tavern, as for private parties.
- tule
-
noun,
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
- trug
-
noun,
a shallow basket for carrying flowers, vegetables, etc., made from strips of wood.
- 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.
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- 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.
- tuna
-
noun,
any of several large food and game fishes of the family Scombridae, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas.
Compare albacore, bluefin tuna, yellowfin tuna.
- tRNA
-
- tune
-
noun,
a succession of musical sounds forming an air or melody, with or without the harmony accompanying it.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- uni-
-
- urea
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a compound, CO(NH 2) 2 , occurring in urine and other body fluids as a product of protein metabolism.
- sur-
-
- sugi
-
noun,
Japan cedar.
- suit
-
noun,
a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- Sung
-
noun,
a dynasty in China, a.d. 960–1279, characterized by a high level of achievement in painting, ceramics, and philosophy: overthrown by the Mongols.
- 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.
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- ten.
-
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Sura
-
noun,
any of the 114 chapters of the Koran.
- sign
-
noun,
a token; indication.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- sure
-
Idioms,
for sure, as a certainty; surely:
- 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).
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tel-
-
- Surt
-
noun,
the guardian and ruler of Muspelheim, destined to defeat Frey at Ragnarok and destroy the world with fire.
- Susa
-
noun,
a ruined city in W Iran: the capital of ancient Elam; palaces of Darius and Artaxerxes I; stele containing the Code of Hammurabi discovered here.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sig.
-
- suet
-
noun,
the hard fatty tissue about the loins and kidneys of beef, sheep, etc., used in cooking or processed to yield tallow.
- Ting
-
noun,
a tinging sound.
- 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.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- stg.
-
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- stlg
-
- str.
-
- 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.
- slug
-
noun,
any of various snaillike terrestrial gastropods having no shell or only a rudimentary one, feeding on plants and a pest of leafy garden crops.
- sues
-
noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- 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.
- stun
-
noun,
the act of stunning.
- ter.
-
- Ural
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1575 miles (2535 km) long.
- 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.
- 1080
-
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Laue
-
noun,
Max Theodor Felix von [mahks tey-oh-dohr fey-liks fuh n] /mɑks ˈteɪ oʊˌdoʊr ˈfeɪ lɪks fən/ (Show IPA), 1879–1960, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1914.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lat.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- 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.
- Lani
-
- lea.
-
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- leg.
-
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- 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.
- 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.
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- 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.
- 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.
- ISIS
-
noun,
a goddess of fertility, the sister and wife of Osiris and mother of Horus, and usually represented as a woman with a cow's horns with the solar disk between them: later worshiped in the Greek and Roman empires.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- isls
-
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- ISSN
-
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- ELAS
-
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- itis
-
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- egis
-
noun,
aegis.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- 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.
- Eng.
-
- lues
-
noun,
syphilis.
- lit.
-
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- litu
-
noun,
a plural of litas.
- genu
-
noun,
the knee.
- Aug.
-
- Auer
-
noun,
Leopold [lee-uh-pohld;; Hungarian ley-aw-pawlt] /ˈli əˌpoʊld;; Hungarian ˈleɪ ɔˌpɔlt/ (Show IPA), 1845–1930, Hungarian violinist and teacher.
- 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.
- ates
-
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- luge
-
noun,
a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used especially in Europe.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- Asur
-
noun,
Assur.
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASSR
-
- lugs
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- Luna
-
noun,
the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- 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:
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- 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.
- 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.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- aut-
-
- Aus.
-
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- aur-
-
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- aune
-
noun,
an old French unit of measure for fabrics, equivalent to about 47 inches (119 cm).
- lieu
-
noun,
place; stead.
- lin.
-
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- aunt
-
noun,
the sister of one's father or mother.
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- lung
-
noun,
either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of humans and the higher vertebrates.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- gaur
-
noun,
a massive wild ox, Bibos gaurus, of southeastern Asia and the Malay Archipelago, growing to a height of 6 feet (1.8 meters) at the shoulder: now reduced in numbers.
- gite
-
noun,
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
- Gaul
-
noun,
an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul)
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- glia
-
noun,
neuroglia.
- glue
-
noun,
a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- gras
-
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- gres
-
- grin
-
noun,
a broad smile.
- Gris
-
noun,
Juan [hwahn] /ʰwɑn/ (Show IPA), (José Vittoriano Gonzáles) 1887–1927, Spanish painter in France.
- Grit
-
noun,
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- 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.
- gist
-
noun,
the main or essential part of a matter:
- 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.
- Grus
-
noun,
the Crane, a southern constellation between Indus and Piscis Austrinus.
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- 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.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- Gen.
-
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- 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.
- girn
-
noun, verb (used with object),
grin2 .
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- 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:
- Gila
-
noun,
a river flowing W from SW New Mexico across S Arizona to the Colorado River. 630 miles (1015 km) long.
- gils
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- gilt
-
noun,
the thin layer of gold or other material applied in gilding.
- Gina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- girl
-
noun,
a female child, from birth to full growth.
- grue
-
verb (used without object),
to shudder.
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- int.
-
- Esau
-
noun,
a son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Jacob, to whom he sold his birthright. Gen. 25:21–25.
- Inge
-
noun,
William (Motter) [mot-er] /ˈmɒt ər/ (Show IPA), 1913–73, U.S. playwright.
- INRI
-
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- ins.
-
- intl
-
- inae
-
- Erin
-
noun,
Literary. Ireland.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- ergs
-
- Ens.
-
- enl.
-
- 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).
- ESIS
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- gust
-
noun,
a sudden, strong blast of wind.
- Gal.
-
- gait
-
noun,
a manner of walking, stepping, or running.
- guan
-
noun,
a large game bird of the curassow family, common in dense woodlands of Central and South America, somewhat resembling a turkey.
- Gail
-
noun,
a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- Gula
-
noun,
Zoology.
the upper part of the throat or gullet.
the front or forward part of the neck.
- guls
-
noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- guna
-
noun,
(in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- Eur.
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Eula
-
noun,
End-User License Agreement: a contract between the manufacturer of computer software and the person who installs and uses it:
- guts
-
noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- etui
-
noun,
a small, often decorative case, especially one for needles, toilet articles, or the like.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- ign.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- est.
-
- ile-
-
- Lune
-
noun,
anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.
- Auge
-
noun,
a daughter of King Aleus who became a priestess of Athena. After being raped by Hercules she bore a son, Telephus.
- Lunt
-
noun,
a match; the flame used to light a fire.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Aire
-
- Riga
-
noun,
a seaport in and the capital of Latvia, on the Gulf of Riga.
- Rigi
-
noun,
a mountain in central Switzerland, near the Lake of Lucerne. 5906 feet (1800 meters).
- RIIA
-
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- Rina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- 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.
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rit.
-
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- Ainu
-
noun,
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan, having lighter skin and hairier bodies than other Japanese.
- RNAS
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- Reus
-
noun,
a city in Catalonia, NE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Alg.
-
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Rani
-
noun,
ranee.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Reg.
-
- 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.
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- Rein
-
noun,
Often, reins. a leather strap, fastened to each end of the bit of a bridle, by which the rider or driver controls a horse or other animal by pulling so as to exert pressure on the bit.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- 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.
- AISI
-
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ague
-
noun,
Pathology. a malarial fever characterized by regularly returning paroxysms, marked by successive cold, hot, and sweating fits.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- Sais
-
noun,
an ancient city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta: an ancient capital of Lower Egypt.
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SALT
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- SASE
-
- sags
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- Sat.
-
- sate
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- Saul
-
noun,
the first king of Israel. I Sam. 9.
- saur
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- 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.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- agst
-
- rung
-
noun,
one of the crosspieces, usually rounded, forming the steps of a ladder.
- rues
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- ruga
-
noun,
Usually, rugae. Biology, Anatomy. a wrinkle, fold, or ridge.
- ruin
-
noun,
ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay:
- rule
-
noun,
a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.:
- agr.
-
- rune
-
noun,
any of the characters of certain ancient alphabets, as of a script used for writing the Germanic languages, especially of Scandinavia and Britain, from c200 to c1200, or a script used for inscriptions in a Turkic language of the 6th to 8th centuries from the area near the Orkhon River in Mongolia.
- Agni
-
noun,
Hindu Mythology. the god of fire, one of the three chief divinities of the Vedas.
- agit
-
- runs
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- aer-
-
- runt
-
noun,
an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- Rus.
-
- Ruse
-
noun,
a trick, stratagem, or artifice.
- Rust
-
noun,
Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
- 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:
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- aet.
-
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rel.
-
- 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).
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- 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.
- ARIS
-
- Arg.
-
- Nier
-
noun,
Alfred Otto Carl, 1911–1994, U.S. physicist.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- 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.
- NIRA
-
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- nisi
-
adjective,
not yet final or absolute (used, especially in law, to indicate that a judgment or decree will become final on a particular date unless set aside or invalidated by certain specified contingencies):
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Niue
-
noun,
an island in the S Pacific between Tonga and Cook Islands: possession of New Zealand. 5128; about 100 sq. mi. (260 sq. km).
- anus
-
noun,
the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted.
- ANTU
-
- ant.
-
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- Neri
-
noun,
Saint Philip (Filippo Neri) 1515–95, Italian priest: founder of Congregation of the Oratory.
- NTIA
-
- Nair
-
noun,
a group of Hindu castes in the Kerala region of India.
- lure
-
noun,
anything that attracts, entices, or allures.
- Lust
-
noun,
intense sexual desire or appetite.
- asis
-
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- 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.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- art.
-
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ANSI
-
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- 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.
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- ragi
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Eleusine coracana, cultivated in the Old World for its grain.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Ger.
-
- nurl
-
noun,
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
- ean
-
- USS
-
- USN
-
- ASI
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- tug
-
noun,
an act or instance of tugging; pull; haul.
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- UAE
-
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- 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:
- ae.
-
- USA
-
- UAR
-
- USE
-
noun,
the act of employing, using, or putting into service:
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- tue
-
- ase
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ARU
-
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- ur-
-
- UIT
-
- eir
-
- ung
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ult
-
- ASR
-
- uti
-
- ag-
-
- ure
-
- Una
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “one.”.
- UTE
-
noun,
Informal. a utility vehicle.
- al.
-
- Une
-
- Uta
-
noun,
any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.
- at.
-
- Gel
-
noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- ast
-
- an.
-
- ASN
-
- ASU
-
- 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.
- USR
-
- ule
-
noun,
caucho.
- tui
-
noun,
a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.
- Ar.
-
- Tu.
-
- TSS
-
- tun
-
noun,
a large cask for holding liquids, especially wine, ale, or beer.
- Uri
-
noun,
a canton in central Switzerland. 415 sq. mi. (1075 sq. km). Capital: Altdorf.
- ANU
-
noun,
a twining herb, Tropaeolum tuberosum, of the nasturtium family, found in the Andes, having edible tubers and large flowers with yellow petals and red spurs.
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- 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.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- ALU
-
- ESR
-
- ESL
-
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- ESA
-
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ERT
-
- uns
-
- Eg.
-
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- ANG
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ASS
-
noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ea.
-
- ESU
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- 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.
- AGS
-
adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- ARS
-
- TSI
-
- TSE
-
- 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.
- gi.
-
- urs
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
- GAR
-
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.
- Ga.
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- urn
-
noun,
a large or decorative vase, especially one with an ornamental foot or pedestal.
- en-
-
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- eu-
-
- Tiu
-
noun,
an English god of the sky and of war, the equivalent of Tyr in Scandinavian mythology.
- tlr
-
- Tng
-
- tr.
-
- tra
-
- Agt
-
- ETS
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ETR
-
- EIS
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Ges
-
- NEA
-
- SRS
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Sr.
-
- SNU
-
- NUT
-
noun,
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAG
-
noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ne-
-
- SLR
-
- SSA
-
- NEG
-
noun,
a photographic negative.
- NES
-
- SLE
-
- NET
-
noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- NIA
-
- NIG
-
verb (used with object),
nidge.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- nr.
-
- ss.
-
- SSE
-
- NRA
-
- LSI
-
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- leu
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Romania, equal to 100 bani. Abbreviation: L.
- lg.
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- LNG
-
- TIA
-
- LSS
-
- SSI
-
- LST
-
- LTA
-
- ltr
-
- LUG
-
noun,
an act or instance of lugging; a forcible pull; haul.
- Sta
-
- St.
-
- SST
-
- SSR
-
- SSN
-
- SLA
-
- NSA
-
- Les
-
- SAG
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- rte
-
- RTS
-
- Rue
-
noun,
sorrow; repentance; regret.
- rug
-
noun,
a thick fabric for covering part of a floor, often woven of wool and often having an oblong shape with a border design.
Compare carpet.
- run
-
noun,
an act or instance, or a period of running:
- Sgt
-
- SES
-
noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- rut
-
noun,
a furrow or track in the ground, especially one made by the passage of a vehicle or vehicles.
- SAE
-
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- RSS
-
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- SAR
-
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- Sau
-
noun,
German name of Sava.
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- se-
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- rt.
-
- RSE
-
- NSU
-
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- NUL
-
- NUS
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- Re.
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- rag
-
noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- sis
-
noun,
sister.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- RAN
-
noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- RSA
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- REA
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- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- 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.
- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Sin
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noun,
transgression of divine law:
- rig
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noun,
the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
- 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.
- RNA
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- Rs.
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- STI
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- uts
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noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- ier
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- TAR
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noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Gut
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noun,
the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it.
Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- IRA
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noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- ITU
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- Ia.
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- ial
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- ian
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noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- Tan
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noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- IAS
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- il-
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- Gur
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noun,
a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
- Len
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noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- TAL
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- ILS
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- in.
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- ina
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noun,
a female given name.
- Tai
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noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- ine
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- TAG
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noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- ing
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- GUS
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noun,
a male given name, form of Augustus or Gustave.
- Gun
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noun,
a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- IRL
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- GNU
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noun,
either of two stocky, oxlike antelopes of the genus Connochaetes, the silver-gray, white-bearded C. taurinus of the eastern African plain and the black, white-tailed C. gnou of central South Africa: recently near extinction, the South African gnu is now protected.
- TGN
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- get
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noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- TES
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noun,
ti1 .
- gie
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noun,
gi.
- Gil
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noun,
a male given name, form of Gilbert.
- GIN
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noun,
an alcoholic liquor obtained by distilling grain mash with juniper berries.
- 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.
- git
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noun,
British Slang. a foolish or contemptible person.
- gl.
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- Gr.
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- gul
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noun,
a large octagonal design derived from the shape of a rose, a motif on Oriental rugs.
- teg
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noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- gre
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- tea
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noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- GSA
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- GSR
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- TAU
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noun,
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet (T, τ).
- gt.
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- GTS
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- GUI
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noun,
graphical user interface.
- Ir.
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- ILA
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noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- IRS
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- ISR
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- Sui
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noun,
a dynasty ruling in China a.d. 589–618.
- Lt.
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- SUG
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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).
- La.
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- Lai
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noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Sue
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noun,
Eugène [œ-zhen] /œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), (Marie Joseph Sue) 1804–57, French novelist.
- IUS
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- SUN
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noun,
(often initial capital letter) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93 million miles (150 million km), its diameter about 864,000 miles (1.4 million km), and its mass about 330,000 times that of the earth; its period of surface rotation is about 26 days at its equator but longer at higher latitudes.
- ite
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- ITA
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- Lae
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noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- Stu
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noun,
a male given name, form of Stewart or Stuart.
- ist
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- lag
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noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- ISA
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- Isl
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- lei
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noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- STL
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- ise
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- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Sus
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- A.
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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.
- RU
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- 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.
- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- U.
-
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- er
-
interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- AU
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plural,
to the; at the; with the.
- ln
-
- SA
-
- EI
-
- UT
-
noun,
the syllable once generally used for the first tone or keynote of a scale and sometimes for the tone C: now commonly superseded by do.
- SG
-
- SL
-
- SU
-
- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- GN
-
- le
-
- S.
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- L2
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- t.
-
- TG
-
- T1
-
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SN
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- NL
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- NI
-
- NG
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- NU
-
noun,
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet (Ν, ν).
- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- R.
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- IG
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- L1
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- RI
-
- RN
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- TN
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TL
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- L.
-
- i.
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- rg
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- UL
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- G.
-
- UI
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- GU
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- LU
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noun,
a male or female given name, form of Lou.
- LR
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