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Word slide-action has
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- Diocletian
-
noun,
(Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) a.d. 245–316, Illyrian soldier: emperor of Rome 284–305.
- ice-island
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noun,
a tabular iceberg in the arctic region.
- inelastic
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adjective,
not elastic; lacking flexibility or resilience; unyielding.
- coastline
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noun,
the outline or contour of a coast; shoreline.
- dilations
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noun,
the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- actinides
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noun,
any element of the actinide series.
- ideations
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- identical
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adjective,
similar or alike in every way:
- diastolic
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adjective,
pertaining to or produced by diastole.
- idiolects
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noun,
a person's individual speech pattern.
Compare dialect (def 1).
- indicates
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verb (used with object),
to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show:
- dianoetic
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adjective,
pertaining to dianoia.
- iodinates
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- dislocate
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noun,
Gymnastics. a maneuver on the rings in which a gymnast in an inverted pike position turns over to swing down while pushing the arms out and turning them so that the palms are facing out when the body turns over.
- dacoities
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noun,
(in India and Burma) gang robbery; robbery by dacoits.
- tolidines
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noun,
any of several isomeric derivatives of biphenyl containing two methyl and two amino groups, especially the ortho isomer that is used as a reagent and in the preparation of dyes.
- lidocaine
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noun,
a synthetic crystalline powder, C 14 H 22 N 2 O, used as a local anesthetic and also in the management of certain arrhythmias.
- sciential
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adjective,
having knowledge.
- sciaenoid
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noun,
a sciaenoid fish.
- sectional
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noun,
a sofa composed of several independent sections that can be arranged individually or in various combinations.
- catenoids
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- disentail
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verb (used with object),
to free (an estate) from entail.
- socialite
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noun,
a socially prominent person.
- dainties
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noun,
something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
- ctenidia
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noun,
any of various comblike or featherlike structures, as the row of stiff bristles on the legs of a psocid.
- astonied
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adjective,
dazed; bewildered; filled with consternation.
- diocesan
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noun,
one of the clergy or people of a diocese.
- close-in
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adjective,
near, as to a common center; adjacent, especially to a city:
- dilation
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noun,
the act of dilating; state of being dilated.
- colistin
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noun,
a toxic antibiotic polypeptide, C 45 H 85 O 10 N 13 , produced by the bacterium Bacillus colistinus, used in sulfate form against a broad spectrum of microorganisms and in the treatment of severe gastroenteritis.
- die-cast
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adjective,
formed by die casting.
- diatonic
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adjective,
noting those scales that contain five whole tones and two semitones, as the major, minor, and certain modal scales.
- dictions
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noun,
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:
- decision
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noun,
the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment:
- catenoid
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noun,
the surface generated by rotating a catenary about its axis of symmetry.
- ciliates
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- societal
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adjective,
noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- catslide
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noun,
(in early American architecture) a steep roof ending close to the ground, as on a saltbox.
- diastole
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noun,
Physiology. the normal rhythmical dilatation of the heart during which the chambers are filling with blood.
Compare systole (def 1).
- celadons
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noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- Catiline
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noun,
(Lucius Sergius Catilina) 108?–62 b.c, Roman politician and conspirator.
- endocast
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noun,
endocranial cast.
- distance
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noun,
the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- isolated
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- Scotland
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noun,
a division of the United Kingdom in the N part of Great Britain. 30,412 sq. mi. (78,772 sq. km). Capital: Edinburgh.
- sedation
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noun,
the calming of mental excitement or abatement of physiological function, especially by the administration of a drug.
- sedition
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noun,
incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
- silicate
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noun,
Mineralogy. any of the largest group of mineral compounds, as quartz, beryl, garnet, feldspar, mica, and various kinds of clay, consisting of SiO 2 or SiO 4 groupings and one or more metallic ions, with some forms containing hydrogen. Silicates constitute well over 90 percent of the rock-forming minerals of the earth's crust.
- silicone
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noun,
any of a number of polymers containing alternate silicon and oxygen atoms, as (–Si–O–Si–O–) n, whose properties are determined by the organic groups attached to the silicon atoms, and that are fluid, resinous, rubbery, extremely stable in high temperatures, and water-repellent: used as adhesives, lubricants, and hydraulic oils and in electrical insulation, cosmetics, etc.
- 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.
- Leonidas
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noun,
died 480 b.c, Greek hero: king of Sparta 489?–480.
- sodalite
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noun,
a mineral, sodium aluminum silicate, Na 4 Al 3 Si 3 O 12 Cl, occurring massive and in crystals, usually blue in color and found in certain alkali-rich igneous rocks.
- lections
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- lean-tos
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- lactones
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noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- isocline
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noun,
a fold of strata so tightly compressed that both limbs dip in the same direction.
- D-notice
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noun,
a government notice sent to newspapers or other publications requesting them to withhold information for reasons of state security.
- iodinate
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verb (used with object),
to iodize.
- insolate
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the sun's rays; treat by exposure to the sun's rays.
- indocile
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adjective,
not willing to receive teaching, training, or discipline; fractious; unruly.
- indicate
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verb (used with object),
to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show:
- idiolect
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noun,
a person's individual speech pattern.
Compare dialect (def 1).
- ideation
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noun,
the process of forming ideas or images.
- idealist
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noun,
a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc. Synonyms: optimist, perfectionist, reformer, visionary, utopianist.
Antonyms: pragmatist, skeptic, cynic.
- toenails
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noun,
a nail of a toe.
- tail-end
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noun,
the hinder or rear part of anything.
- elations
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noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- Taliesin
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noun,
flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
- alienist
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noun,
(formerly) a doctor specializing in the treatment of mental illness.
- sea-lion
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noun,
any of several large eared seals, as Eumetopias jubatus (Steller's sea lion) of the northern Pacific, and Zalophus californicus (California sea lion) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- adenitis
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noun,
lymphadenitis.
- tolidine
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noun,
any of several isomeric derivatives of biphenyl containing two methyl and two amino groups, especially the ortho isomer that is used as a reagent and in the preparation of dyes.
- actinoid
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adjective,
raylike; radiate.
- actinide
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noun,
any element of the actinide series.
- aconites
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noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- cations
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noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- delicts
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noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- candles
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noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- dentals
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noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- Stalino
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noun,
a former name of Donetsk.
- deltaic
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adjective,
pertaining to or like a delta.
- silicon
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noun,
a nonmetallic element, having amorphous and crystalline forms, occurring in a combined state in minerals and rocks and constituting more than one fourth of the earth's crust: used in steelmaking, alloys, etc. Symbol: Si; atomic weight: 28.086; atomic number: 14; specific gravity: 2.4 at 20°C.
- acetoin
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noun,
a yellowish, pleasant-smelling liquid, C 4 H 8 O 2 , obtained from various carbohydrates, as glucose, by fermentation: used chiefly in the manufacture of flavors and essences.
- cantles
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noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- isolate
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noun,
a person, thing, or group that is set apart or isolated, as for purposes of study.
- tincals
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noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- decants
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verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- Delicia
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noun,
a female given name.
- candies
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noun,
any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- notices
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noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Castile
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noun,
Spanish Cas·ti·lla, [kahs-tee-lyah, -yah] /kɑsˈti lyɑ, -yɑ/ (Show IPA). a former kingdom comprising most of Spain.
- Delanos
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noun,
a city in S California.
- isoline
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noun,
isogram.
- decanol
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noun,
a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
- noetics
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noun,
the science of the intellect or of pure thought; reasoning.
- Candiot
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noun,
a Cretan.
- calends
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noun,
the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.
- dentils
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noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- iolites
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noun,
cordierite.
- dilates
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verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- instead
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Idioms,
instead of, in place of; in lieu of:
- oilcans
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noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- diction
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noun,
style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words:
- atonics
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noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atonies
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noun,
Pathology. lack of tone or energy; muscular weakness, especially in a contractile organ.
- iodates
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noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- iodines
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noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- tineids
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noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- side-on
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adverb,
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision:
- nodical
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adjective,
of or relating to a node or the nodes.
- dialect
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noun,
Linguistics. a variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.
- detains
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verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- octanes
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noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- details
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noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- destain
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verb (used with object),
to remove stain (from a specimen) to enhance visibility and contrast of parts.
- descant
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noun,
Music.
a melody or counterpoint accompanying a simple musical theme and usually written above it.
(in part music) the soprano.
a song or melody.
- deontic
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adjective,
of or relating to duty and moral obligation as ethical concepts.
- Cainite
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noun,
a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.
- Oceanid
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noun,
any of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys; a sea nymph.
- Caitlin
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noun,
a female given name, Irish form of Cathleen, Kathleen.
- italics
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noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- lenitic
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adjective,
lentic.
- Decalin
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- locates
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verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- ctenoid
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adjective,
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
- Latinic
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adjective,
of or relating to the Latin language or the ancient Latin-speaking peoples.
- citoles
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noun,
cittern.
- latinos
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noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- cotidal
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adjective,
pertaining to a coincidence of tides.
- Sno-Cat
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- Costain
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noun,
Thomas Bertram, 1885–1965, U.S. novelist, historian, and editor, born in Canada.
- lead-in
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noun,
something that leads in or introduces; introduction; opening.
- lean-to
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noun,
a shack or shed supported at one side by trees or posts and having an inclined roof.
- conidia
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noun,
(in fungi) an asexual spore formed by abstriction at the top of a hyphal branch.
- citadel
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noun,
a fortress that commands a city and is used in the control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege.
- lectins
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noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- lection
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noun,
a version of a passage in a particular copy or edition of a text; a variant reading.
- colitis
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noun,
inflammation of the colon.
- lentoid
-
noun,
a lentoid body.
- Leonids
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noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- liaison
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noun,
the contact or connection maintained by communications between units of the armed forces or of any other organization in order to ensure concerted action, cooperation, etc.
- coedits
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verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- codline
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noun,
an untarred cord of hemp or cotton, used for fishing and for various purposes aboard a ship.
- lindies
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noun,
Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.
- latices
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noun,
a plural of latex.
- Laodice
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noun,
(in the Iliad) a daughter of Priam and Hecuba who chose to be swallowed up by the earth rather than live as a Greek concubine.
- Celadon
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noun,
any of several Chinese porcelains having a translucent, pale green glaze.
- Nicosia
-
noun,
a city on and the capital of Cyprus, in the central part.
- Insecta
-
noun,
the class comprising the insects.
- Celosia
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noun,
any plant of the genus Celosia, having small, usually red or yellowish flowers in dense, crested or plumelike spikes.
Compare cockscomb (def 3).
- lactone
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noun,
any of a group of internal esters derived from hydroxy acids.
- Nilotic
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noun,
a group of languages belonging to the Eastern Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan, and including Dinka, Luo, Masai, and Nandi.
- acetins
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noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Nilotes
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noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- lactose
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noun,
Biochemistry. a disaccharide, C 12 H 22 O 11 , present in milk, that upon hydrolysis yields glucose and galactose.
- centals
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noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- Daniels
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noun,
Jonathan Worth, 1902–81, U.S. journalist, editor, and author.
- Nicolet
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noun,
Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1598–1642, French explorer in America.
- ciliate
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noun,
Also called ciliophoran [sil-ee-of-er-uh n] /ˌsɪl iˈɒf ər ən/ (Show IPA). any protozoan of the phylum Ciliophora (or in some classification schemes, class Ciliata), as those of the genera Paramecium, Tetrahymena, Stentor, and Vorticella, having cilia on part or all of the surface.
- Nicolai
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noun,
(Carl) Otto (Ehrenfried) [kahrl awt-oh ey-ruh n-freet] /kɑrl ˈɔt oʊ ˈeɪ rənˌfrit/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, German composer.
- Ladinos
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noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- cestoid
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noun,
cestode.
- Nicetas
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noun,
Saint Ignatius (def 2).
- daltons
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noun,
atomic mass unit.
- solicit
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verb (used with object),
to seek for (something) by entreaty, earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.:
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- dailies
-
noun,
a newspaper appearing each day or each weekday.
- lancets
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- dacoits
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- Lacoste
-
noun,
René [ruh-ney;; French ruh-ney] /rəˈneɪ;; French rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1996, French tennis player.
- isation
-
- toadies
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noun,
an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- sainted
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- saltine
-
noun,
a crisp, salted cracker.
- identic
-
adjective,
identical.
- donates
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- salient
-
noun,
a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line.
- salicin
-
noun,
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 13 H 18 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.
- stencil
-
noun,
a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- doilies
-
noun,
any small, ornamental mat, as of embroidery or lace.
- Seconal
-
- anilide
-
noun,
any compound containing the univalent group C 6 H 5 NH–, derived from aniline, as acetanilide, C 8 H 9 NO.
- section
-
noun,
a part that is cut off or separated.
- docents
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- incised
-
adjective,
cut into:
- anisole
-
noun,
a colorless, water-insoluble liquid, C 7 H 8 O, having a pleasant, aromatic odor, used chiefly in perfumery and organic synthesis, and as a vermicide.
- incites
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- inclose
-
verb (used with object),
enclose.
- toenail
-
noun,
a nail of a toe.
- stoical
-
adjective,
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics:
- indicts
-
verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- Alcides
-
noun,
Hercules (def 1).
- elision
-
noun,
the omission of a vowel, consonant, or syllable in pronunciation.
- elicits
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- actino-
-
- elation
-
noun,
a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.
- elastin
-
noun,
a protein constituting the basic substance of elastic tissue.
- elastic
-
noun,
webbing, or material in the form of a band, made elastic, as with strips of rubber.
- entails
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- entoils
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- Iceland
-
noun,
a large island in the N Atlantic between Greenland and Scandinavia. 39,698 sq. mi. (102,820 sq. km).
- edition
-
noun,
one of a series of printings of the same book, newspaper, etc., each issued at a different time and differing from another by alterations, additions, etc. (distinguished from impression).
- Estonia
-
noun,
a republic in N Europe, on the Baltic, S of the Gulf of Finland: an independent republic 1918–40; annexed by the Soviet Union 1940; regained independence 1991. 17,413 sq. mi. (45,100 sq. km). Capital: Tallinn.
- talcose
-
adjective,
containing or composed largely of talc.
- etalons
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- talions
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- sanicle
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Sanicula, of the parsley family, as S. marilandica, of America, used in medicine.
- sandlot
-
noun,
a vacant lot used by youngsters for games or sports.
- indices
-
noun,
a plural of index.
- aconite
-
noun,
any plant belonging to the genus Aconitum, of the buttercup family, having irregular flowers usually in loose clusters, including species with poisonous and medicinal properties.
- distain
-
verb (used with object),
to discolor; stain; sully.
- 2,4,5-t
-
noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- indites
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- indoles
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- discant
-
noun,
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- oneidas
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- onliest
-
Idioms,
only too,
as a matter of fact; extremely:
unfortunately; very:
- inedita
-
plural noun,
unpublished literary works.
- inlaces
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- cteno-
-
- etalon
-
noun,
an interferometer consisting of two glass plates that reflect approximately half of each ray of light incident upon them and that are separated by a small, fixed distance: used to compare wavelengths and to study atomic spectra.
- latens
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- Edison
-
noun,
Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- desalt
-
verb (used with object),
to remove the salt from (especially sea water), usually to make it drinkable.
- intoed
-
adjective,
having inwardly turned toes.
- Eolian
-
noun,
Aeolian2 (def 3).
- Ticino
-
noun,
a canton in S Switzerland. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Bellinzona.
- Latino
-
noun,
a person of Latin-American descent:
- instil
-
verb (used with object),
instill.
- 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.
- entoil
-
verb (used with object),
to take in toils; ensnare; enmesh.
- ticals
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Solent
-
noun,
The, a channel between the Isle of Wight and the mainland of S England. 2–5 miles (3.2–8 km) wide.
- adeno-
-
- lanose
-
adjective,
lanate.
- tenias
-
noun,
taenia.
- Landis
-
noun,
Kenesaw Mountain [ken-uh-saw] /ˈkɛn əˌsɔ/ (Show IPA), 1866–1944, U.S. jurist: first commissioner of baseball 1920–44.
- Landes
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 3615 sq. mi. (9365 sq. km). Capital: Mont-de-Marsan.
- dacoit
-
noun,
(in India and Burma) a member of a class of criminals who engage in organized robbery and murder.
- Adonis
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a youth slain by a wild boar but permitted by Zeus to pass four months every year in the lower world with Persephone, four with Aphrodite, and four wherever he chose.
- iodate
-
noun,
Chemistry. a salt of iodic acid, as sodium iodate, NaIO 3 .
- stoned
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- stolid
-
adjective,
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
- stolen
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Adonic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Adonic verse or line.
- lancet
-
noun,
a small surgical instrument, usually sharp-pointed and two-edged, for making small incisions, opening abscesses, etc.
- lances
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- eclats
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Soldan
-
noun,
the ruler of an Islamic country.
- tainos
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- solate
-
verb (used with object),
to change from a gel to a sol.
- insole
-
noun,
the inner sole of a shoe or boot.
- Colden
-
noun,
Cadwallader, 1688–1776, Scottish physician, botanist, and public official in America, born in Ireland.
- enacts
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Leonid
-
noun,
any of a shower of meteors occurring around November 15 and appearing to radiate from a point in the constellation Leo.
- tailed
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- lesion
-
noun,
an injury; hurt; wound.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- elicit
-
verb (used with object),
to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke:
- colent
-
- coedit
-
verb (used with object),
to edit jointly with another.
- inside
-
noun,
the inner or internal part; interior:
- inlaid
-
noun,
inlaid work.
- lidias
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- Lidice
-
noun,
a village in the W Czech Republic: suffered a ruthless reprisal by the Nazis in 1942 for the assassination of a high Nazi official.
- coatis
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- social
-
noun,
a social gathering or party, especially of or as given by an organized group:
- lentic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in still water.
- colies
-
noun,
any of several slender, fruit-eating, African birds constituting the family Coliidae, having grayish-brown plumage and a long, pointed tail.
- costal
-
adjective,
Anatomy. pertaining to the ribs or the upper sides of the body:
- acetin
-
noun,
a colorless, thick, hygroscopic liquid, C 5 H 10 O 4 : used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives.
- Dalton
-
noun,
atomic mass unit.
- solace
-
noun,
comfort in sorrow, misfortune, or trouble; alleviation of distress or discomfort.
- instal
-
verb (used with object),
install.
- COSINE
-
noun,
Trigonometry.
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation: cos.
- contes
-
plural,
Trademark. a brand of crayon made of graphite and clay, usually in black, red, or brown.
- entail
-
noun,
the act of entailing.
- lectin
-
noun,
any of a group of proteins that bind to particular carbohydrates in the manner of an antibody and are commonly extracted from plants for use as an agglutinin, as in clumping red blood cells for blood typing.
- colins
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- enlist
-
verb (used with object),
to engage for military service:
- conies
-
noun,
the fur of a rabbit, especially when dyed to simulate Hudson seal.
- elands
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- dilate
-
verb (used with object),
to make wider or larger; cause to expand.
- inlace
-
verb (used with object),
enlace.
- Lencas
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- tolans
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- Talien
-
noun,
Wade-Giles. Dalian.
- Easton
-
noun,
a city in E Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River.
- actin-
-
- delict
-
noun,
Law. a misdemeanor; offense.
- detain
-
verb (used with object),
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
- Indies
-
noun,
the. (used with a plural verb) West Indies (def 1).
- delist
-
verb (used with object),
to delete from a list, as one that indicates acceptability, legitimacy, or the like.
- Docile
-
adjective,
easily managed or handled; tractable:
- incise
-
verb (used with object),
to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
- incest
-
noun,
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
- incase
-
verb (used with object),
encase.
- Island
-
noun,
a tract of land completely surrounded by water, and not large enough to be called a continent.
- Delian
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Delos.
- aceto-
-
- indite
-
verb (used with object),
to compose or write, as a poem.
- Isolda
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Iseult.
- disco-
-
- ionics
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- docent
-
noun,
privatdocent.
- 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.
- Isolde
-
noun,
German name of Iseult.
- dentil
-
noun,
any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.
- indict
-
verb (used with object),
(of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial:
- teiids
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- indic.
-
- coated
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- indecl
-
- distil
-
verb (used with or without object),
distill.
- action
-
noun,
the process or state of acting or of being active:
- denial
-
noun,
an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false:
- stance
-
noun,
the position or bearing of the body while standing:
- denti-
-
- incite
-
verb (used with object),
to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action:
- detail
-
noun,
an individual or minute part; an item or particular.
- dental
-
noun,
Phonetics. a dental sound.
- distal
-
adjective,
situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone; terminal.
Compare proximal.
- Delano
-
noun,
a city in S California.
- steno-
-
- dances
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- talons
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- iodine
-
noun,
a nonmetallic halogen element occurring at ordinary temperatures as a grayish-black crystalline solid that sublimes to a dense violet vapor when heated: used in medicine as an antiseptic. Symbol: I; atomic weight: 126.904; atomic number: 53; specific gravity: (solid) 4.93 at 20°C.
- ideals
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- dicots
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- ladens
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- ladies
-
noun,
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken:
- Danite
-
noun,
a member of the tribe of Dan.
- danios
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- dicast
-
noun,
(in ancient Athens) a citizen eligible to sit as a judge.
- indole
-
noun,
a colorless to yellowish solid, C 8 H 7 N, having a low melting point and a fecal odor, found in the oil of jasmine and clove and as a putrefaction product from animals' intestines: used in perfumery and as a reagent.
- Daniel
-
noun,
Bible.
a prophet living in Babylon during the Captivity.
the book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Dan.
- Ladino
-
noun,
Also called Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo. a Romance language of Sephardic Jews, based on Old Spanish and written in the Hebrew script.
- talion
-
noun,
lex talionis.
- 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.
- actins
-
noun,
a globulin that is present in muscle plasma and that in connection with myosin plays an important role in muscle contraction.
- diotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or affecting both ears; binaural.
- lacto-
-
- isotac
-
noun,
a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
- donate
-
verb (used with object),
to present as a gift, grant, or contribution; make a donation of, as to a fund or cause:
- Italic
-
noun,
Often, italics. italic type.
- iliads
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- Iletin
-
- decant
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- iolite
-
noun,
cordierite.
- decani
-
adjective,
of or relating to the epistle or liturgical south side of a church (opposed to cantoris).
- decals
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- insect
-
noun,
any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
- adient
-
adjective,
tending to move toward a stimulus.
- Donets
-
noun,
a river rising in the SW Russian Federation near Belgorod, flowing SE through Ukraine to the Don River. About 650 miles (1045 km) long.
- stadle
-
noun,
staddle.
- deasil
-
adverb,
clockwise or in a direction following the apparent course of the sun: considered as lucky or auspicious.
- Deacon
-
noun,
(in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- telson
-
noun,
the last segment, or an appendage of the last segment, of certain arthropods, as the middle flipper of a lobster's tail.
- donsie
-
adjective,
Midland U.S. somewhat sick, weak, or lacking in vitality; not completely well.
- Coates
-
noun,
Eric, 1886–1957, English violist and composer.
- contd.
-
- Toland
-
noun,
Gregg, 1904–48, U.S. cinematographer.
- cadent
-
adjective,
having cadence.
- silent
-
noun,
Usually, silents. silent films.
- canids
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- 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.
- candle
-
noun,
a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light.
- octads
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- octane
-
noun,
any of 18 isomeric saturated hydrocarbons having the formula C 8 H 18 , some of which are obtained in the distillation and cracking of petroleum.
- cadets
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- Octans
-
noun,
the Octant, a southern constellation that contains the south celestial pole.
- tineas
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- cantle
-
noun,
the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
- tineid
-
noun,
a moth of the family Tineidae, comprising the clothes moths.
- sialid
-
noun,
any neuropterous insect of the family Sialidae, comprising the alderflies.
- 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.
- tisane
-
noun,
(italics) French. aromatic or herb-flavored tea.
- atonic
-
noun,
Grammar. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound.
- atones
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- oilcan
-
noun,
a can having a long spout through which oil is poured or squirted to lubricate machinery or the like.
- set-in
-
adjective,
made separately and placed within another unit.
- silica
-
noun,
the dioxide form of silicon, SiO 2 , occurring especially as quartz sand, flint, and agate: used usually in the form of its prepared white powder chiefly in the manufacture of glass, water glass, ceramics, and abrasives.
- Cantos
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- Tocsin
-
noun,
a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- nocti-
-
- Nicias
-
noun,
died 413 b.c, Athenian statesman and general.
- Nicole
-
noun,
a female given name: from Greek words meaning “victory” and “people.”.
- centos
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- centi-
-
- centas
-
noun,
a former bronze coin of Lithuania, the 100th part of a litas.
- cental
-
noun,
hundredweight (def 1).
- Nilote
-
noun,
a member of any of several indigenous black peoples of the Sudan and eastern Africa.
- celto-
-
- noctis
-
adjective,
(in prescriptions) of the night.
- Silone
-
noun,
Ignazio [ee-nyah-tsyaw] /iˈnyɑ tsyɔ/ (Show IPA), (Secondo Tranquilli) 1900–78, Italian author.
- tincal
-
noun,
a former name for crude native borax.
- Noetic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the mind.
- Catlin
-
noun,
George, 1796–1872, U.S. painter.
- cation
-
noun,
a positively charged ion that is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis.
- Castle
-
noun,
a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- notice
-
noun,
an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning:
- Caslon
-
noun,
William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.
- casino
-
noun,
a building or large room used for meetings, entertainment, dancing, etc., especially such a place equipped with gambling devices, gambling tables, etc.
- casein
-
noun,
Biochemistry. a protein precipitated from milk, as by rennet, and forming the basis of cheese and certain plastics.
- oldest
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- oleins
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- sit-in
-
noun,
any organized protest in which a group of people peacefully occupy and refuse to leave a premises:
- Alecto
-
noun,
one of the Furies.
- Alston
-
noun,
a male given name.
- aloins
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- Sandie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Sandro.
- Alnico
-
noun,
a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
- Alison
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Alice.
- alines
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- A-line
-
noun,
(especially in women's clothing) a cut of garment consisting basically of two A -shaped panels for the front and back, designed to give increasing fullness toward the hemline.
- secant
-
noun,
Geometry. an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
- scaled
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- 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.
- aldose
-
noun,
a sugar containing the aldehyde group or its hemiacetal equivalent.
- Aldine
-
noun,
an Aldine or other early edition.
- scato-
-
- alcids
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- sclent
-
noun,
any slanting surface, as a slope.
- toiles
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- aiolis
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- Scotia
-
noun,
a deep concave molding between two fillets, as in the Attic base.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- salted
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- todies
-
noun,
any of several small West Indian birds of the family Todidae, related to the motmots and kingfishers, having brightly colored green and red plumage.
- Osetic
-
adjective, noun,
Ossetic.
- Oneida
-
noun,
a member of an Iroquois people formerly inhabiting the region east of Oneida Lake.
- Senlac
-
noun,
a hill in SE England: believed by some historians to have been the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066.
- seniti
-
noun,
a bronze or brass coin and monetary unit of Tonga, the 100th part of a pa'anga.
- ascent
-
noun,
an act of ascending; upward movement; a rising movement:
- ascend
-
verb (used with object),
to go or move upward upon or along; climb; mount:
- onside
-
adjective, adverb,
not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.
- oscine
-
noun,
an oscine bird.
- sendal
-
noun,
a silk fabric in use during the Middle Ages.
- osteal
-
adjective,
osseous.
- saline
-
noun,
a sterile solution of sodium chloride used to dilute medications or for intravenous therapy.
- Ostend
-
noun,
a seaport in NW Belgium.
- anoles
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- Sendai
-
noun,
a city on NE Honshu, in central Japan.
- anodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to an anode or the phenomena in its vicinity.
- tonsil
-
noun,
a prominent oval mass of lymphoid tissue on each side of the throat.
- aniso-
-
- second
-
noun,
a second part.
- ancile
-
noun,
a shield given by Mars to Numa Pompilius as the palladium of Rome.
- toe-in
-
noun,
the slight forward convergence given to the front wheels of an automobile to improve steering qualities.
- nicads
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- Tindal
-
noun,
Matthew, c1655–1733, English deist.
- 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.
- citied
-
adjective,
occupied by a city or cities.
- listen
-
Verb phrases,
listen in,
to listen to a radio or television broadcast:
to overhear a conversation or communication, especially by telephone; eavesdrop:
- C-note
-
noun,
See C (def 11).
- tie-in
-
noun,
an arrangement or campaign whereby related products are promoted, marketed, or sold together:
- cleoid
-
noun,
a claw-shaped dental instrument used to remove carious material from a cavity.
- listed
-
noun,
a series of names or other items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping or sequence so as to constitute a record:
- lodens
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- cleats
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- closet
-
noun,
a small room, enclosed recess, or cabinet for storing clothing, food, utensils, etc.
- Aeolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- cities
-
noun,
a large or important town.
- clines
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- citole
-
noun,
cittern.
- Sloane
-
noun,
Sir Hans, 1660–1753, English physician and naturalist.
- closed
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- clado-
-
- cleans
-
- clints
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- tildes
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- clones
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- lionet
-
noun,
a young or small lion.
- Li-sao
-
noun,
a poem (c320 b.c.) by Ch'ü Yüan.
- client
-
noun,
a person or group that uses the professional advice or services of a lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
- Tilden
-
noun,
Samuel Jones, 1814–86, U.S. statesman.
- naleds
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- tidies
-
noun,
any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
- clinid
-
noun,
any of the blennioid fishes of the family Clinidae, of tropical and subtropical seas.
- clites
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- nastic
-
adjective,
of or showing sufficiently greater cellular force or growth on one side of an axis to change the form or position of the axis.
- clino-
-
- Naoise
-
noun,
the husband of Deirdre and a nephew of Conchobar, by whom he was treacherously killed.
- Aeolis
-
noun,
an ancient coastal region and Greek colony in NW Asia Minor: settled by Aeolians.
- locate
-
verb (used with object),
to identify or discover the place or location of:
- linacs
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- Oscan
-
noun,
one of an ancient people of south-central Italy.
- ontic
-
adjective,
possessing the character of real rather than phenomenal existence; noumenal.
- ileo-
-
- ileac
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ileum.
- loans
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Indio
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- acnes
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- idion
-
- Leoni
-
noun,
Raúl [rah-ool] /rɑˈul/ (Show IPA), 1905–72, Venezuelan statesman: president 1964–69.
- idiot
-
noun,
Informal. an utterly foolish or senseless person:
- lenis
-
noun,
a lenis consonant.
- Soane
-
noun,
Sir John, 1753–1837, English architect.
- 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.
- oste-
-
- indie
-
noun,
an independently or privately owned business, especially a film or music company that is not affiliated with a larger and more commercial company:
- loads
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- idles
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- Leona
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Iliad
-
noun,
(italics) a Greek epic poem describing the siege of Troy, ascribed to Homer.
- Iliac
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or situated near the ilium.
- Sadoc
-
noun,
Zadok.
- incl.
-
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- lento
-
adverb,
slowly.
- Tosca
-
noun,
an opera (1900) by Giacomo Puccini.
- lenos
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- India
-
noun,
Hindi Bharat [buh-ruht] /ˈbʌ rʌt/ (Show IPA). a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950. 1,246,880 sq. mi. (3,229,419 sq. km). Capital: New Delhi.
- Sedan
-
noun,
an enclosed automobile body having two or four doors and seating four or more persons on two full-width seats.
- tsadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sadie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Sara or Sarah.
- Ostia
-
noun,
a town in central Italy, SW of Rome: ruins from 4th century b.c.; site of ancient port of Rome.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- sect.
-
- acold
-
adjective,
being cold or chilled.
- saice
-
noun,
syce.
- incas
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Stein
-
noun,
a mug, usually earthenware, especially for beer.
- Saint
-
noun,
any of certain persons of exceptional holiness of life, formally recognized as such by the Christian Church, especially by canonization.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- Ilion
-
noun,
Greek name of ancient Troy.
- ilio-
-
- Salic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the Salian Franks.
- salon
-
noun,
a drawing room or reception room in a large house.
- Stoic
-
noun,
a member or adherent of the Stoic school of philosophy.
- tonal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having tonality.
- scend
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- Scand
-
- Eolic
-
noun,
the Greek dialect of ancient Aeolis and Thessaly; Aeolian.
- scant
-
adverb,
Scot. and North England Dialect. scarcely; barely; hardly.
- scat-
-
- tones
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- ento-
-
- lidos
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- entia
-
noun,
plural of ens.
- sceat
-
noun,
a silver Anglo-Saxon coin of the 7th and 8th centuries, sometimes including an amount of gold.
- scena
-
noun,
an extended operatic vocal solo, usually including an aria and a recitative.
- enols
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- Enola
-
noun,
a female given name.
- scent
-
noun,
a distinctive odor, especially when agreeable:
- estoc
-
noun,
a thrusting sword of the 13th–17th centuries having a long, narrow blade of rectangular section.
- 30-30
-
- endo-
-
- encl.
-
- scion
-
noun,
a descendant.
- Lindi
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Tanzania.
- Linda
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “pretty.”.
- scold
-
noun,
a person who is constantly scolding, often with loud and abusive speech.
- enact
-
verb (used with object),
to make into an act or statute:
- Scone
-
noun,
a small, light, biscuitlike quick bread made of oatmeal, wheat flour, barley meal, or the like.
- Elton
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Scot.
-
- 2,4-d
-
noun,
a white to yellow, crystalline powder, C 8 H 6 O 3 Cl 2 , slightly soluble in water: used for killing weeds.
- SEATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Manila (1954), comprising Australia, Great Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States, for collective defense against aggression in southeastern Asia and the southwestern Pacific: abolished in 1977.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- Lidia
-
noun,
(in bullfighting) one section of a corrida, comprising the action that takes place from the entrance of the bull to the time it is killed and dragged from the arena by mules.
- idio-
-
- licet
-
- ideo-
-
- socle
-
noun,
a low, plain part forming a base for a column, pedestal, or the like; plinth.
- Salto
-
noun,
a city in NW Uruguay, on the Uruguay River.
- Eliot
-
noun,
Charles William, 1834–1926, U.S. educator: president of Harvard University 1869–1909.
- toles
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- ideal
-
noun,
a conception of something in its perfection.
- Sande
-
noun,
Earl, 1898–1968, U.S. jockey and racehorse trainer.
- icons
-
- ician
-
- Iceni
-
noun,
an ancient Celtic tribe of eastern England, whose queen, Boadicea, headed an insurrection against the Romans in a.d. 61.
- sanit
-
- Icel.
-
- lints
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Santo
-
noun,
a carved figure of a saint, usually of wood, as from Puerto Rico, Mexico, or the southwestern U.S.
- scale
-
noun,
Zoology.
one of the thin, flat, horny plates forming the covering of certain animals, as snakes, lizards, and pangolins.
one of the hard, bony or dentinal plates, either flat or denticulate, forming the covering of certain other animals, as fishes.
- IATSE
-
- Saone
-
noun,
a river flowing S from NE France to the Rhone. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- stola
-
noun,
a long, loose tunic or robe, with or without sleeves, worn by women of ancient Rome.
- stole
-
noun,
an ecclesiastical vestment consisting of a narrow strip of silk or other material worn over the shoulders or, by deacons, over the left shoulder only, and arranged to hang down in front to the knee or below.
Compare tippet (def 2).
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- 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.
- licit
-
adjective,
legal; lawful; legitimate; permissible.
- Stone
-
noun,
the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- Linos
-
noun,
linoleum.
- taces
-
noun,
tasset.
- tacos
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- scald
-
noun,
a burn caused by the action of hot liquid or steam.
- lends
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- Ndola
-
noun,
a city in N Zambia.
- onset
-
noun,
a beginning or start:
- noils
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- sotie
-
noun,
a satirical and topical comedy employing actors dressed in traditional fool's costume, popular in France during the late Middle Ages, and often used as a curtain raiser to mystery and morality plays.
- 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.
- ition
-
- stade
-
noun,
a period of time represented by a glacial deposit.
- since
-
adverb,
from then till now (often preceded by ever):
- nodal
-
adjective,
pertaining to or of the nature of a node.
- sinal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or involving a sinus.
- lated
-
adjective,
belated.
- noels
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- slice
-
noun,
a thin, flat piece cut from something:
- Sloan
-
noun,
John, 1871–1951, U.S. painter.
- Ital.
-
- Sonia
-
noun,
a female given name, Russian form of Sophia.
- staid
-
noun,
the act of stopping or being stopped.
- stain
-
noun,
a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- istic
-
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- noise
-
noun,
sound, especially of a loud, harsh, or confused kind:
- Nolde
-
noun,
Emil (Emil Hansen) 1867–1956, German painter.
- noted
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- notes
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- 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.
- 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.
- sloid
-
noun,
sloyd.
- sonic
-
adjective,
of or relating to sound.
- sonde
-
noun,
a rocket, balloon, or rockoon used as a probe for observing phenomena in the atmosphere.
- snail
-
noun,
any mollusk of the class Gastropoda, having a spirally coiled shell and a ventral muscular foot on which it slowly glides about.
- naso-
-
- slain
-
noun,
sley.
- Neils
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- LANCE
-
noun,
a long wooden shaft with a pointed metal head, used as a weapon by knights and cavalry soldiers in charging.
- Nelda
-
noun,
a female given name.
- laics
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- sito-
-
- 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.
- nicad
-
noun,
nickel-cadmium battery.
- solid
-
noun,
a body or object having three dimensions (length, breadth, and thickness).
- Ladon
-
noun,
a dragon having 100 heads and guarding the garden of the Hesperides: killed by Hercules.
- natl.
-
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- Ladin
-
noun,
a Rhaeto-Romanic dialect of the southern Tyrol.
- naled
-
noun,
a synthetic insecticide and miticide, C 4 H 7 Br 2 Cl 2 O 4 , having relatively low toxicity to mammals.
- Lando
-
noun,
died a.d. 914, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 913–914.
- nides
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- lades
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- Niles
-
noun,
a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- Laden
-
adjective,
burdened; loaded down.
- lands
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Nisei
-
noun,
a person of Japanese descent, born and educated in the U.S. or Canada.
- nitid
-
adjective,
bright; lustrous.
- lact-
-
- Sino-
-
- noct-
-
- laces
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- Solti
-
noun,
Sir Georg [gey-awrg,, jawrj] /ˈgeɪ ɔrg,, dʒɔrdʒ/ (Show IPA), 1912–97, British orchestra conductor, born in Hungary.
- tonia
-
- isnad
-
noun,
the chain of testimony by which a hadith is transmitted.
- Indo-
-
- olden
-
adjective,
of or relating to the distant past or bygone times; ancient.
- oidia
-
noun,
one of the conidia that are borne in chains by certain fungi.
- iodic
-
adjective,
containing iodine, especially in the pentavalent state.
- loden
-
noun,
a thick, heavily fulled, waterproof fabric, used in coats and jackets for cold climates.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- Stead
-
noun,
the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute:
- lect.
-
- oiled
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- intel
-
noun,
intelligence (defs 4, 6).
- Seton
-
noun,
a thread or the like inserted beneath the skin to provide drainage or to guide subsequent passage of a tube.
- seti-
-
- inst.
-
- Oland
-
noun,
an island in SE Sweden, separated from the mainland by Kalmar Sound. 26,750; 519 sq. mi. (1345 sq. km).
- oldie
-
noun,
a popular song, joke, movie, etc., that was in vogue at a time in the past.
- oidea
-
- insol
-
- Olean
-
noun,
a city in SW New York.
- inset
-
noun,
something inserted; insert.
- oleic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or derived from oleic acid.
- olein
-
noun,
Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C 57 H 104 O 6 , the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
- inlet
-
noun,
an indentation of a shoreline, usually long and narrow; small bay or arm.
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- init.
-
- onces
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- acet-
-
- sodic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or containing sodium:
- Lenca
-
noun,
a member of an Indian people of El Salvador and central Honduras.
- acids
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- sidle
-
noun,
a sidling movement.
- tonic
-
noun,
a medicine that invigorates or strengthens:
- snead
-
noun,
Samuel Jackson ("Slamming Sammy") 1912–2002, U.S. golfer.
- lotic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or living in flowing water.
- lotas
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- Isiac
-
adjective,
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
- snide
-
adjective,
derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner:
- oaten
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or made of oats.
- Oates
-
noun,
Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- solan
-
noun,
a gannet.
- Siena
-
noun,
a city in Tuscany, in central Italy, S of Florence: cathedral.
- Sidon
-
noun,
a city of ancient Phoenicia: site of modern Saida.
- ocean
-
noun,
the vast body of salt water that covers almost three fourths of the earth's surface.
- octa-
-
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- octad
-
noun,
a group or series of eight.
- linac
-
noun,
linear accelerator.
- octal
-
noun,
octonary (def 6).
- octan
-
noun,
an octan fever.
- lodes
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- iotas
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- stand
-
noun,
the act of standing; an assuming of or a remaining in an upright position.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Odets
-
noun,
Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.
- Ionic
-
noun,
Prosody. an Ionic foot, verse, or meter.
- Ionia
-
noun,
an ancient region on the W coast of Asia Minor and on adjacent islands in the Aegean: colonized by the ancient Greeks.
- OIcel
-
- leads
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- senti
-
noun,
a monetary unit of Tanzania, the 100th part of a shilling; cent.
- eosin
-
noun,
Also called bromeosin, tetrabromofluorescein. a red, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 20 H 8 Br 4 O 5 , derived from fluorescein by bromination: used chiefly as an acid dye for dyeing silk a rose red color and as a histological stain.
- coel-
-
- dial.
-
- dicta
-
noun,
a plural of dictum.
- dict.
-
- dicot
-
noun,
a dicotyledon.
- dices
-
Idioms,
no dice, Informal. of no use or help; ineffective.
- Tinia
-
noun,
the chief god of the Etruscans, with powers similar to those of Zeus.
- adios
-
interjection,
goodbye; farewell.
- tines
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- tinea
-
noun,
any of several skin diseases caused by fungi; ringworm.
- Coles
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- Ciano
-
noun,
Count Galeazzo [gah-le-aht-tsaw] /ˌgɑ lɛˈɑt tsɔ/ (Show IPA), (Ciano di Cortellazzo) 1903–44, Italian Fascist statesman: minister of foreign affairs 1936–43.
- adits
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- dials
-
noun,
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
- Colet
-
noun,
John, 1467?–1519, English educator and clergyman.
- Colin
-
noun,
any of several American quails, especially the bobwhite.
- tiled
-
noun,
a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment.
- 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.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- desc.
-
- dents
-
noun,
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- dent.
-
- Denis
-
noun,
a male given name.
- Cades
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- Cadet
-
noun,
a student in a national service academy or private military school or on a training ship.
- cadis
-
noun,
qadi.
- Delta
-
noun,
the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (Δ, δ).
- Cleon
-
noun,
died 422 b.c, Athenian general and political opponent of Pericles.
- Delos
-
noun,
a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the SW Aegean: site of an oracle of Apollo.
- delis
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- atone
-
verb (used with object),
to make amends for; expiate:
- colds
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- caids
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- diols
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- ascon
-
noun,
a type of sponge having an oval shape and a thin body wall with pores leading directly into the spongocoel.
- teiid
-
noun,
any of a large group of chiefly tropical New World lizards of the family Teiidae, as the racerunner, caiman lizard, or whiptail, characterized by large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail.
- Ascot
-
noun,
a necktie or scarf with broad ends, tied and arranged so that the ends are laid flat, one across the other, sometimes with a pin to secure them.
- ASDIC
-
noun,
sonar.
- coeds
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- dites
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- cine-
-
- Actis
-
noun,
a son of Rhoda and Helius who, when banished from his home for fratricide, fled to Egypt, where he taught astrology. The Colossus of Rhodes was built in his honor.
- dist.
-
- Acton
-
noun,
a quilted garment worn under mail in the 13th and 14th centuries; gambeson.
- actos
-
- disc.
-
- Dione
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. a Titan and a consort of Zeus.
- aside
-
noun,
a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience.
- Diels
-
noun,
Otto [ot-oh;; German awt-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ;; German ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1954, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1950.
- coils
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- Asine
-
noun,
an ancient town in S Greece, on the Gulf of Argolis.
- dints
-
noun,
force; power:
- Aston
-
noun,
Francis William, 1877–1945, English physicist and chemist: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1922.
- dines
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- coins
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- dilis
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- aden-
-
- Colas
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- diets
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- colat
-
- cidal
-
- ation
-
- Delia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cordelia.
- cetin
-
noun,
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble fat, C 32 H 64 O 2 , obtained from spermaceti by extraction with ether: used chiefly as an emulsive agent in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics and as a base in the manufacture of candles and soaps.
- ASCII
-
noun,
a standard code, consisting of 128 7-bit combinations, for characters stored in a computer or to be transmitted between computers.
- Celt.
-
abbreviation,
Celtic.
- tides
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- CENTO
-
noun,
a piece of writing, especially a poem, composed wholly of quotations from the works of other authors.
- Dante
-
noun,
(Dante Alighieri) 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.
- danio
-
noun,
any of several cyprinid fishes of the genera Danio and Brachydanio, of India and Sri Lanka, often kept in aquariums.
- danes
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- caste
-
noun,
Sociology.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
- dance
-
noun,
a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
- coset
-
noun,
a subset of a group, formed by the consistent operation of a given element of the group on the left or right of all the elements of a subgroup of the group.
- cent.
-
- Cenis
-
noun,
Mont, a mountain pass between SE France and Italy, in the Alps. 6834 feet (2083 meters) high.
- Costa
-
noun,
a rib or riblike part.
- celts
-
noun,
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
- Dalen
-
noun,
Gustaf [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1869–1937, Swedish inventor: Nobel Prize in Physics 1912.
- Cates
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- Aidos
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of modesty, respect, and shame.
- tends
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- tolan
-
noun,
a crystalline, water-insoluble, solid, unsaturated compound, C 14 H 10 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- daces
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- cotes
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- tenia
-
noun,
taenia.
- teno-
-
- aeons
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- tidal
-
adjective,
of, pertaining to, characterized by, or subject to tides:
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- tolas
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- cedis
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Celia
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- ceils
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Conte
-
noun,
count2 .
- cents
-
noun,
a bronze coin of the U.S., the 100th part of a U.S. dollar: made of steel during part of 1943. Symbol: ¢.
- deist
-
noun,
a person who believes in deism.
- canes
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- deils
-
noun,
devil.
- telic
-
adjective,
Grammar. expressing end or purpose:
- decos
-
noun,
art deco.
- caine
-
noun,
(Sir Thomas Henry) Hall, 1853–1931, English novelist.
- decl.
-
- cains
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- deci-
-
- decan
-
noun,
any of three divisions of 10° within a sign of the zodiac.
- decal
-
noun,
a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- deca-
-
- Cesti
-
noun,
Marcantonio [mahr-kahn-taw-nyaw] /ˌmɑr kɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1623–69, Italian composer.
- cesta
-
noun,
a narrow, curved basket fitted on one end to a wooden handle with a glovelike compartment at the base, for catching and throwing the ball.
- Conde
-
noun,
Louis II de Bourbon [lwee,, duh boor-bawn] /lwi,, də burˈbɔ̃/ (Show IPA), Prince de (Duc d'Enghien"the Great Condé") 1621–86, French general.
- canid
-
noun,
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
- dates
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dealt
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- deals
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- Cons.
-
- Const
-
- canoe
-
noun,
any of various slender, open boats, tapering to a point at both ends, propelled by paddles or sometimes sails and traditionally formed of light framework covered with bark, skins, or canvas, or formed from a dug-out or burned-out log or logs, and now usually made of aluminum, fiberglass, etc.
- Canso
-
noun,
Cape, a cape in SE Canada, the NE extremity of Nova Scotia.
- telo-
-
- canst
-
noun,
a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal:
- telos
-
noun,
the end term of a goal-directed process; especially, the Aristotelian final cause.
- Cant.
-
- canto
-
noun,
one of the main or larger divisions of a long poem.
- cont.
-
- datos
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- cants
-
noun,
insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- asco-
-
- cilia
-
plural noun,
Biology. minute hairlike organelles, identical in structure to flagella, that line the surfaces of certain cells and beat in rhythmic waves, providing locomotion to ciliate protozoans and moving liquids along internal epithelial tissue in animals.
- cines
-
noun,
a film; motion picture.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- edict
-
noun,
a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority. Synonyms: dictum, pronouncement.
- clase
-
- talcs
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- Alice
-
noun,
a city in S Texas.
- 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.
- clone
-
noun,
Biology.
a cell, cell product, or organism that is genetically identical to the unit or individual from which it was derived.
a population of identical units, cells, or individuals that derive from the same ancestral line.
- ecto-
-
- clans
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- ectal
-
adjective,
external; outer; on the surface of.
- ectad
-
adverb,
outward.
- Aline
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Adeline.
- clads
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- econ.
-
- alecs
-
noun,
a herring.
- ecol.
-
- eclat
-
noun,
brilliance of success, reputation, etc.:
- Close
-
noun,
the act of closing.
- clade
-
noun,
a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the basis of homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
- Aloin
-
noun,
an intensely bitter, crystalline, water-soluble powder composed of the active principles of and obtained from aloe, used chiefly as a purgative.
- alone
-
Idioms,
leave alone,
to allow (someone) to be by himself or herself:
to refrain from annoying or interfering with:
- Eaton
-
noun,
Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- alti-
-
- alto-
-
- talon
-
noun,
a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- clots
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Talos
-
noun,
a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- Alton
-
noun,
a city in SW Illinois.
- Edina
-
noun,
a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- clast
-
noun,
a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
- cnida
-
noun,
a nematocyst.
- Aisne
-
noun,
a river in N France, flowing NW and W to the Oise. 175 miles (280 km) long.
- elint
-
noun,
the gathering of military or other intelligence through the monitoring of electronic signals other than voice communications, as satellite transmissions, rocket telemetry, and radar.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- cline
-
noun,
Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- Clint
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Clinton.
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- toise
-
noun,
an old French unit of length equivalent to 6.395 feet (1.949 meters).
- cleat
-
noun,
a wedge-shaped block fastened to a surface to serve as a check or support:
- toils
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Eland
-
noun,
either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus, having long, spirally twisted horns: now rare.
- aioli
-
noun,
a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence, served with fish and seafood and often with vegetables.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Taine
-
noun,
Hippolyte Adolphe [ee-paw-leet a-dawlf] /i pɔˈlit aˈdɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1828–93, French literary critic and historian.
- Aides
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Taino
-
noun,
a member of an extinct Arawakan Indian tribe of the West Indies.
- toile
-
noun,
any of various transparent linens and cottons.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- eidos
-
noun,
the formal content of a culture, encompassing its system of ideas, criteria for interpreting experience, etc.
- tains
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- Clite
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the wife of Cyzicus, who hanged herself when her husband was mistakenly killed by the Argonauts.
- Ednas
-
noun,
Adnah.
- alcid
-
noun,
a bird of the family Alcidae.
- edits
-
noun,
an instance of or the work of editing:
- tilde
-
noun,
a diacritic (~) placed over an n, as in Spanish mañana, to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel, as in Portuquese são, to indicate nasalization.
- Alcon
-
noun,
a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.
- edit.
-
- Alden
-
noun,
John, 1599?–1687, Pilgrim settler in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1620.
- cites
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- Alost
-
noun,
a city in central Belgium, NW of Brussels.
- Tanis
-
noun,
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- doles
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- coati
-
noun,
any tropical American carnivore of the genus Nasua, related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, long, ringed tail, and a slender, flexible snout.
- Coats
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- anils
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- anis-
-
- cions
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- anise
-
noun,
a Mediterranean plant, Pimpinella anisum, of the parsley family, having loose umbrels of small yellowish-white flowers that yield aniseed.
- Andes
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- codas
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- anode
-
noun,
the electrode or terminal by which current enters an electrolytic cell, voltaic cell, battery, etc.
- Dolin
-
noun,
Sir Anton [an-ton] /ˈæn tɒn/ (Show IPA), (Patrick Healey-Kay) 1904–83, English ballet dancer.
- dolia
-
noun,
a large earthenware jar used by the ancient Romans.
- codes
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- donas
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- dolce
-
noun,
an instruction to the performer that the music is to be executed softly and sweetly.
- doits
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- anole
-
noun,
any of numerous chiefly insectivorous New World lizards of the genus Anolis, related to the iguana, that have the ability to change the color of their skin among a wide range of green and brown shades.
- ante-
-
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- anti-
-
- doest
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- antic
-
noun,
Usually, antics.
a playful trick or prank; caper.
a grotesque, fantastic, or ludicrous gesture, act, or posture.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- antis
-
noun,
a person who is opposed to a particular practice, party, policy, action, etc.
- A-one
-
adjective,
noting a vessel regarded by a shipping-classification society as being equipped to the highest standard and with equipment maintained in first-class condition.
- doats
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- anile
-
adjective,
of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- dolts
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- tical
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Siam, equal to 100 satang: replaced in 1928 by the baht.
- Andie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- coals
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- Aneto
-
noun,
Pi·co de [pee-kaw th e] /ˈpi kɔ ðɛ/ (Show IPA). Spanish name of Pic de Néthou.
- coast
-
noun,
the land next to the sea; seashore:
- donec
-
conjunction,
(in prescriptions) until.
- Aedon
-
noun,
a daughter of Pandareus who mistakenly killed her son. Zeus took pity on her and turned her into a nightingale.
- dotes
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- 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.
- aeon
-
noun,
(in Gnosticism) one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
- cen.
-
- Nils
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- SLIC
-
- snit
-
noun,
an agitated or irritated state.
- nide
-
noun,
a nest or brood, especially of pheasants.
- NATO
-
noun,
an organization formed in Washington, D.C. (1949), comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression.
- NASD
-
- Lois
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Nasi
-
noun,
the head or president of the Sanhedrin.
- loin
-
noun,
Usually, loins. the part or parts of the human body or of a quadruped animal on either side of the spinal column, between the false ribs and hipbone.
- Clea
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Cleopatra.
- cion
-
noun,
scion (def 2).
- cite
-
noun,
citation (defs 7, 8).
- lond
-
- Lodi
-
noun,
a town in N Italy, SE of Milan: Napoleon's defeat of the Austrians 1796.
- Cels
-
- Ceto
-
- 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):
- 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.
- Sion
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Valais, in SW Switzerland.
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- neo-
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- nits
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- cist
-
noun,
a box or chest, especially for sacred utensils.
- SLED
-
noun,
a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
- Lota
-
noun,
(in India) a small container for water, usually of brass or copper and round in shape.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- clan
-
noun,
a group of families or households, as among the Scottish Highlanders, the heads of which claim descent from a common ancestor:
- slot
-
noun,
a narrow, elongated depression, groove, notch, slit, or aperture, especially a narrow opening for receiving or admitting something, as a coin or a letter.
- NICE
-
noun,
a port in and the capital of Alpes-Maritimes, in SE France, on the Mediterranean: resort.
- cet-
-
- Ceta
-
noun,
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act.
- Loti
-
noun,
a cupronickel coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente.
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- cis-
-
- cit.
-
- lote
-
noun,
lotus.
- ciao
-
interjection,
(used as a word of greeting or parting): hello; goodbye; so long; see you later.
- 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.
- NDSL
-
- Neil
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Irish word meaning “champion.”.
- NDAC
-
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- clad
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- sloe
-
noun,
the small, sour, blackish fruit of the blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, of the rose family.
- lone
-
adjective,
being alone; without company or accompaniment; solitary; unaccompanied:
- NCTE
-
- Lose
-
Idioms,
lose face. face (def 51).
- Ltd.
-
- Naos
-
noun,
a temple.
- 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.
- lost
-
Idioms,
get lost, Slang.
to absent oneself:
to stop being a nuisance:
- sld.
-
- cide
-
- 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.
- Nida
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Nydia.
- caid
-
noun,
(in North Africa) a Muslim tribal chief, judge, or senior official.
- 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.
- Saco
-
noun,
a city in SW Maine.
- Ande
-
plural noun,
a mountain range in W South America, extending about 4500 miles (7250 km) from N Colombia and Venezuela S to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6960 meters).
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- ands
-
- toed
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- sain
-
verb (used with object),
to make the sign of the cross on, as for protection against evil influences.
- 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.
- said
-
noun,
sayyid.
- toea
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, the 100th part of a kina.
- Anil
-
noun,
a West Indian shrub, Indigofera suffruticosa, of the legume family, having elongated clusters of small, reddish-yellow flowers and yielding indigo.
- Sadi
-
noun,
sadhe.
- Sade
-
noun,
Donatien Alphonse François [daw-na-syan al-fawns frahn-swa] /dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ alˈfɔ̃s frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Sade) 1740–1814, French soldier and novelist, notorious for his paraphilia.
- std.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- ano-
-
- Otis
-
noun,
Elisha Graves, 1811–61, U.S. inventor.
- otic
-
adjective,
of or relating to the ear; auricular.
- send
-
noun,
the heaving motion of a vessel.
- ANSI
-
- ant.
-
- Ont.
-
- asc-
-
- asci
-
noun,
plural of ascus.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- TODS
-
- once
-
noun,
a single occasion; one time only:
- Onas
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- ance
-
- 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.
- oles
-
noun,
a cry of “olé.”.
- SCAN
-
noun,
an act or instance of scanning; close examination.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 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.
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AInd
-
- ains
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- AISI
-
- scil
-
- sci.
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- toil
-
noun,
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
- sec.
-
- Alco
-
- Ald.
-
- Alec
-
noun,
a herring.
- alt.
-
- SCAD
-
noun,
any carangid fish of the genus Decapterus, inhabiting tropical and subtropical shore waters.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Sato
-
noun,
Eisaku [ey-sah-koo;; Japanese ey-sah-koo] /eɪˈsɑ ku;; Japanese ˈeɪ sɑˌku/ (Show IPA), 1901–75, Japanese political leader: prime minister 1964–72; Nobel Peace Prize 1974.
- sati
-
noun,
a Hindu practice whereby a widow immolates herself on the funeral pyre of her husband: now abolished by law.
- 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.
- Sat.
-
- aide
-
noun,
nurse's aide.
- Alis
-
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- aloe
-
noun,
any chiefly African shrub belonging to the genus Aloe, of the lily family, certain species of which yield a fiber.
- Sand
-
noun,
the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Also
-
adverb,
in addition; too; besides; as well:
- Olin
-
noun,
a male given name.
- toad
-
noun,
any of various tailless amphibians that are close relatives of the frogs in the order Anura and that typically have dry, warty skin and are terrestrial or semiterrestrial in habit.
Compare frog1 (def 1).
- Sind
-
noun,
a former province of Pakistan, in the lower Indus valley; now part of West Pakistan. 48,136 sq. mi. (125,154 sq. km). Capital: Karachi.
- nota
-
noun,
a dorsal plate or sclerite of the thorax of an insect.
- oast
-
noun,
a kiln for drying hops or malt.
- sild
-
noun,
(in Scandinavia) any of numerous species of herring.
- silo
-
noun,
a structure, typically cylindrical, in which fodder or forage is kept.
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- NTIA
-
- Sina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- CASE
-
noun,
an instance of the occurrence, existence, etc., of something:
- nots
-
noun,
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
- cast
-
noun,
act of casting or throwing.
- cat.
-
- Cate
-
noun,
a choice food;delicacy; dainty.
- note
-
noun,
a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
- not-
-
- OATS
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- nose
-
noun,
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- nos-
-
- aet.
-
- aesc
-
noun,
ash2 (def 3).
- noil
-
noun,
a short fiber of cotton, wool, worsted, etc., separated from the long fibers in combing.
- Cato
-
noun,
Marcus Porcius [pawr-shee-uh s,, -shuh s] /ˈpɔr ʃi əs,, -ʃəs/ (Show IPA), ("the Elder"or"the Censor") 234–149 b.c, Roman statesman, soldier, and writer.
- noes
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- Noel
-
noun,
the Christmas season; yuletide.
- TINA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- node
-
noun,
a knot, protuberance, or knob.
- cedi
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Ghana, equal to 100 pesewas.
- Ceil
-
verb (used with object),
to overlay (the ceiling of a building or room) with wood, plaster, etc.
- Cela
-
noun,
Camilo José [kah-mee-law haw-se] /kɑˈmi lɔ hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1916–2001, Spanish writer.
- cane
-
noun,
a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- Can.
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- tion
-
- ole-
-
- Olds
-
noun,
Ransom Eli, 1864–1950, U.S. automobile pioneer and manufacturer.
- tola
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India: the government tola is 180 ser and equals 180 grains (11.7 grams), the weight of a silver rupee.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- atic
-
- Oita
-
noun,
a seaport on NE Kyushu, in S Japan.
- Oise
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing SW from S Belgium through N France to the Seine, near Paris. 186 miles (300 km) long.
- oils
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- Atli
-
noun,
Attila, king of the Huns: represented in the Volsunga Saga as the brother of Brynhild and the second husband of Gudrun, whose brothers he killed in order to get the Nibelung treasure.
- Aton
-
noun,
a solar deity declared by Amenhotep IV to be the only god, represented as a solar disk with rays ending in human hands.
- 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.
- Sian
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Xian.
- ocas
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OECD
-
- sice
-
noun,
syce.
- Odin
-
noun,
the ruler of the Aesir and god of war, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom; Wotan: the chief god.
- odic
-
adjective,
of an ode.
- Tine
-
noun,
a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- side
-
noun,
one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- cade
-
noun,
a juniper, Juniperus oxycedrus, of the Mediterranean area, whose wood on destructive distillation yields an oily liquid (oil of cade) used in treating skin diseases.
- cadi
-
noun,
qadi.
- cads
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- Cain
-
noun,
Scot. and Irish English. rent paid in kind, especially a percentage of a farm crop.
- Oct.
-
- Cal.
-
- CALS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Calvin.
- Cleo
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- lode
-
noun,
a veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous.
- dite
-
noun,
a bit (usually used in negative constructions):
- Acis
-
noun,
the lover of Galatea, killed by Polyphemus out of jealousy.
- Dili
-
noun,
a city on NE Timor, in S Indonesia.
- Din.
-
- Dine
-
noun,
Scot. dinner.
- ins.
-
- Dino
-
- dins
-
noun,
a loud, confused noise; a continued loud or tumultuous sound; noisy clamor.
- dint
-
noun,
force; power:
- dioc
-
- tole
-
noun,
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, especially in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
- ACTS
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- diol
-
noun,
glycol (def 2).
- acle
-
noun,
the hard, durable wood of a Philippine leguminous tree, Albizzia acle, used for making fine furniture.
- dis-
-
- dits
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- Diet
-
noun,
food and drink considered in terms of its qualities, composition, and its effects on health:
- ACLS
-
- acne
-
noun,
an inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands, characterized by comedones and pimples, especially on the face, back, and chest, and, in severe cases, by cysts and nodules resulting in scarring.
- teds
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- IndE
-
- 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.
- doat
-
verb (used without object),
dote.
- doc.
-
plural,
document.
- DOCS
-
noun,
doctor.
- does
-
noun,
a plural of doe.
- Inca
-
noun,
a member of any of the dominant groups of South American Indian peoples who established an empire in Peru prior to the Spanish conquest.
- Inc.
-
- inae
-
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- doit
-
noun,
Also, duit. an old small copper coin of the Netherlands and Dutch colonies, first issued in the 17th century.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- Dies
-
noun,
Martin, 1901–72, U.S. politician.
- dol.
-
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Dec.
-
- 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.
- told
-
verb,
simple past tense and past participle of tell1 .
- deco
-
noun,
art deco.
- deil
-
noun,
devil.
- Del.
-
- deli
-
noun,
a delicatessen.
- iso-
-
- loci
-
noun,
plural of locus.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- Den.
-
- Deni
-
noun,
a monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the 100th part of a denar.
- Isin
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- int.
-
- acid
-
noun,
Chemistry. a compound usually having a sour taste and capable of neutralizing alkalis and reddening blue litmus paper, containing hydrogen that can be replaced by a metal or an electropositive group to form a salt, or containing an atom that can accept a pair of electrons from a base. Acids are proton donors that yield hydronium ions in water solution, or electron-pair acceptors that combine with electron-pair donors or bases.
- intl
-
- into
-
adjective,
Mathematics. pertaining to a function or map from one set to another set, the range of which is a proper subset of the second set, as the function f, from the set of all integers into the set of all perfect squares where f (x) = x 2 for every integer.
- diel
-
adjective,
of or relating to a 24-hour period, especially a regular daily cycle, as of the physiology or behavior of an organism.
- tel-
-
- iod-
-
- Adie
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Dice
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- IOTA
-
noun,
a very small quantity; jot; whit.
- adit
-
noun,
an entrance or a passage.
- Ste.
-
- Iona
-
noun,
an island in the Hebrides, off the W coast of Scotland: center of early Celtic Christianity.
- DIAS
-
noun,
Bartholomeu [bahr-too-loo-me-oo] /ˌbɑr tʊ lʊˈmɛ ʊ/ (Show IPA), c1450–1500, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope.
- ions
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- dia-
-
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Dole
-
noun,
a portion or allotment of money, food, etc., especially as given at regular intervals by a charity or for maintenance.
- itol
-
- Edna
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “rejuvenation, rebirth.”.
- Eton
-
noun,
a town in Berkshire, in S England, on the Thames River, W of London: the site of Eton College.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- etic
-
adjective,
pertaining to or being the raw data of a language or other area of behavior, without considering the data as significant units functioning within a system.
- etc.
-
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- talc
-
noun,
Also, talcum [tal-kuh m] /ˈtæl kəm/ (Show IPA). a green-to-gray, soft mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, Mg 3 (Si 4 O 10)(OH) 2 , unctuous to the touch, and occurring usually in foliated or compact masses, used in making lubricants, talcum powder, electrical insulation, etc.
- tads
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- est.
-
- eso-
-
- Esd.
-
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- AIDS
-
noun,
a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, especially by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
- eons
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- EDTA
-
- Tace
-
noun,
tasset.
- Ens.
-
- Enos
-
noun,
the son of Seth. Gen. 5:6.
- enol
-
noun,
an organic compound containing a hydroxyl group attached to a doubly linked carbon atom, as in >C=C(OH)−.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- enl.
-
- Enid
-
noun,
a city in N Oklahoma.
- ends
-
noun,
the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad:
- end-
-
- ELAS
-
- enc.
-
- tain
-
noun,
a thin tin plate.
- elds
-
noun,
age.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- taco
-
noun,
Mexican Cookery. an often crisply fried tortilla folded over and filled, as with seasoned chopped meat, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
- ect-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- dols
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.
- dolt
-
noun,
a dull, stupid person; blockhead.
- ile-
-
- idol
-
noun,
an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
- stoa
-
noun,
Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
- Dona
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Madam; Lady: a Portuguese title prefixed to a woman's given name.
- idle
-
noun,
the state or quality of being idle.
- done
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- dons
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- dose
-
noun,
a quantity of medicine prescribed to be taken at one time.
- ides
-
noun,
(in the ancient Roman calendar) the fifteenth day of March, May, July, or October, and the thirteenth day of the other months.
- dost
-
noun,
Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- DOTE
-
noun,
decay of wood.
- Taos
-
noun,
a Tanoan language spoken in two villages in New Mexico.
- IDEA
-
noun,
any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
- Ind.
-
- ICAO
-
- eco-
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- STOL
-
noun,
a convertiplane that can become airborne after a short takeoff run and has forward speeds comparable to those of conventional aircraft.
- ical
-
- Ice.
-
- Idas
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- iced
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- Eads
-
noun,
James Buchanan, 1820–87, U.S. engineer and inventor.
- ices
-
noun,
the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- idae
-
- itis
-
- dels
-
noun,
a differential operator. Symbol: ∇.
- coal
-
noun,
a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel.
Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- 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.
- Leno
-
noun,
Also called leno weave, gauze weave. a weave structure in which paired warp yarns are intertwined in a series of figure eights and filling yarn is passed through each of the interstices so formed, producing a firm, open mesh.
- Coln
-
noun,
former German name of Cologne.
- lend
-
Idioms,
lend a hand, to give help; aid:
- cols
-
noun,
Physical Geography. a pass or depression in a mountain range or ridge.
- clot
-
noun,
a mass or lump.
- Lion
-
noun,
a large, usually tawny-yellow cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa and southern Asia, having a tufted tail and, in the male, a large mane.
- COLT
-
noun,
a young male animal of the horse family.
- 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.
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- CLOS
-
noun,
a walled vineyard.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Con.
-
- Cole
-
noun,
any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, especially kale and rape.
- leds
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- Leda
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the mother, by her husband Tyndareus, of Castor and Clytemnestra and, by Zeus in the form of a swan, of Pollux and Helen.
- 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:
- soil
-
noun,
the portion of the earth's surface consisting of disintegrated rock and humus.
- Cond
-
- cone
-
noun,
Geometry.
a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex.
a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- cose
-
verb (used without object),
coze.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Cost
-
noun,
the price paid to acquire, produce, accomplish, or maintain anything:
- Lead
-
noun,
the first or foremost place; position in advance of others:
- Cloe
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Chloe.
- lea.
-
- 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.
- Cold
-
noun,
the relative absence of heat:
- Sol.
-
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- lin.
-
- 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.
- lied
-
noun,
a typically 19th-century German art song characterized by the setting of a poetic text in either strophic or through-composed style and the treatment of the piano and voice in equal artistic partnership:
- coda
-
noun,
Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
- Lido
-
noun,
a fashionable beach resort.
- code
-
noun,
a system for communication by telegraph, heliograph, etc., in which long and short sounds, light flashes, etc., are used to symbolize the content of a message:
- tone
-
noun,
any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.:
- cods
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- coed
-
noun,
Older Use. a female student in a coeducational institution, especially in a college or university.
- lice
-
noun,
plural of louse.
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- Liao
-
noun,
a river in NE China, flowing from Inner Mongolia to the Gulf of Liaodong. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- coil
-
noun,
a connected series of spirals or rings into which a rope or the like is wound.
- lint
-
noun,
minute shreds or ravelings of yarn; bits of thread.
- Leto
-
noun,
the mother by Zeus of Apollo and Artemis, called Latona by the Romans.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Lind
-
noun,
Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- coin
-
noun,
a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
- Line
-
noun,
a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface:
- Leos
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- Col.
-
- COLA
-
noun,
a carbonated soft drink containing an extract made from kola nuts, together with sweeteners and other flavorings.
- lino
-
noun,
linoleum.
- Leon
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leo.
- Lins
-
noun,
a city in E Brazil.
- soda
-
noun,
sodium hydroxide.
- Lina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- lit.
-
- Toni
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Antoinette or Antonia.
- lade
-
verb (used with object),
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- lain
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- laid
-
noun,
the way or position in which a thing is laid or lies:
- Dali
-
noun,
Salvador [sal-vuh-dawr;; Spanish sahl-vah-th awr] /ˈsæl vəˌdɔr;; Spanish ˌsɑl vɑˈðɔr/ (Show IPA), 1904–89, Spanish painter and illustrator.
- laic
-
noun,
one of the laity.
- dals
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- clit
-
noun,
clitoris.
- Dan.
-
abbreviation,
Bible. Daniel (def 1).
- lads
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- loan
-
noun,
the act of lending; a grant of the temporary use of something:
- Dane
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
- Danl
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- dat.
-
- soln
-
- Dale
-
noun,
a valley, especially a broad valley.
- Clio
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.
- date
-
noun,
a particular month, day, and year at which some event happened or will happen:
- dato
-
noun,
(in the Philippines) a native chief.
- ten.
-
- lacs
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- DCNL
-
- lace
-
noun,
a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- snod
-
adjective,
smooth; sleek.
- deal
-
noun,
a business transaction:
- sone
-
noun,
a unit for measuring the loudness of sound, equal to the loudness of a sound that, in the judgment of a group of listeners, is equal to that of a 1000-cycle-per-second reference sound having an intensity of 40 decibels.
- Soni
-
- loca
-
noun,
a plural of locus.
- Dean
-
noun,
Education.
the head of a faculty, school, or administrative division in a university or college:
an official in an American college or secondary school having charge of student personnel services, such as counseling or discipline:
the official in charge of undergraduate students at an English university.
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- tend
-
Verb phrases,
tend on/upon, Archaic. to attend or wait upon; minister to; serve:
- Sola
-
noun,
an Indian shrub, Aeschynomene aspera, of the legume family, the pith of which is used for making helmets.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- tide
-
noun,
the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
- Cote
-
noun,
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
- sold
-
noun,
an act or method of selling.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- tics
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- 1080
-
- cts.
-
- clod
-
noun,
a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay.
- LitD
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lat.
-
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- sole
-
noun,
the bottom or under surface of the foot.
- Laos
-
noun,
a country in SE Asia: formerly part of French Indochina. 91,500 sq. mi. (236,985 sq. km). Capital: Vientiane.
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- DAIS
-
noun,
a raised platform, as at the front of a room, for a lectern, throne, seats of honor, etc.
- Land
-
noun,
any part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water; the part of the earth's surface occupied by continents and islands:
- Dace
-
noun,
a small, freshwater cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus leuciscus, of Europe, having a stout, fusiform body.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- Lani
-
- load
-
noun,
anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
- snot
-
noun,
Vulgar. mucus from the nose.
- Laon
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Aisne, in N France, E of Paris.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- coat
-
noun,
an outer garment with sleeves, covering at least the upper part of the body:
- SOC
-
noun,
sociology or a class or course in sociology.
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- TSE
-
- TAL
-
- St.
-
- SLE
-
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- sot
-
noun,
a drunkard.
- Son
-
noun,
a male child or person in relation to his parents.
- Sin
-
noun,
transgression of divine law:
- SID
-
noun,
a male or female given name, form of Sidney or Sydney.
- SIC
-
adverb,
so; thus: usually written parenthetically to denote that a word, phrase, passage, etc., that may appear strange or incorrect has been written intentionally or has been quoted verbatim: (sic).
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- 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.
- TLC
-
- tlo
-
- TIA
-
- TIC
-
noun,
Pathology.
a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face.
tic douloureux.
- TID
-
- Ted
-
noun,
British Slang. Teddy boy.
- TEC
-
noun,
detective.
- toe
-
noun,
one of the terminal digits of the human foot.
- Tad
-
noun,
a small child, especially a boy.
- SEN
-
noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Sta
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- ton
-
noun,
a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- SED
-
- STI
-
- tea
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- STL
-
- SLA
-
- TCS
-
- TCA
-
- TAO
-
noun,
(in philosophical Taoism) that in virtue of which all things happen or exist.
- sod
-
noun,
a section cut or torn from the surface of grassland, containing the matted roots of grass.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ctn
-
plural,
carton.
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- DLS
-
- EAS
-
noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- ean
-
- ead
-
- ea.
-
- ETD
-
- ETA
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- eo-
-
- DST
-
- DSA
-
- DOT
-
noun,
a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- Don
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Mr.; Sir: a Spanish title prefixed to a man's given name.
- Doi
-
- DOE
-
noun,
the female of the deer, antelope, goat, rabbit, and certain other animals.
- DNA
-
- DLO
-
- ec-
-
- DLC
-
- dit
-
noun,
an echoic word, the referent of which is a click or brief tone interval, used to designate the dot of Morse code, International Morse code, etc.
- DIL
-
- Die
-
noun,
Machinery.
any of various devices for cutting or forming material in a press or a stamping or forging machine.
a hollow device of steel, often composed of several pieces to be fitted into a stock, for cutting the threads of bolts or the like.
one of the separate pieces of such a device.
a steel block or plate with small conical holes through which wire, plastic rods, etc., are drawn.
- di.
-
- DET
-
- DEI
-
adverb,
by the grace of God.
- DEA
-
- de-
-
- DCS
-
- d-c
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- DAS
-
noun,
hyrax.
- Dal
-
noun,
a sauce made from lentils and spices, usually served with rice.
- DAE
-
- eat
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- ECA
-
- DSC
-
- ETS
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- il-
-
- IDS
-
noun,
the part of the psyche, residing in the unconscious, that is the source of instinctive impulses that seek satisfaction in accordance with the pleasure principle and are modified by the ego and the superego before they are given overt expression.
- Ido
-
noun,
a revised and simplified form of Esperanto, introduced in 1907.
- ide
-
- IDA
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in W Turkey, in NW Asia Minor, SE of ancient Troy. 5810 feet (1771 meters).
Turkish Kazdaği [kahz-dah-gee; Turkish kahz-dah-uh] /ˌkɑz dɑˈgi; Turkish ˌkɑz dɑˈʌ/ (Show IPA).
- ICA
-
noun,
Portuguese name of Putumayo.
- IAS
-
- ian
-
noun,
a male given name, Scottish form of John.
- ial
-
- se-
-
- io-
-
- id.
-
- ics
-
- ETO
-
- ed.
-
- eld
-
noun,
age.
- EDA
-
noun,
a female given name.
- EDC
-
- EDO
-
noun,
a member of an indigenous people of western Africa, in the Benin region of southern Nigeria.
- EDS
-
noun,
education:
- EDT
-
- EIS
-
- Eli
-
noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ESL
-
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- en-
-
- eon
-
noun,
an indefinitely long period of time; age.
- EOS
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn, identified by the Romans with Aurora.
- ESA
-
- Esc
-
- DSO
-
- DOA
-
- ILS
-
- AIC
-
- ASN
-
- ASI
-
- ase
-
- ans
-
noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ANI
-
noun,
any of several black, tropical American cuckoos of the genus Crotophaga, having a compressed, bladelike bill.
- ane
-
adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ANC
-
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ALC
-
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- AIS
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- Ain
-
noun,
a department in E France. 2249 sq. mi. (5825 sq. km). Capital: Bourg.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ast
-
- AEC
-
- ae.
-
- ADS
-
noun,
advertisement.
- ado
-
noun,
busy activity; bustle; fuss.
- ade
-
noun,
George, 1866–1944, U.S. humorist.
- ACT
-
noun,
anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance:
- ACS
-
- ACE
-
noun,
a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot:
- an.
-
- al.
-
- AID
-
noun,
help or support; assistance.
- ADC
-
- ad-
-
- ac-
-
- Aso
-
noun,
Mount, a volcanic mountain in Japan, in central Kyushu, noted for its vast caldera. 5223 feet (1593 meters).
- at.
-
- do.
-
- CID
-
noun,
The ("El Cid Campeador"; Rodrigo Díaz de Bivar) c1040–99, Spanish soldier: hero of the wars against the Moors.
- DCL
-
- cte
-
- CTA
-
- CST
-
- CSO
-
- CSA
-
- COT
-
noun,
a light portable bed, especially one of canvas on a folding frame.
- COS
-
noun,
romaine.
- CNS
-
- CNO
-
- Clo
-
- CLI
-
- cle
-
- CIE
-
- CIA
-
- ATC
-
- ct.
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ca.
-
- CIO
-
noun,
a federation of affiliated industrial labor unions, founded 1935 within the American Federation of Labor but independent of it 1938–55. Abbreviation: C.I.O., CIO.
- Co.
-
- COD
-
noun,
any of several soft-rayed food fishes of the family Gadidae, especially Gadus morhua, of cool, North Atlantic waters.
- cs.
-
- cl.
-
- CEO
-
- CAD
-
noun,
an ill-bred man, especially one who behaves in a dishonorable or irresponsible way toward women.
- CAI
-
- CAS
-
verb (used with or without object),
to call, as to call an animal toward one; urge forward by calling.
- CDT
-
- CEA
-
- CED
-
- ILO
-
- Ia.
-
- in.
-
- NIC
-
noun,
a newly industrialized/industrializing country:
- OAT
-
noun,
a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed.
- OAS
-
- OTC
-
- OSD
-
- OSA
-
- OED
-
- Oc.
-
- NSC
-
- NSA
-
- Noe
-
noun,
Noah (def 1).
- Nod
-
noun,
a short, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command or because of drowsiness.
- NOC
-
- nit
-
noun,
the egg of a parasitic insect, especially of a louse, often attached to a hair or a fiber of clothing.
- Nil
-
noun,
nothing; naught; zero.
- NIA
-
- OCD
-
- 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:
- NES
-
- NED
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Edward.
- NEC
-
- NEA
-
- ne-
-
- NDE
-
- Nat
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- ina
-
noun,
a female given name.
- nae
-
adverb,
no1 ; not.
- NAD
-
- NCO
-
- LTA
-
- LST
-
- Oca
-
noun,
a wood sorrel, Oxalis tuberosa, of the Andes, cultivated in South America for its edible tubers.
- OCS
-
- LSC
-
- ot-
-
- SDI
-
- SDA
-
- ScD
-
- sc.
-
- San
-
noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- SAE
-
- Sad
-
noun,
the 14th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- SAC
-
noun,
a baglike structure in an animal, plant, or fungus, as one containing fluid.
- So.
-
- sd.
-
- OTS
-
- ote
-
- OTA
-
- ose
-
- ODA
-
noun,
a room within a harem.
- ons
-
- ONI
-
- one
-
noun,
the first and lowest whole number, being a cardinal number; unity.
- ONA
-
noun,
a member of a people of Tierra del Fuego.
- Old
-
noun,
(used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the):
- Ola
-
- OIt
-
- oil
-
noun,
any of a large class of substances typically unctuous, viscous, combustible, liquid at ordinary temperatures, and soluble in ether or alcohol but not in water: used for anointing, perfuming, lubricating, illuminating, heating, etc.
- oid
-
- oic
-
- OES
-
noun,
the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, a vowel.
- ODT
-
- ODS
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- ode
-
noun,
a lyric poem typically of elaborate or irregular metrical form and expressive of exalted or enthusiastic emotion.
- LSI
-
- TSI
-
- Lot
-
noun,
one of a set of objects, as straws or pebbles, drawn or thrown from a container to decide a question or choice by chance.
- LDS
-
- Ld.
-
- LCT
-
- LCI
-
- LCD
-
- LCA
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- LAO
-
noun,
a member of a people of Laos and northern Thailand.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- LON
-
- Lad
-
noun,
a boy or youth.
- LAC
-
noun,
a resinous substance deposited on the twigs of various trees in southern Asia by the female of the lac insect: used in the manufacture of varnishes, sealing wax, etc., and in the production of a red coloring matter.
Compare shellac (defs 1, 2).
- Lt.
-
- LSD
-
- La.
-
- LED
-
noun,
light-emitting diode: a semiconductor diode that emits light when conducting current and is used in electronic displays, indoor and outdoor lighting, etc.
- ITO
-
noun,
Prince Hirobumi [hee-raw-boo-mee] /ˈhi rɔˈbu mi/ (Show IPA), 1841–1909, Japanese statesman.
- ite
-
- ITC
-
- ITA
-
- ist
-
- Isl
-
- ise
-
- ISA
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- IOT
-
- Ios
-
noun,
a small hawk, Buteo solitarius, having two plumage phases and occurring only on the island of Hawaii, where it is a rare species and the only living indigenous bird of prey.
- ion
-
noun,
an electrically charged atom or group of atoms formed by the loss or gain of one or more electrons, as a cation (positive ion) which is created by electron loss and is attracted to the cathode in electrolysis, or as an anion (negative ion) which is created by an electron gain and is attracted to the anode. The valence of an ion is equal to the number of electrons lost or gained and is indicated by a plus sign for cations and a minus sign for anions, thus: Na + , Cl−, Ca ++ , S = .
- IOC
-
- ine
-
- LDC
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- let
-
noun,
British. a lease.
- LOC
-
- Lia
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- Len
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- LEO
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Lion, a zodiacal constellation between Virgo and Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus.
- lid
-
noun,
a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
- LOE
-
noun, verb (used with or without object),
love.
- Les
-
- Lie
-
noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- SA
-
- S.
-
- ln
-
- No
-
noun,
an utterance of the word “no.”.
- TE
-
noun,
ti1 .
- t.
-
- SL
-
- TD
-
- T1
-
- IT
-
noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- AO
-
- NI
-
- ND
-
- LO
-
adjective,
an informal, simplified spelling of low1 , used especially in labeling or advertising commercial products:
- NC
-
- NA
-
adverb,
no1 .
- N.
-
- AI
-
noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- DN
-
- SN
-
- A.
-
noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- 3D
-
noun,
a three-dimensional form or appearance:
- 2D
-
noun,
a two-dimensional form or appearance:
- TA
-
noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- ol
-
- ic
-
- TI
-
noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- NL
-
- O.
-
- OD
-
noun,
a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- OE
-
noun,
oy2 .
- EI
-
- E.
-
noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- OA
-
- D.
-
- DA
-
noun,
a male hairstyle, especially of the 1950s, in which the hair is slicked back on both sides to overlap at the back of the head.
- el
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- DC
-
noun,
a surgical method for the removal of diseased tissue or an early embryo from the lining of the uterus by means of scraping.
- CE
-
- i.
-
- L2
-
- L1
-
- TL
-
- DT
-
noun,
a withdrawal syndrome occurring in persons who have developed physiological dependence on alcohol, characterized by tremor, visual hallucinations, and autonomic instability. Abbreviation: d.t.
- TN
-
- LI
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- TC
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- LC
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- le
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- L.
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- dl
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