Anagrams of stabilimeter
Word stabilimeter has
1505 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of stabilimeter.
- altimeters
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noun,
a sensitive aneroid barometer that is graduated and calibrated, used chiefly in aircraft for finding distance above sea level, terrain, or some other reference point by a comparison of air pressures.
- bimestrial
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adjective,
occurring every two months; bimonthly.
- biseriate
-
adjective,
arranged in two rows; arranged in two cycles or whorls.
- remittals
-
noun,
a remission.
- estimable
-
adjective,
worthy of esteem; deserving respect or admiration.
- materiels
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- liberties
-
noun,
freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
- liberates
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verb (used with object),
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- streamlet
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noun,
a small stream; rivulet.
- militates
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verb (used without object),
to have a substantial effect; weigh heavily:
- tribalism
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noun,
the customs and beliefs of tribal life and society.
- altimeter
-
noun,
a sensitive aneroid barometer that is graduated and calibrated, used chiefly in aircraft for finding distance above sea level, terrain, or some other reference point by a comparison of air pressures.
- embitters
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verb (used with object),
to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness:
- realities
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noun,
the state or quality of being real.
- real-time
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noun,
Computers. the actual time elapsed in the performance of a computation by a computer, the result of the computation being required for the continuation of a physical process.
- embattles
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verb (used with object),
to arrange in order of battle; prepare for battle; arm.
- laterites
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noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- literatim
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adverb,
letter-for-letter; literally.
- Israelite
-
noun,
a descendant of Jacob, especially a member of the Hebrew people who inhabited the ancient kingdom of Israel.
- salimeter
-
noun,
salinometer.
- miserable
-
adjective,
wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable:
- literates
-
noun,
a person who can read and write.
- imbitters
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verb (used with object),
embitter.
- timetable
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noun,
a schedule showing the times at which railroad trains, airplanes, etc., arrive and depart.
- realties
-
noun,
real property or real estate.
- maitrise
-
noun,
mastery; skill.
- Tiberias
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noun,
Lake. Galilee, Sea of.
- laterite
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noun,
a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks.
- biserial
-
adjective,
of or relating to the correlation between two sets of measurements, one set of which is limited to one of two values.
- timbales
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noun,
Also, timbale case. a small shell made of batter, fried usually in a timbale iron.
- berettas
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noun,
biretta.
- literate
-
noun,
a person who can read and write.
- teamster
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noun,
a person who drives a team or a truck for hauling, especially as an occupation.
- Beltrami
-
noun,
Eugenio [e-oo-je-nyaw] /ˌɛ uˈdʒɛ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1835–1900, Italian mathematician.
- almeries
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noun,
ambry.
- Listeria
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noun,
any of several rod-shaped, aerobic, parasitic bacteria of the genus Listeria, pathogenic for humans and animals.
- teatimes
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noun,
the time at which tea is served or taken, usually in the late afternoon.
- tileries
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noun,
a factory or kiln for making tiles.
- Lemaitre
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noun,
Francois Élie Jules [frahn-swa ey-lee zhyl] /frɑ̃ˈswa eɪˈli ʒül/ (Show IPA), 1835–1915, French critic and dramatist.
- literati
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plural noun,
persons of scholarly or literary attainments; intellectuals.
- metalist
-
noun,
a person who works with metals.
- blatters
-
noun,
the act or sound of blattering.
- brattles
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noun,
a clattering noise.
- librates
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- bimester
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noun,
a two-month period.
- bimetals
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noun,
a material made by the bonding of two sheets or strips of different metals, each metal having a different coefficient of thermal expansion.
- Libertas
-
noun,
the ancient Roman personification of liberty.
- ambrette
-
noun,
abelmosk.
- liberate
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verb (used with object),
to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- retables
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noun,
a decorative structure raised above an altar at the back, often forming a frame for a picture, bas-relief, or the like, and sometimes including a shelf or shelves, as for ornaments.
- lamister
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noun,
lamster.
- teratism
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noun,
love or worship of the monstrous.
- brittles
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noun,
a confection of melted sugar, usually with nuts, brittle when cooled:
- timbrels
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noun,
a tambourine or similar instrument.
- limiters
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noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- remittal
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noun,
a remission.
- birettas
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noun,
a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
- stilbite
-
noun,
a white-to-brown or red zeolite mineral, a hydrous silicate of calcium and aluminum, occurring in sheaflike aggregates of crystals and in radiated masses.
- mistrial
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noun,
a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- abristle
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adverb, adjective,
in a bristling state:
- Mariette
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noun,
Auguste Édouard [oh-gyst ey-dwar] /oʊˈgüst eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1821–81, French Egyptologist.
- iterates
-
verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- sibilate
-
verb (used with object),
to utter or pronounce with a hissing sound.
- emirates
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- trembles
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noun,
the act of trembling.
- termites
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noun,
any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.
- materiel
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noun,
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
- maltster
-
noun,
a maker of or dealer in malt.
- emitters
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noun,
a person or thing that emits.
- militate
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verb (used without object),
to have a substantial effect; weigh heavily:
- estimate
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noun,
an approximate judgment or calculation, as of the value, amount, time, size, or weight of something.
- atremble
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adverb,
in a trembling state.
- tertials
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noun,
a tertial feather.
- treatise
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noun,
a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.
- imitates
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verb (used with object),
to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example:
- trilbies
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noun,
a hat of soft felt with an indented crown.
- siberite
-
noun,
a violet or violet-red tourmaline, used as a gem.
- imitable
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adjective,
capable or worthy of being imitated:
- metritis
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noun,
inflammation of the uterus.
- ateliers
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noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- lamberts
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of luminance or brightness, equivalent to 0.32 candles per square centimeter, and equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface emitting or reflecting one lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: L.
- smaltite
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noun,
a mineral, originally thought to have been a diarsenide of cobalt, CoAs 2 , but which is actually a skutterudite rich in cobalt.
- mistreat
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verb (used with object),
to treat badly or abusively.
- imbitter
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verb (used with object),
embitter.
- batterie
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noun,
a beating together of the calves or feet during a leap.
- treaties
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noun,
a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations.
- martlets
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noun,
British Dialect. a house martin.
- embattle
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verb (used with object),
to arrange in order of battle; prepare for battle; arm.
- Islamite
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noun,
a Muslim.
- airtimes
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noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- seriatim
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adverb, adjective,
in a series; one after another.
- embitter
-
verb (used with object),
to make bitter; cause to feel bitterness:
- tribelet
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noun,
a tribe having few members, especially one that is a component of a larger tribal organization.
- battles
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noun,
a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces:
- barites
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noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- bimetal
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noun,
a material made by the bonding of two sheets or strips of different metals, each metal having a different coefficient of thermal expansion.
- ratites
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noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- biremes
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noun,
a galley having two banks or tiers of oars.
- biretta
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noun,
a stiff square cap with three or four upright projecting pieces extending from the center of the top to the edge, worn by ecclesiastics.
- martlet
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noun,
British Dialect. a house martin.
- martele
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adjective,
martellato.
- marbles
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noun,
metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- rattles
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- batiste
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noun,
a fine, often sheer fabric, constructed in either a plain or figured weave and made of any of various natural or synthetic fibers.
- beastie
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noun,
Chiefly Literary. a small animal, especially one toward which affection is felt.
- beaters
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noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- Beatles
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noun,
the (used with a plural verb) British rock-'n'-roll group (1962–70) including George Harrison, (born 1943), John (Winston) Lennon [len-uh n] /ˈlɛn ən/ (Show IPA) (1940–80), Paul (James) McCartney [muh-kahrt-nee] /məˈkɑrt ni/ (Show IPA) (born 1942), and Ringo [ring-goh] /ˈrɪŋ goʊ/ (Show IPA), Starr, (Richard Starkey) (born 1940).
- battels
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noun,
an account with or terminal bill from a college of Oxford University for board, kitchen, and buttery expenses.
- Beattie
-
noun,
James, 1735–1803, Scottish poet.
- mailers
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noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- bemires
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verb (used with object),
to soil with mire; dirty or muddy:
- berates
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verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- Beretta
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noun,
biretta.
- Maltese
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of Malta.
- betties
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noun,
brown betty.
- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- berimes
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verb (used with object),
berhyme.
- realist
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noun,
a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
- bestial
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adjective,
of, relating to, or having the form of a beast:
- batters
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noun,
Printing.
a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
the resulting defect in print.
- realism
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noun,
interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- betimes
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adverb,
early; in good time:
- betters
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noun,
that which has greater excellence or is preferable or wiser:
- litters
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noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- teatime
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noun,
the time at which tea is served or taken, usually in the late afternoon.
- Liatris
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noun,
any of various composite plants of the genus Liatris, native to North America, having long spikes of purplish flowers.
- bistate
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adjective,
of, relating to, or involving two states, especially of the U.S.:
- Emerita
-
noun,
a woman with such status.
- elaters
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- Elberta
-
noun,
a freestone peach having reddish-yellow skin.
- Salieri
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noun,
Antonio [an-toh-nee-oh;; Italian ahn-taw-nyaw] /ænˈtoʊ ni oʊ;; Italian ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1750–1825, Italian composer and conductor.
- smelter
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noun,
a person or thing that smelts.
- lamster
-
noun,
a fugitive from the law.
- elitism
-
noun,
practice of or belief in rule by an elite.
- elitist
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noun,
a person having, thought to have, or professing superior intellect or talent, power, wealth, or membership in the upper echelons of society:
- smatter
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noun,
slight or superficial knowledge; smattering.
- Lambert
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noun,
the centimeter-gram-second unit of luminance or brightness, equivalent to 0.32 candles per square centimeter, and equal to the brightness of a perfectly diffusing surface emitting or reflecting one lumen per square centimeter. Abbreviation: L.
- laities
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noun,
the body of religious worshipers, as distinguished from the clergy.
- saltier
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noun,
saltire.
- saltire
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noun,
an ordinary in the form of a cross with arms running diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base and from the sinister chief to the dexter base; St. Andrew's cross.
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- labrets
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noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- stabile
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noun,
a piece of abstract sculpture having immobile units constructed of sheet metal, wire, or other material and attached to fixed supports.
Compare mobile (def 10).
- emirate
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noun,
the office or rank of an emir.
- iterate
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verb (used with object),
to utter again or repeatedly.
- emitter
-
noun,
a person or thing that emits.
- Israeli
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of modern Israel.
- simitar
-
noun,
scimitar.
- similar
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adjective,
having a likeness or resemblance, especially in a general way:
- Seattle
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noun,
(Seatlh) c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
- estreat
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noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- etatism
-
noun,
state socialism.
- Siberia
-
noun,
Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
- settler
-
noun,
a person or thing that settles.
- seriema
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noun,
either of two birds of the family Cariamidae, Cariama cristata, of southern Brazil, or Chunga burmeisteri, of Argentina, having long legs, an erectile crest, a short, broad bill, and limited ability to fly.
- imitate
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verb (used with object),
to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example:
- seriate
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adjective,
arranged or occurring in one or more series.
- Elamite
-
noun,
a native or inhabitant of ancient Elam.
- stabler
-
noun,
a person who runs a horse stable.
- bitters
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noun,
a liquid, often an alcoholic liquor, in which bitter herbs or roots have steeped, used as a flavoring, especially in mixed drinks, or as a tonic.
- bristle
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noun,
one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
- 2,4,5-t
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noun,
a light-tan, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 5 Cl 3 O 3 , used chiefly for killing weeds.
- restate
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verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- retable
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noun,
a decorative structure raised above an altar at the back, often forming a frame for a picture, bas-relief, or the like, and sometimes including a shelf or shelves, as for ornaments.
- limites
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noun,
plural of limes.
- blatter
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noun,
the act or sound of blattering.
- limiter
-
noun,
a person or thing that limits.
- retails
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noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- blister
-
noun,
a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- limbers
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noun,
a two-wheeled vehicle, originally pulled by four or six horses, behind which is towed a field gun or caisson.
- limbate
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adjective,
bordered, as a flower in which one color is surrounded by an edging of another.
- librate
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verb (used without object),
to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
- brattle
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noun,
a clattering noise.
- Liberia
-
noun,
a republic in W Africa: founded by freed American slaves 1822. About 43,000 sq. mi. (111,000 sq. km). Capital: Monrovia.
- striate
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adjective,
striated.
- brittle
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noun,
a confection of melted sugar, usually with nuts, brittle when cooled:
- Latimer
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noun,
Hugh, c1470–1555, English Protestant Reformation bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- strati-
-
- riblets
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noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- letters
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noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- Letitia
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “gladness.”.
- stibial
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adjective,
of or resembling antimony.
- sterlet
-
noun,
a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
- sterile
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adjective,
free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic:
- leister
-
noun,
a spearlike implement having three or more prongs, for use in spearing fish.
- steamer
-
noun,
something propelled or operated by steam, as a steamship.
- Statler
-
noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- risible
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adjective,
causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous.
- startle
-
noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- starlit
-
adjective,
lighted by the stars:
- starlet
-
noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- Telstar
-
- besmear
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verb (used with object),
to smear all over; bedaub.
- bailees
-
noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- rambles
-
noun,
a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.
- ambries
-
noun,
Also called armarium. Ecclesiastical. a recess in the wall of a church or a cupboard in the sacristy where sacred vessels, books, vestments, etc., are kept.
- melters
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noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- amities
-
noun,
friendship; peaceful harmony.
- timbres
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noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- timbrel
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noun,
a tambourine or similar instrument.
- timbers
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- timbals
-
noun,
a kettledrum.
- metates
-
noun,
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
- Melitta
-
noun,
a female given name.
- timbale
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noun,
Also, timbale case. a small shell made of batter, fried usually in a timbale iron.
- armlets
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- ARTEMIS
-
noun,
Also called Cynthia. an ancient Greek goddess, the daughter of Leto and the sister of Apollo, characterized as a virgin huntress and associated with the moon.
Compare Diana.
- ramtils
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noun,
Niger seed.
- artiste
-
noun,
an artist, especially an actor, singer, dancer, or other public performer.
- Astilbe
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Astilbe, of the saxifrage family, having spirelike clusters of small white, pink, or reddish flowers.
- ambeers
-
noun,
tobacco juice.
- metiers
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- atelier
-
noun,
a workshop or studio, especially of an artist, artisan, or designer.
- milreis
-
noun,
a silver coin and former monetary unit of Brazil, equal to 1000 reis, discontinued in 1942.
- Mistral
-
noun,
a cold, dry, northerly wind common in southern France and neighboring regions.
- Trimble
-
noun,
David, born 1944, Northern Ireland politician: Nobel prize 1998.
- Trieste
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Italy, on the Gulf of Trieste.
- Mirabel
-
noun,
a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- triable
-
- milters
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- trestle
-
noun,
a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse.
- metrist
-
noun,
a person who is skilled in the use of poetic meters.
- ailette
-
noun,
either of two standing pieces of metal or cuir-bouilli, attached to the shoulders as an ornament or as a means of displaying the wearer's arms: used c1275–c1350.
- tremble
-
noun,
the act of trembling.
- trebles
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- airtime
-
noun,
the particular time that a program is broadcast or scheduled for broadcast:
- mettles
-
noun,
courage and fortitude:
- Alberti
-
noun,
Leon Battista [le-awn baht-tee-stah] /lɛˈɔn bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA), 1404–72, Italian architect, artist, musician, and poet.
- albites
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- matters
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- imarets
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- termite
-
noun,
any of numerous pale-colored, soft-bodied, chiefly tropical social insects, of the order Isoptera, that feed on wood, some being highly destructive to buildings, furniture, etc.
- tertial
-
noun,
a tertial feather.
- terbias
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- attires
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- attrib.
-
- sailer
-
noun,
a vessel propelled by a sail or sails.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- mesail
-
noun,
a pivoted piece on a helmet between a visor and a beaver.
- Lettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Laetitia.
- mesial
-
adjective,
medial.
- letter
-
noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- Elbert
-
noun,
Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch range: second highest peak of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S. 14,431 feet (4399 meters).
- metal.
-
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- BSMetE
-
- metate
-
noun,
a flat stone that has a shallow depression in the upper surface for holding maize or other grains to be ground with a mano.
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- titers
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- meters
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- titres
-
noun,
titer.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Strait
-
noun,
Often, straits. (used with a singular verb) a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water.
- metier
-
noun,
a field of work; occupation, trade, or profession.
- Easter
-
noun,
an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- Alette
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- titles
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- stable
-
noun,
a building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
- easier
-
noun,
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter E.
- matri-
-
- Smriti
-
noun,
writings containing traditions concerning law, rituals, teachings of the sages, the epics, and the Puranas.
- merits
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- timers
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- limbas
-
noun,
an African tree, Terminalia superba, having yellowish-brown wood.
- retems
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- tabret
-
noun,
a small tabor.
- tablet
-
noun,
a number of sheets of writing paper, business forms, etc., fastened together at the edge; pad.
- tables
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- ramble
-
noun,
a walk without a definite route, taken merely for pleasure.
- brails
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- braise
-
verb (used with object),
to cook (meat, fish, or vegetables) by sautéeing in fat and then simmering slowly in very little liquid.
- Bailie
-
noun,
(in Scotland) a municipal officer or magistrate, corresponding to an English alderman.
- libras
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- Brasil
-
noun,
Brazil.
- ameers
-
noun,
emir.
- barite
-
noun,
a common mineral, barium sulfate, BaSO 4 , occurring in white, yellow, or colorless tabular crystals: the principal ore of barium.
- stream
-
noun,
a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
- breams
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- breast
-
noun,
Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- tabers
-
noun,
tabor.
- libers
-
noun,
phloem.
- ambles
-
noun,
an ambling gait.
- Ambler
-
noun,
Eric, 1909–1998, English suspense novelist.
- ambits
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- Libera
-
noun,
an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
- riblet
-
noun,
a boneless cut of meat from the end of a rib of veal, lamb, or pork.
- liaise
-
verb (used without object),
to form a liaison.
- ambers
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- britts
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- barit.
-
- ambeer
-
noun,
tobacco juice.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- elemis
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- Sitter
-
noun,
a person who sits.
- milter
-
noun,
a male fish in breeding time.
- Israel
-
noun,
a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Capital: Jerusalem.
- Ismael
-
noun,
Ishmael (def 1).
- sealer
-
noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- abseil
-
noun, verb (used without object),
rappel.
- simile
-
noun,
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.”.
Compare metaphor.
- terais
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- mitral
-
adjective,
of or resembling a miter.
- Master
-
noun,
a person with the ability or power to use, control, or dispose of something:
- tribal
-
adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a tribe:
- satire
-
noun,
the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
- miters
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- Isabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- terat-
-
- Settle
-
noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- Semite
-
noun,
a member of any of various ancient and modern peoples originating in southwestern Asia, including the Akkadians, Canaanites, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs.
- abeles
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- bailee
-
noun,
a person to whom personal property is delivered in bailment.
- I-beam
-
noun,
a rolled or extruded metal beam having a cross section resembling an I.
Compare H-beam.
- Iberia
-
noun,
Also called Iberian Peninsula. a peninsula in SW Europe, comprising Spain and Portugal.
- triste
-
adjective,
sad; sorrowful; melancholy.
- serial
-
noun,
anything published, broadcast, etc., in short installments at regular intervals, as a novel appearing in successive issues of a magazine.
- Mister
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) a conventional title of respect for a man, prefixed to the name and to certain official designations (usually written as the abbreviation Mr.).
- Serbia
-
noun,
a republic in S Europe since 2006; includes the autonomous province of Vojvodina and claims sovereignty over the autonomous province of Kosovo, which has declared itself independent; formerly part of Yugoslavia, in the N part: a former kingdom in S Europe. 34,116 sq. mi. (88,360 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- Istria
-
noun,
a peninsula at the N end of the Adriatic, in SW Slovenia and W Croatia.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- Limber
-
noun,
a two-wheeled vehicle, originally pulled by four or six horses, behind which is towed a field gun or caisson.
- rabies
-
noun,
an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal and usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.
- Martel
-
noun,
a hammerlike, shafted weapon having a head with a point at one end and a blunt face at the other.
- albite
-
noun,
the sodium end member of the plagioclase feldspar group, light-colored and found in alkalic igneous rocks.
- trails
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- Albert
-
noun,
Carl (Bert) 1908–2000, U.S. politician: Speaker of the House 1971–77.
- elites
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Albers
-
noun,
Josef, 1888–1976, U.S. painter, born in Germany.
- albeit
-
conjunction,
although; even if:
- Elmira
-
noun,
a city in S central New York.
- Mettie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Matilda or Martha.
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- mettle
-
noun,
courage and fortitude:
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- saltie
-
noun,
an ocean-going sailor.
- embars
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- mitres
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- milers
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- embers
-
noun,
a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- treble
-
noun,
Music.
the treble or soprano part.
a treble voice, singer, or instrument.
- milit.
-
- Emelia
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Sambre
-
noun,
a river in W Europe, flowing NE through N France and S Belgium into the Meuse at Namur: battle 1918. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- terbia
-
noun,
an amorphous white powder, Tb 2 O 3 .
- labret
-
noun,
an ornament worn in a pierced hole in the lip.
- samite
-
noun,
a heavy silk fabric, sometimes interwoven with gold, worn in the Middle Ages.
- samlet
-
noun,
a young salmon.
- tremie
-
noun,
a funnellike device lowered into water to deposit concrete.
- ratite
-
noun,
a bird having a ratite breastbone.
- blites
-
noun,
sea blite.
- merles
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- Maisie
-
noun,
a female given name, Scottish form of Margaret.
- bireme
-
noun,
a galley having two banks or tiers of oars.
- attire
-
noun,
clothes or apparel, especially rich or splendid garments.
- betels
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- beater
-
noun,
a person or thing that beats.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- timbal
-
noun,
a kettledrum.
- mattes
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- resail
-
verb (used without object),
to sail back or again.
- ramtil
-
noun,
Niger seed.
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- birles
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- bestir
-
verb (used with object),
to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively):
- resile
-
verb (used without object),
to spring back; rebound; resume the original form or position, as an elastic body.
- Meliae
-
plural noun,
the nymphs born from the blood of Uranus at the time of his mutilation by Cronus; the nymphs of ash trees.
- Tilsit
-
noun,
former name of Sovetsk.
- bister
-
noun,
bistre.
- ramets
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- betise
-
noun,
lack of understanding, perception, or the like; stupidity.
- Marble
-
noun,
metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- Attlee
-
noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- litter
-
noun,
objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish.
- teamer
-
noun,
a teamster.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- litres
-
noun,
liter.
- better
-
noun,
that which has greater excellence or is preferable or wiser:
- tibias
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- liters
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- armlet
-
noun,
an ornamental band worn on the arm, especially a bracelet worn high on the arm, rather than on the wrist.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Mailer
-
noun,
a person who mails or prepares material for mailing.
- mealie
-
noun,
Sometimes, mealies. corn; maize.
- armies
-
noun,
the military forces of a nation, exclusive of the navy and in some countries the air force.
- armets
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- mailes
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- bettas
-
noun,
fighting fish.
- mbiras
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- Littre
-
noun,
Maximilien Paul Émile [mak-see-mee-lyan pawl ey-meel] /mak si miˈlyɛ̃ pɔl eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1801–88, French lexicographer and philosopher.
- bistre
-
noun,
a brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood, often used in pen and wash drawings.
- ariels
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- Tarbes
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Hautes-Pyrénées, in SW France.
- baster
-
noun,
a person or thing that bastes.
- matter
-
noun,
the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
- blares
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- retail
-
noun,
the sale of goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities (opposed to wholesale).
- limits
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- battle
-
noun,
a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces:
- timbre
-
noun,
Acoustics, Phonetics. the characteristic quality of a sound, independent of pitch and loudness, from which its source or manner of production can be inferred. Timbre depends on the relative strengths of the components of different frequencies, which are determined by resonance.
- Marist
-
noun,
a member of a religious order founded in Lyons, France, in 1816 for missionary and educational work in the name of the Virgin Mary.
- berime
-
verb (used with object),
berhyme.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- blames
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- batter
-
noun,
Printing.
a damaged area on the face of type or plate.
the resulting defect in print.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- blears
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- tilers
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- battel
-
noun,
an account with or terminal bill from a college of Oxford University for board, kitchen, and buttery expenses.
- melter
-
noun,
a person or thing that melts.
- bleats
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- measle
-
noun,
singular of measles (def 3).
- artist
-
noun,
a person who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria.
- maters
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- rebate
-
noun,
a return of part of the original payment for some service or merchandise; partial refund.
- Bertie
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- imaret
-
noun,
(in Turkey) a hospice for pilgrims, travelers, etc.
- biters
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- bemire
-
verb (used with object),
to soil with mire; dirty or muddy:
- tetra-
-
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- remits
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- bitser
-
noun,
a mongrel dog.
- relies
-
verb (used without object),
to depend confidently; put trust in (usually followed by on or upon):
- Lister
-
noun,
Also called lister plow, middlebreaker, middlebuster. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- remise
-
verb (used with object),
to give up a claim to; surrender by deed.
- Mariel
-
noun,
a city and seaport of Cuba, on the W coast, SW of Havana.
- Tamils
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- berate
-
verb (used with object),
to scold; rebuke:
- timber
-
noun,
the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- Blairs
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- Blaise
-
noun,
a male given name.
- mitts
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- iters
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- Rebel
-
noun,
a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- Mabel
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Mears
-
noun,
mere3 .
- marts
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- Reims
-
noun,
a city in NE France: cathedral; unconditional surrender of Germany May 7, 1945.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- melts
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- MASER
-
noun,
a device for amplifying electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission of radiation.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- malts
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- sebi-
-
- male-
-
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- Selma
-
noun,
a city in central Alabama, on the Alabama River.
- irate
-
adjective,
angry; enraged:
- semi-
-
- realm
-
noun,
a royal domain; kingdom:
- mires
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- miser
-
noun,
a person who lives in wretched circumstances in order to save and hoard money.
- matte
-
noun,
a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
- matr-
-
- miter
-
noun,
the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
- imit.
-
- Misti
-
noun,
El Misti.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- mites
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Mitra
-
noun,
the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.
- reams
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- mails
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- satem
-
adjective,
belonging to or consisting of those branches of the Indo-European family in which alveolar or palatal fricatives, as the sounds (s) or (sh), developed in ancient times from Proto-Indo-European palatal stops: the satem branches are Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian.
- Ital.
-
- Satie
-
noun,
Erik Alfred Leslie [e-reek al-fred les-lee] /ɛˈrik alˈfrɛd lɛsˈli/ (Show IPA), 1866–1925, French composer.
- maile
-
noun,
a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.
- istle
-
noun,
a fiber from any of several tropical American plants of the genus Agave or Yucca, used in making bagging, carpets, etc.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- mast-
-
- islet
-
noun,
a very small island.
- maist
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
most.
- milts
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mbira
-
noun,
a musical instrument of Africa usually made out of a gourd that serves as a resonating box, to which vibrating metal or wooden strips are attached for plucking.
- reist
-
verb (used without object),
reest2 .
- Islam
-
noun,
the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- Isere
-
noun,
a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- matts
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Matthew.
- Mitre
-
noun,
Bartolomé [bahr-taw-law-me] /ˌbɑr tɔ lɔˈmɛ/ (Show IPA), 1821–1906, Argentine soldier, statesman, and author: president of Argentina 1862–68.
- mairs
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- LittM
-
- milia
-
noun,
a small white or yellowish nodule resembling a millet seed, produced in the skin by the retention of sebaceous secretion.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- ribat
-
noun,
a building housing a community of Sufis.
- Marie
-
noun,
(Marie Alexandra Victoria of Saxe-Coburg) 1875–1938, queen of Romania 1914–27.
- resit
-
noun,
a test or examination that is retaken.
- raise
-
noun,
an increase in amount, as of wages:
- litas
-
noun,
a former silver coin and monetary unit of Lithuania, equal to 100 centai.
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- liter
-
noun,
a unit of capacity redefined in 1964 by a reduction of 28 parts in a million to be exactly equal to one cubic decimeter. It is equivalent to 1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts and is equal to the volume of one kilogram of distilled water at 4°C. Abbreviation: l.
- Matt.
-
- meta-
-
- Melia
-
- riels
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Rieti
-
noun,
Vittorio [veet-taw-ryaw] /vitˈtɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1994, U.S. composer, born in Italy.
- Melba
-
noun,
(Dame) Nellie (Helen Porter Mitchell Armstrong) 1861–1931, Australian operatic soprano.
- Melas
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- Liber
-
noun,
phloem.
- ramet
-
noun,
an individual of a clone.
- libri
-
noun,
plural of liber2 .
- limbs
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- limba
-
noun,
an African tree, Terminalia superba, having yellowish-brown wood.
- limas
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- retem
-
noun,
a shrub, Retama raetam, of Syria and Arabia, having white flowers: said to be the juniper of the Old Testament.
- liers
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- rials
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- limit
-
noun,
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.:
- Merle
-
noun,
the blackbird, Turdus merula.
- marls
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- Maris
-
noun,
Roger (Eugene) 1934–85, U.S. baseball player.
- Libra
-
noun,
the ancient Roman pound (containing 5053 grains or 327.4 grams).
- merit
-
noun,
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
- Libia
-
noun,
Libya.
- liras
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Ramee
-
noun,
Louise de la ("Ouida") 1839–1908, English novelist.
- metas
-
noun,
(in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- riles
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- miler
-
noun,
a participant in a one-mile race.
- Laris
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- SABRE
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- meets
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- ramie
-
noun,
an Asian shrub, Boehmeria nivea, of the nettle family, yielding a fiber used especially in making textiles.
- metr-
-
- Saite
-
noun,
a native or citizen of Saïs.
- mater
-
noun,
British Informal. mother1 .
- Metis
-
noun,
any person of mixed ancestry.
- Salem
-
noun,
a seaport in NE Massachusetts: founded 1626; execution of persons accused of being witches 1692; home of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- lames
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- salmi
-
noun,
a ragout of partially cooked game, as pheasant or woodcock, stewed in wine and butter.
- remit
-
noun,
Law. a transfer of the record of an action from one tribunal to another, particularly from an appellate court to the court of original jurisdiction.
- Marti
-
noun,
José [haw-se] /hɔˈsɛ/ (Show IPA), 1853–1895, Cuban patriot and writer.
- Sable
-
noun,
an Old World weasellike mammal, Mustela zibellina, of cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- marse
-
noun,
(used chiefly in representation of southern black speech) master.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lease
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- Rimas
-
noun,
a female given name.
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- rimes
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- rails
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- lebes
-
noun,
a wine bowl having an oval body without handles and a rounded base.
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- meter
-
noun,
the fundamental unit of length in the metric system, equivalent to 39.37 U.S. inches, originally intended to be, and being very nearly, equal to one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole measured on a meridian: defined from 1889 to 1960 as the distance between two lines on a platinum-iridium bar (the “International Prototype Meter”) preserved at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures near Paris; from 1960 to 1983 defined as 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red radiation of krypton 86 under specified conditions; and now defined as 1/299,792,458 of the distance light travels in a vacuum in one second. Abbreviation: m.
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- metes
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Saber
-
noun,
a heavy, one-edged sword, usually slightly curved, used especially by cavalry.
- Meier
-
noun,
Richard, born 1934, U.S. architect.
- lites
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- Sabir
-
noun,
lingua franca (def 2).
- litre
-
noun,
liter.
- meres
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- elem.
-
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- birls
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- Tamil
-
noun,
a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- Blase
-
adjective,
indifferent to or bored with life; unimpressed, as or as if from an excess of worldly pleasures.
- blare
-
noun,
a loud, raucous noise:
- blame
-
noun,
an act of attributing fault; censure; reproof:
- Blair
-
noun,
Anthony Charles Lynton [lin-tuh n] /ˈlɪn tən/ (Show IPA), ("Tony") born 1953, British political leader: prime minister 1997–2007.
- Tamis
-
noun,
a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- Aries
-
noun,
Astronomy. the Ram, a zodiacal constellation between Pisces and Taurus.
- bitts
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- arils
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- bites
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- biter
-
noun,
a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously:
- arise
-
verb (used without object),
to get up from sitting, lying, or kneeling; rise:
- birse
-
noun,
a short hair of the beard or body; a bristle.
- birle
-
verb (used with object),
to pour (a drink) or pour a drink for.
- blats
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- Tarim
-
noun,
a river in NW China, in Xinjiang Uygur region. About 1300 miles (2090 km) long.
- Biles
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- biers
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- serai
-
noun,
(in Eastern countries) a caravansary.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- tilts
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- armet
-
noun,
a completely enclosed helmet having a visor and hinged cheek pieces fastened under the chin.
- Betti
-
noun,
Ugo [oo-gaw] /ˈu gɔ/ (Show IPA), 1892–1953, Italian poet and dramatist.
- Bette
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Betta
-
noun,
fighting fish.
- blate
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- tames
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- betas
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- Amer.
-
- Amble
-
noun,
an ambling gait.
- stria
-
noun,
a slight or narrow furrow, ridge, stripe, or streak, especially one of a number in parallel arrangement:
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- Brett
-
noun,
a male or female given name.
- Brest
-
noun,
a seaport in the W extremity of France: German submarine base in World War II; surrendered to Allies September 1944.
- Taber
-
noun,
tabor.
- Bream
-
noun,
any of various freshwater fishes of the genus Abramis, as A. brama, of Europe, with a compressed, deep body and silvery scales.
- tabes
-
noun,
a gradually progressive emaciation.
- ameer
-
noun,
emir.
- tabis
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- table
-
noun,
an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports:
- Brale
-
- brail
-
noun,
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- times
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- blear
-
noun,
a blur; cloudiness; dimness:
- timer
-
noun,
a person or thing that times.
- amirs
-
noun,
emir.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- BMetE
-
- tails
-
noun,
tail1 (def 6).
- Arbil
-
noun,
Erbil.
- BMarE
-
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- blite
-
noun,
sea blite.
- Ariel
-
noun,
a mountain gazelle of Arabia, Gazella gazella arabica : almost extinct.
- blest
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of bless.
- bleat
-
noun,
the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf.
- betel
-
noun,
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- Brit.
-
- bares
-
verb,
simple past tense of bear1 .
- baste
-
noun,
liquid used to moisten and flavor food during cooking:
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- Basle
-
noun,
Basel.
- Basil
-
noun,
any of several aromatic herbs belonging to the genus Ocimum, of the mint family, as O. basilicum (sweet basil) having purplish-green ovate leaves used in cooking.
- astir
-
adjective,
moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement:
- Basie
-
noun,
William ("Count") 1904–84, U.S. jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer.
- Basel
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Basel-Stadt, in NW Switzerland, on the Rhine River.
- teems
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- Tiber
-
noun,
a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 miles (395 km) long.
- Bart.
-
- barms
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- astr.
-
- baris
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- tele-
-
- Tibet
-
noun,
Also, Thibet. Also called Sitsang, Xizang. Official name Tibet Autonomous Region. an administrative division of China, N of the Himalayas: prior to 1950 a theocracy under the Dalai Lama; the highest country in the world, average elevation about 16,000 feet (4877 meters). 471,660 sq. mi. (1,221,599 sq. km). Capital: Lhasa.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- telia
-
noun,
the cluster of spore cases of the rust and smut fungi, bearing teliospores.
- Balt.
-
- atilt
-
adjective, adverb,
with a tilt or inclination; tilted:
- tera-
-
- bales
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Terai
-
noun,
a marshy lowland area in N India and S Nepal, between the Ganges and the foothills of the Himalayas.
- baits
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bails
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- term.
-
- BLitt
-
- terms
-
noun,
a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- Bates
-
noun,
Katherine Lee, 1859–1929, U.S. educator and author.
- beset
-
verb (used with object),
to attack on all sides; assail; harass:
- tiers
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- T-bar
-
noun,
a rolled metal bar or beam with a cross section resembling a T .
- berms
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Beria
-
noun,
Lavrenti Pavlovich [luh v-ren-tee pav-loh-vich;; Russian luh-vryen-tyee puh-vlaw-vyich] /ləvˈrɛn ti pævˈloʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian lʌˈvryɛn tyi pʌˈvlɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1899–1953, Soviet secret-police chief: executed for treason.
- Beret
-
noun,
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
- 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.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Berea
-
noun,
a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- Artie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Arthur.
- berat
-
noun,
a city in S central Albania.
- bemas
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- Tiler
-
noun,
a person who lays tiles.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- belts
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- belie
-
verb (used with object),
to show to be false; contradict:
- Tebet
-
noun,
Tevet.
- Belem
-
noun,
a seaport in N Brazil on the Pará River.
- teams
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Beira
-
noun,
a seaport in central Mozambique.
- tears
-
- Beers
-
noun,
Clifford Whittingham [hwit-ing-uh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt ɪŋ əm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1876–1943, U.S. pioneer in mental hygiene.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- beats
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- beast
-
noun,
any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
- bears
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- tibia
-
noun,
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg, that extend from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and the talus; shinbone.
- beams
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- Beals
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- batts
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- brise
-
noun,
a ballet movement in which the dancer jumps off one foot, beats the legs together, and lands on both feet.
- brims
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- brits
-
noun,
the group of small marine animals forming the food of whalebone whales.
- trams
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- Erbil
-
noun,
a town in N Iraq: built on the site of ancient Arbela.
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- airts
-
noun,
a direction.
- treas
-
- 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.
- emits
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- emirs
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Emile
-
noun,
a didactic novel (1762) by J. J. Rousseau, dealing principally with the author's theories of education.
- slier
-
adjective,
a comparative of sly.
- slime
-
noun,
thin, glutinous mud.
- Aesir
-
noun,
the principal race of gods, led by Odin and living at Asgard.
- aisle
-
noun,
a walkway between or along sections of seats in a theater, classroom, or the like.
- Smail
-
noun,
snail mail.
- Britt
-
noun,
a turbot of northeastern Atlantic seas.
- ember
-
noun,
a small live piece of coal, wood, etc., as in a dying fire.
- embar
-
verb (used with object),
to stop or hinder, as by a bar.
- EMAIL
-
noun,
a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals using dedicated software:
- Elsie
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- smalt
-
noun,
a coloring agent made of blue glass produced by fusing silica, potassium carbonate, and cobalt oxide, used in powdered form to add color to vitreous materials.
- Smart
-
noun,
a sharp local pain, usually superficial, as from a wound, blow, or sting.
- Elmer
-
noun,
a male given name: from Old English words meaning “noble” and “famous.”.
- smear
-
noun,
an oily, greasy, viscous, or wet substance, especially a dab of such a substance.
- Aimee
-
noun,
a female given name.
- ERISA
-
noun,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
- Elise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- tries
-
noun,
plural of try.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- 30-30
-
- trite
-
adjective,
lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale:
- Iblis
-
noun,
an evil spirit or devil, the chief of the wicked jinn.
- Ibert
-
noun,
Jacques François Antoine [zhahk frahn-swa ahn-twan] /ʒɑk frɑ̃ˈswa ɑ̃ˈtwan/ (Show IPA), 1890–1962, French composer.
- IATSE
-
- iambs
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- trims
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- abele
-
noun,
the white poplar tree, Populus alba.
- seti-
-
- abets
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- tribe
-
noun,
any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- sitar
-
noun,
a lute of India with a small, pear-shaped body and a long, broad, fretted neck.
- ables
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- trial
-
noun,
Law.
the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause, often including issues of law as well as those of fact.
the determination of a person's guilt or innocence by due process of law.
- Ester
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- abris
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- abstr
-
- estab
-
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- simar
-
noun,
Also, cymar. a loose, lightweight jacket or robe for women, fashionable in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- siree
-
noun,
sirree.
- Siret
-
noun,
a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.
- aeri-
-
- aerie
-
noun,
the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
- elite
-
noun,
(often used with a plural verb) the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
- Embla
-
noun,
the first woman, made by the gods from a tree.
- Elisa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- alist
-
adjective,
inclined to one side; heeling or listing.
- titis
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Elias
-
noun,
Douay Bible. Elijah (def 1).
- stat.
-
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- titer
-
noun,
the strength of a solution as determined by titration with a standard substance.
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- steam
-
noun,
water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- Steel
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- tirls
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- alti-
-
- ster.
-
- BSRet
-
- tires
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- BSMet
-
- Amber
-
noun,
a pale yellow, sometimes reddish or brownish, fossil resin of vegetable origin, translucent, brittle, and capable of gaining a negative electrical charge by friction and of being an excellent insulator: used for making jewelry and other ornamental articles.
- stilb
-
noun,
a unit of luminance, equal to one candle per square centimeter.
- stile
-
noun,
a series of steps or rungs by means of which a person may pass over a wall or fence that remains a barrier to sheep or cattle.
- stilt
-
noun,
one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
- stime
-
noun,
the smallest bit; a drop, taste, or glimpse.
- BSElE
-
- ambi-
-
- ambit
-
noun,
circumference; circuit.
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- almes
-
noun,
almah.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Ebert
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1871–1925, first president of Germany 1919–25.
- Srta.
-
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- alibi
-
noun,
Law. the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed.
- Eilat
-
noun,
a seaport at the N tip of the Gulf of Aqaba, in S Israel.
- titre
-
noun,
titer.
- stair
-
noun,
one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- trail
-
noun,
a path or track made across a wild region, over rough country, or the like, by the passage of people or animals.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- title
-
noun,
the distinguishing name of a book, poem, picture, piece of music, or the like.
- trait
-
noun,
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature:
- smile
-
noun,
the act or an instance of smiling; a smiling expression of the face.
- smite
-
Idioms,
smite hip and thigh. hip1 (def 9).
- Albee
-
noun,
Edward, born 1928, U.S. playwright.
- elemi
-
noun,
any of various fragrant resins from certain trees, especially Canarium commune, used chiefly in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, ointments, and in perfumery.
- Rais
-
noun,
Gilles de, Retz, Gilles de Laval, Baron de.
- tirl
-
noun,
a wheel, cam, or any revolving mechanism or piece of machinery.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- rami
-
noun,
plural of ramus.
- tire
-
noun,
British Dialect. fatigue.
- tits
-
noun,
a titmouse.
- TRIB
-
- trim
-
noun,
the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- trit
-
- MSBA
-
- tils
-
noun,
the sesame plant.
- tilt
-
noun,
an act or instance of tilting.
- MSIE
-
- tier
-
noun,
one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater, boxes in a theater, guns in a man-of-war, or oars in an ancient galley.
- MSAE
-
- Mrs.
-
plural,
a title of respect prefixed to the surname or full name of a married woman:
- MSEE
-
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- titi
-
noun,
any of various small reddish or grayish monkeys of the genus Callicebus, of South America.
- Tree
-
noun,
a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground.
- tram
-
noun,
British. a streetcar.
- RIBA
-
- Rabi
-
noun,
Isidor Isaac, 1898–1988, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1944.
- Tit.
-
- rail
-
noun,
a bar of wood or metal fixed horizontally for any of various purposes, as for a support, barrier, fence, or railing.
- Time
-
noun,
the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- mitt
-
noun,
Baseball.
a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Compare baseball glove.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- tri-
-
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- SLIM
-
noun,
a garment size meant for a thin person.
- 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.
- SATB
-
- SLBM
-
- Sat.
-
- Sari
-
noun,
a garment worn by Hindu women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.
- Saml
-
- Sami
-
noun,
Lapp.
- same
-
Idioms,
all the same,
notwithstanding; nevertheless:
of no difference; immaterial:
- slit
-
noun,
a straight, narrow cut, opening, or aperture.
- SLAM
-
noun,
a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- Sam.
-
- mite
-
noun,
any of numerous small to microscopic arachnids of the subclass Acari, including species that are parasitic on animals and plants or that feed on decaying matter and stored foods.
- Sra.
-
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- SRAM
-
- SRBM
-
- 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.
- stab
-
noun,
the act of stabbing.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- Sab.
-
- 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.
- slab
-
noun,
a broad, flat, somewhat thick piece of stone, wood, or other solid material.
- RITA
-
noun,
the Vedic concept of cosmic and social order.
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Serb
-
noun, adjective,
Serbian.
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- Seri
-
noun,
a member of an American Indian people of western Sonora state, Mexico, on the Gulf of California.
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- seme
-
adjective,
covered with many small, identical figures.
- Sem.
-
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seem
-
verb (used without object),
to appear to be, feel, do, etc.:
- 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.
- SBLI
-
- SIAM
-
noun,
former name of Thailand (def 1).
- silt
-
noun,
earthy matter, fine sand, or the like carried by moving or running water and deposited as a sediment.
- 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.
- Sima
-
noun,
an assemblage of rocks, rich in silica and magnesium, that constitutes the lower layer of the earth's crust and is found beneath the ocean floors and the sial of continents.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- sire
-
noun,
the male parent of a quadruped.
- seam
-
noun,
the line formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like.
- SITA
-
noun,
(in the Ramayana) the wife of Ramachandra, abducted by Ravana and later rescued.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- site
-
noun,
the position or location of a town, building, etc., especially as to its environment:
- rite
-
noun,
a formal or ceremonial act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious or other solemn use:
- rit.
-
- ter.
-
- rebs
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- Tasm
-
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- rems
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- tats
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- teal
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- rel.
-
- reit
-
noun,
real-estate investment trust.
- Reis
-
plural noun,
a former money of account of Portugal and Brazil.
- Rees
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Reel
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- team
-
noun,
a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest:
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- ream
-
noun,
a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
- 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.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- teem
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to produce (offspring).
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- Tees
-
noun,
a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.
- teil
-
noun,
Archaic. the European linden, Tilia europaea.
- tel-
-
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- Tams
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- Ste.
-
- str.
-
- Rise
-
noun,
an act or instance of rising.
- rime
-
noun,
Also called rime ice. an opaque coating of tiny, white, granular ice particles, caused by the rapid freezing of supercooled water droplets on impact with an object.
Compare frost (def 3), glaze (def 17).
- Rima
-
noun,
a female given name.
- stem
-
noun,
the ascending axis of a plant, whether above or below ground, which ordinarily grows in an opposite direction to the root or descending axis.
- rile
-
verb (used with object),
to irritate or vex.
- Riis
-
noun,
Jacob August, 1849–1914, U.S. journalist and social reformer, born in Denmark.
- RIIA
-
- stet
-
verb (used with object),
to mark (a manuscript, printer's proof, etc.) with the word “stet” or with dots as a direction to let cancelled material remain.
- Riel
-
noun,
a paper money and monetary unit of Cambodia, equal to 100 sen.
- Stir
-
noun,
the act of stirring or moving.
- RIAS
-
noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- tab.
-
- tabi
-
noun,
a covering for the foot, similar to a sock, having a separate pouchlike stall for the large toe, worn especially in Japan, often with zoris.
- tabs
-
noun,
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- rial
-
noun,
a silver or cupronickel coin and monetary unit of Iran, equal to 100 dinars.
- rets
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- tail
-
noun,
the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Tame
-
adjective,
changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated:
- 1080
-
- 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.
- Mita
-
noun,
a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- BSMT
-
- BSAE
-
- BSEE
-
- BSEM
-
- BSIE
-
- BSIR
-
- BSIT
-
- BSLM
-
- BSME
-
- BSRT
-
- brim
-
noun,
the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink:
- btl.
-
- Earl
-
noun,
a British nobleman of a rank below that of marquis and above that of viscount: called count for a time after the Norman conquest. The wife of an earl is a countess.
- ears
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- Eire
-
noun,
the Irish name of Ireland.
- Elam
-
noun,
an ancient kingdom E of Babylonia and N of the Persian Gulf. Capital: Susa.
- bris
-
noun,
Brith.
- Brie
-
noun,
a region in NE France, between the Seine and the Marne.
- Elba
-
noun,
an Italian island in the Mediterranean, between Corsica and Italy: the scene of Napoleon's first exile 1814–15. 94 sq. mi. (243 sq. km).
- blae
-
adjective,
bluish-black; blue-gray.
- Bias
-
noun,
a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned:
- Biel
-
noun,
Lake. Bienne, Lake of.
- bier
-
noun,
a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
- bile
-
noun,
Physiology. a bitter, alkaline, yellow or greenish liquid, secreted by the liver, that aids in absorption and digestion, especially of fats.
- biri
-
noun,
bidi.
- birl
-
noun,
British Informal. an attempt; a gamble.
- bite
-
noun,
an act of biting.
- bitt
-
noun,
Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
- blat
-
noun,
bleat (def 4).
- Bres
-
noun,
a Fomorian king of Ireland, whose unpopular rule led to the expulsion of the Fomorians by the Tuatha De Danann.
- BLit
-
- BMet
-
- 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:
- brae
-
noun,
a slope; declivity; hillside.
- Bram
-
noun,
a male given name.
- BRAT
-
noun,
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).
- Brea
-
noun,
a town in S California.
- brei
-
noun,
a suspension of finely divided tissue in an isotonic medium, used chiefly as a culture for certain viruses.
- ELAS
-
- Elbe
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.
- bet.
-
- Irma
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Erma.
- ible
-
- ile-
-
- Ilia
-
noun,
the broad, upper portion of either hipbone.
- Ilse
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- IRAS
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- IRBM
-
- Ire.
-
- Iris
-
noun,
Anatomy. the contractile, circular diaphragm forming the colored portion of the eye and containing a circular opening, the pupil, in its center.
- Isai
-
noun,
Jesse.
- Iasi
-
noun,
Romanian name of Jassy.
- Isar
-
noun,
a river in central Europe, flowing NE from W Austria through S Germany to the Danube River. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- isba
-
noun,
izba.
- Isle
-
noun,
a small island.
- 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.
- item
-
noun,
a separate article or particular:
- iter
-
noun,
a canal or passage.
- itis
-
- Lab.
-
- ibis
-
noun,
any of several large wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae, of warm temperate and tropical regions, related to the herons and storks, and characterized by a long, thin, downward-curved bill.
Compare sacred ibis.
- iamb
-
noun,
a foot of two syllables, a short followed by a long in quantitative meter, or an unstressed followed by a stressed in accentual meter, as in Come live / with me / and be / my love.
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- emir
-
noun,
a chieftain, prince, commander, or head of state in some Islamic countries.
- Elia
-
noun,
the pen name of Charles Lamb.
- Elis
-
noun,
an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games.
- elms
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- emes
-
noun,
friend.
- EMet
-
- Emil
-
noun,
a male given name: from Latin Aemilius, a family name.
- emit
-
verb (used with object),
to send forth (liquid, light, heat, sound, particles, etc.); discharge.
- ette
-
- Erie
-
noun,
Lake, a lake between the NE central United States and SE central Canada: the southernmost lake of the Great Lakes; Commodore Perry's defeat of the British in 1813. 239 miles (385 km) long; 9940 sq. mi. (25,745 sq. km).
- Eris
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of discord and the sister of Ares: identified with the Roman goddess Discordia.
- Erma
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- est.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- Beta
-
noun,
the second letter of the Greek alphabet (β, B).
- BEST
-
noun,
something or someone that is best:
- LAIS
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- Ames
-
noun,
a city in central Iowa.
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Alis
-
- ALIT
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of alight1 .
- alme
-
noun,
almah.
- alms
-
noun,
money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy; anything given as charity:
- alt.
-
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- Amie
-
noun,
a female friend.
- ALBM
-
- Amir
-
noun,
emir.
- Amis
-
noun,
Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- AMLS
-
- Amri
-
noun,
Omri.
- amt.
-
- arbs
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- aril
-
noun,
a usually fleshy appendage or covering of certain seeds, as of the bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, or the nutmeg.
- albs
-
noun,
a linen vestment with narrow sleeves, worn chiefly by priests, now invariably white in the Western Church but can be in a color in the Eastern Church.
- Albi
-
noun,
a city in and the capital of Tarn, in S France: center of the Albigenses.
- Arm.
-
- abs-
-
- ABEL
-
noun,
the second son of Adam and Eve, slain by his brother, Cain. Gen. 4.
- abet
-
verb (used with object),
to encourage, support, or countenance by aid or approval, usually in wrongdoing:
- Abie
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- abl.
-
- able
-
noun,
(usually initial capital letter) a code word formerly used in communications to represent the letter A.
- ABLS
-
- abr.
-
- abri
-
noun,
a shelter, especially a dugout.
- aer-
-
- Alb.
-
- aet.
-
- ails
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- AIME
-
- AIMS
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Aire
-
- airs
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- airt
-
noun,
a direction.
- AISI
-
- aits
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- ARIS
-
- arms
-
noun,
the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- BERT
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Albert, Bertram, Herbert, Hubert, etc.
- Bear
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- Bari
-
noun,
a seaport in SE Italy, on the Adriatic.
- barm
-
noun,
yeast formed on malt liquors while fermenting.
- Base
-
noun,
the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests:
- Bast
-
noun,
Botany. phloem.
- Bate
-
noun,
a state of violent anger or fear.
- batt
-
noun,
a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.
- Beal
-
noun,
a god of the ancient Celts, a personification of the sun.
- beam
-
noun,
any of various relatively long pieces of metal, wood, stone, etc., manufactured or shaped especially for use as rigid members or parts of structures or machines.
- beat
-
noun,
a stroke or blow.
- bar.
-
- Beer
-
noun,
an alcoholic beverage made by brewing and fermentation from cereals, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops and the like for a slightly bitter taste.
- bees
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- beet
-
noun,
any of various biennial plants belonging to the genus Beta, of the amaranth family, especially B. vulgaris, having a fleshy red or white root.
Compare sugar beet.
- Bela
-
noun,
a male given name.
- bels
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- belt
-
noun,
a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- BEMA
-
noun,
Eastern Church. the enclosed space surrounding the altar; the sanctuary or chancel.
- berm
-
noun,
Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- Bare
-
noun,
any of the plantigrade, carnivorous or omnivorous mammals of the family Ursidae, having massive bodies, coarse heavy fur, relatively short limbs, and almost rudimentary tails.
- bams
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- ates
-
- art.
-
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Asir
-
noun,
a district in SW Saudi Arabia.
- ASME
-
- Asti
-
noun,
a city in the Piedmont region of Italy, S of Turin: center of wine-producing region.
- ASTM
-
- att.
-
- atm.
-
- 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.
- bals
-
noun,
Balmoral (def 2).
- Bael
-
noun,
a spiny citrus tree, Aegle marmelos, of India.
- Baer
-
noun,
Karl Ernst von [kahrl urnst von,, fuh n] /kɑrl ɜrnst vɒn,, fən/ (Show IPA), 1792–1876, Estonian zoologist and pioneer embryologist.
- Bail
-
noun,
property or money given as surety that a person released from custody will return at an appointed time.
- Bais
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- bait
-
noun,
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
- bal.
-
- Bale
-
noun,
a large bundle or package prepared for shipping, storage, or sale, especially one tightly compressed and secured by wires, hoops, cords, or the like, and sometimes having a wrapping or covering:
- Bali
-
noun,
an island in Indonesia, E of Java. 2147 sq. mi. (5561 sq. km). Capital: Singaraja.
- balm
-
noun,
any of various oily, fragrant, resinous substances, often of medicinal value, exuding from certain plants, especially tropical trees of the genus Commiphora.
- lair
-
noun,
a den or resting place of a wild animal:
- emia
-
- Lam.
-
- Meir
-
noun,
Golda [gohl-duh] /ˈgoʊl də/ (Show IPA), (Goldie Mabovitch; Goldie Myerson) 1898–1978, Israeli political leader, born in Russia: prime minister 1969–74.
- Lib.
-
- meal
-
noun,
the food served and eaten especially at one of the customary, regular occasions for taking food during the day, as breakfast, lunch, or supper.
- mear
-
noun,
mere3 .
- meas
-
- Lias
-
noun,
Leah (def 1).
- meat
-
noun,
the flesh of animals as used for food.
- Meer
-
noun,
Jan van der [yahn vahn der] /yɑn vɑn dɛr/ (Show IPA), Vermeer, Jan.
- liar
-
noun,
a person who tells lies.
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- meet
-
noun,
an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races:
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- Mela
-
noun,
a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- MatE
-
noun,
a partner in marriage; spouse.
- Leis
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- mels
-
noun,
honey.
- melt
-
noun,
the act or process of melting; state of being melted.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- mere
-
noun,
Chiefly British Dialect. a lake or pond.
- MERS
-
noun,
Middle East(ern) Respiratory Syndrome: an often fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus similar to the SARS virus and characterized by fever, coughing, and shortness of breath.
- mes-
-
- mesa
-
noun,
a land formation, less extensive than a plateau, having steep walls and a relatively flat top and common in arid and semiarid parts of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- lea.
-
- met.
-
- libs
-
noun,
liberation (def 2):
- Mart
-
noun,
market; trading center; trade center.
- mias
-
plural,
missing in action.
- Mair
-
adjective, noun, adverb,
more.
- Lamb
-
noun,
a young sheep.
- LRBM
-
- M-14
-
noun,
a fully automatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber rifle developed from the M-1: replaced the M-1 as the standard U.S. Army combat rifle.
- M-16
-
noun,
a lightweight, fully automatic rifle shooting a small-caliber bullet at an extremely high velocity: a U.S. Army combat weapon for mobile units and jungle fighting.
- lits
-
noun,
litas.
- lite
-
noun,
light2 (def 36).
- LitB
-
- lit.
-
- Mael
-
noun,
a son of Ronan, unjustly killed by him.
- Lise
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- maes
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- mail
-
noun,
letters, packages, etc., that are sent or delivered by means of the postal system:
- LISA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- MARS
-
noun,
the ancient Roman god of war and agriculture, identified with the Greek god Ares.
- mal-
-
- Lira
-
noun,
a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
- Mali
-
noun,
Republic of, a republic in W Africa: formerly a territory of France; gained independence 1960. 463,500 sq. mi. (120,000 sq. km). Capital: Bamako.
- lime
-
noun,
Also called burnt lime, calcium oxide, caustic lime, calx, quicklime. a white or grayish-white, odorless, lumpy, very slightly water-soluble solid, CaO, that when combined with water forms calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) obtained from calcium carbonate, limestone, or oyster shells: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements, in bleaching powder, and in the manufacture of steel, paper, glass, and various chemicals of calcium.
- MALS
-
- malt
-
noun,
germinated grain, usually barley, used in brewing and distilling.
- limb
-
noun,
a part or member of an animal body distinct from the head and trunk, as a leg, arm, or wing:
- Lima
-
noun,
a word used in communications to represent the letter L.
- Mar.
-
- Mare
-
noun,
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
- lier
-
noun,
a person or thing that lies, as in wait or in ambush.
- Mari
-
noun,
a member of a Uralic people living in scattered communities north of Cheboksary and Kazan in European Russia, mainly in the Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Marl
-
noun,
Geology. a friable earthy deposit consisting of clay and calcium carbonate, used especially as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime.
- mete
-
noun,
a limiting mark.
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- lame
-
noun,
Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.
- Lat.
-
- lams
-
noun,
a hasty escape; flight.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- mise
-
noun,
a settlement or agreement.
- mire
-
noun,
a tract or area of wet, swampy ground; bog; marsh.
- mist
-
noun,
a cloudlike aggregation of minute globules of water suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface, reducing visibility to a lesser degree than fog.
- mibs
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- Mira
-
noun,
Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mil.
-
- Milt
-
noun,
the sperm-containing secretion of the testes of fishes.
- mils
-
noun,
a unit of length equal to 0.001 of an inch (0.0254 mm), used in measuring the diameter of wires.
- MILR
-
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Lari
-
noun,
an aluminum coin and monetary unit of the Maldives, the 100th part of a rupee.
- mis-
-
- Mile
-
noun,
Also called statute mile. a unit of distance on land in English-speaking countries equal to 5280 feet, or 1760 yards (1.609 kilometers).
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- BAM
-
noun,
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
- mas
-
noun,
mother1 .
- MLR
-
- BEE
-
noun,
any hymenopterous insect of the superfamily Apoidea, including social and solitary species of several families, as the bumblebees, honeybees, etc.
- ail
-
verb (used with object),
to cause pain, uneasiness, or trouble to.
- MLA
-
- RBI
-
- MIR
-
noun,
a village commune of peasant farmers in prerevolutionary Russia.
- BAS
-
noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- ae.
-
- ABM
-
- REA
-
- Bat
-
noun,
Sports.
the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball.
a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis.
a whip used by a jockey.
the act of using a club or racket in a game.
the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- AES
-
noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ml.
-
- abt
-
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- BEA
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Beatrice.
- ALS
-
noun,
Indian mulberry.
- Bel
-
noun,
a unit of power ratio, equal to 10 decibels.
- TSI
-
- BLA
-
- ltr
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- BIT
-
noun,
Machinery.
a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
- MBE
-
- Me.
-
- MIA
-
plural,
missing in action.
- TSR
-
noun,
a computer program with any of several ancillary functions, usually held resident in RAM for instant activation while one is using another program.
- BIE
-
- MS.
-
plural,
manuscript.
- Bia
-
noun,
the ancient Greek personification of force: daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Cratus, Nike, and Zelos.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- bi-
-
- MSL
-
- Reb
-
noun,
a Confederate soldier.
- M-1
-
noun,
a semiautomatic, gas-operated, .30 caliber, clip-fed rifle, with a weight of 8.56 pounds (3.88 kg): the standard U.S. Army rifle in World War II and in the Korean War.
- TSE
-
- TBA
-
- Am.
-
- ab-
-
- al.
-
- Tbi
-
- 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.
- Ree
-
noun,
reeve3 .
- Mab
-
noun,
Queen Mab.
- Ar.
-
- Abe
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Abraham.
- MAE
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Mary.
- Mat
-
noun,
a piece of fabric made of plaited or woven rushes, straw, hemp, or similar fiber, or of some other pliant material, as rubber, used as a protective covering on a floor or other surface, to wipe the shoes on, etc.
- Mr.
-
plural,
mister: a title of respect prefixed to a man's name or position:
- AIM
-
noun,
the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target.
- Rai
-
noun,
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.
- ASI
-
- ale
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- ase
-
- asb
-
- MSI
-
- MIB
-
noun,
a playing marble, especially one that is not used as a shooter.
- MST
-
- Mt.
-
- ALM
-
- ARS
-
- MTI
-
- mi.
-
- Tim
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Timothy.
- Rae
-
noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- tlr
-
- MI5
-
noun,
the government's security and counterespionage service that works in liaison with Scotland Yard's Special Branch.
- ARE
-
noun,
a measure of surface area; 1 are is equal to1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). Abbreviation: a.
- MI6
-
noun,
the government's secret intelligence service.
- arb
-
noun,
an arbitrager.
- Rab
-
noun,
a wooden beater for mixing plaster or mortar.
- AMS
-
- RMS
-
plural,
ream.
- RMA
-
- MTS
-
- Re.
-
- AMI
-
noun,
a friend, especially a male friend.
- RAM
-
noun,
a male sheep.
- AME
-
- ASM
-
- tr.
-
- MLS
-
- be-
-
- MEA
-
noun,
an acknowledgment of one's responsibility for a fault or error.
- Amb
-
- rat
-
noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- AIR
-
noun,
a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
- MRA
-
- RAS
-
noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- Bai
-
noun,
a yellow mist occurring in eastern China and Japan during the spring and fall, caused by dust from the interior of China.
- MRE
-
- MRI
-
- Br.
-
- 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.
- bl.
-
- BEM
-
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- tra
-
- ATS
-
noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- ait
-
noun,
a small island, especially in a river.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- ATB
-
- Mel
-
noun,
honey.
- MSA
-
- at.
-
- TIA
-
- MIE
-
- MSE
-
- ast
-
- LTA
-
- ASR
-
- REM
-
noun,
the quantity of ionizing radiation whose biological effect is equal to that produced by one roentgen of x-rays.
- LSI
-
- ble
-
- ETR
-
- ese
-
- ESL
-
- ESR
-
- Rs.
-
- RSA
-
- RSE
-
- Sib
-
noun,
a kinsman; relative.
- SIR
-
noun,
a respectful or formal term of address used to a man:
- ETS
-
- rt.
-
- rte
-
- IRA
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”.
- Ia.
-
- ial
-
- RTS
-
- ESA
-
- ERT
-
- ib.
-
- LST
-
- RIM
-
noun,
the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
- eme
-
noun,
friend.
- SMA
-
- SLR
-
- lei
-
noun,
(in the Hawaiian Islands) a wreath of flowers, leaves, etc., for the neck or head.
- MIT
-
- SLE
-
- EMR
-
- rm.
-
plural,
ream.
- EMS
-
noun,
the letter M, m.
- EMT
-
- ERA
-
noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ERE
-
preposition, conjunction,
before.
- SLA
-
- ERS
-
noun,
ervil.
- SIT
-
verb,
(in prescriptions) may it be.
- IAS
-
- ier
-
- Ler
-
noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- ITA
-
- sea
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
-
- ist
-
- SBE
-
- SBA
-
- sb.
-
- ite
-
- ism
-
noun,
a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice:
- LAR
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- La.
-
- SAR
-
- Lt.
-
- BMI
-
- Lae
-
noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- Lai
-
noun,
(in medieval French literature)
- ISR
-
- Isl
-
- il-
-
- IRL
-
- ILA
-
noun,
a town in SW Nigeria.
- LBS
-
plural,
pound.
- ILS
-
- lb.
-
plural,
pound.
- SER
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Ir.
-
- SAE
-
- SEL
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- ise
-
- SEI
-
noun,
sei whale.
- IRS
-
- Is.
-
noun,
(used to denote the narrator of a literary work written in the first person singular).
- See
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- ISA
-
- Las
-
noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- Sal
-
noun,
salt1 .
- els
-
noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- Lee
-
noun,
protective shelter:
- SMB
-
- BRM
-
- BST
-
- LIM
-
- STI
-
- ELM
-
noun,
any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera (English elm) characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.
Compare American elm, elm family.
- BSM
-
- Lir
-
noun,
Ler.
- lis
-
noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- ret
-
verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- STL
-
- STM
-
- BSE
-
- BSA
-
- BSL
-
- BRT
-
- LMT
-
- BTE
-
- LSM
-
- TAM
-
noun,
tam-o'-shanter.
- BLM
-
- BLS
-
- BLT
-
plural,
a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich.
- TAL
-
- BME
-
- Tai
-
noun,
any of several sparoid fishes of the Pacific Ocean, as Pagrus major (red tai) a food fish of Japan.
- BRE
-
- BMR
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- BMS
-
- BMT
-
- Bra
-
noun,
brassiere.
- res
-
noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- Bt.
-
- TTS
-
- St.
-
- ear
-
noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- EIS
-
- eir
-
- SRI
-
noun,
a Hindu title of address prefixed to the name of a deity, holy person, etc.
- Lia
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noun,
Leah (def 1).
- SRB
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- Sr.
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- EEL
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noun,
any of numerous elongated, snakelike marine or freshwater fishes of the order Apodes, having no ventral fins.
- EBS
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- rib
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noun,
one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the thoracic wall.
- eat
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noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- EAS
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noun,
the Akkadian god of wisdom, the son of Apsu and father of Marduk: the counterpart of Enki.
- Lie
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noun,
a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.
Antonyms: truth.
- Sta
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- Ria
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noun,
a long, narrow inlet of a river that gradually decreases in depth from mouth to head.
- Les
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- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- STB
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- ea.
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- Eli
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noun,
a Hebrew judge and priest. I Sam. 1–4.
- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- EAM
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- M.
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- BA
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noun,
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
- BM
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- TT
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- TI
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noun,
the syllable for the seventh tone of a diatonic scale.
- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- MB
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- IT
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noun,
(in children's games) the player called upon to perform some task, as, in tag, the one who must catch the other players.
- L2
-
- L1
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- MA
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noun,
mother1 .
- AI
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noun,
a three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, inhabiting forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil, having a diet apparently restricted to the leaves of the trumpet-tree, and sounding a high-pitched cry when disturbed.
- L.
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- LI
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noun,
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
- B-
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- EI
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- LR
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- ee
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- i.
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- R.
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- RI
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- S.
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- SA
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- TL
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- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- TM
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- SM
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- Eb
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- le
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- t.
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- TB
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- T1
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- SI
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- LM
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- SL
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