Anagrams of States-General
Word States-General has
1244 anagrams
that can be made by using the letters of States-General.
- translates
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verb (used with object),
to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own:
- alternates
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noun,
a person authorized to fill the position, exercise the duties, etc., of another who is temporarily absent; substitute.
- alternate
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noun,
a person authorized to fill the position, exercise the duties, etc., of another who is temporarily absent; substitute.
- gnateater
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noun,
any small, long-legged antbird of the genus Conopophaga, of South America.
- selenates
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noun,
a salt or ester of selenic acid.
- slatterns
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- stealages
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noun,
the act of stealing.
- greenlets
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noun,
any of various small vireos of the genus Hylophilus, having greenish plumage, found in Central and South America.
- sea-eagle
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noun,
any of several large eagles of the genus Haliaetus, that usually feed on fish.
- stearates
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noun,
a salt or ester of stearic acid.
- teenagers
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noun,
a person in his or her teens.
- tesselate
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verb (used with object),
tessellate.
- stagnates
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verb (used with object),
to make stagnant.
- steerages
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noun,
a part or division of a ship, formerly the part containing the steering apparatus.
- serenatas
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noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- sangarees
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noun,
sangría.
- sea-green
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noun,
a clear, light, bluish green.
- alterants
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noun,
something that produces alteration.
- regelates
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verb (used without object),
to freeze by regelation.
- relegates
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verb (used with object),
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition:
- arsenates
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- generates
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verb (used with object),
to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- strangles
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noun,
distemper1 (def 1b).
- estranges
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- translate
-
verb (used with object),
to turn from one language into another or from a foreign language into one's own:
- serenata
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noun,
a form of secular cantata, often of a dramatic or imaginative character.
- Sergeant
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noun,
a noncommissioned army officer of a rank above that of corporal.
- legatees
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noun,
a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
- restates
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verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- enlarges
-
verb (used with object),
to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to:
- entreats
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- settlers
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noun,
a person or thing that settles.
- teenager
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noun,
a person in his or her teens.
- tea-tree
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noun,
a tall shrub or small tree, Leptospermum scoparium, of the myrtle family, native to New Zealand and Australia, having silky foliage when young, and bell-shaped, white flowers: often planted to prevent beach erosion.
- Alegrete
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noun,
a city in SW Brazil.
- selenate
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noun,
a salt or ester of selenic acid.
- segreant
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adjective,
(of a griffin) rampant.
- elastase
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noun,
a pancreatic protease that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin and other related proteins to polypeptides and amino acids.
- atlantes
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noun,
plural of atlas (def 5).
- sea-star
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noun,
starfish.
- argental
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adjective,
of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling silver.
- asternal
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adjective,
not reaching to or connected with the sternum.
- relegate
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verb (used with object),
to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition:
- re-lease
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noun,
a contract for re-leasing land or property.
- arsenate
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noun,
a salt or ester of arsenic acid.
- regelate
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verb (used without object),
to freeze by regelation.
- regattas
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noun,
a boat race, as of rowboats, yachts, or other vessels.
- salterns
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noun,
a saltworks.
- sangaree
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noun,
sangría.
- reagents
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- ratteens
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noun,
ratiné.
- sea-salt
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noun,
table salt produced through the evaporation of seawater.
- earnests
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- sarsenet
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noun,
sarcenet.
- tear-gas
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noun,
a gas that makes the eyes smart and water, thus producing a temporary blindness, used in modern warfare, to quell riots, etc.
- tearless
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adjective,
not weeping or shedding tears.
- anteater
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noun,
any of several mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae, having a long, tapered snout, extensile tongue, and powerful front claws and feeding chiefly on ants and termites.
Compare giant anteater, silky anteater, tamandua.
- sea-gate
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noun,
a navigable channel giving access to the sea.
- sea-lane
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noun,
a standard navigational route for ships traversing an ocean or sea.
- sealants
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noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- sea-legs
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plural noun,
the ability to adjust one's sense of balance to the motion of a ship at sea:
- eelgrass
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noun,
a grasslike marine plant, Zostera marina, having ribbonlike leaves.
- slattern
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noun,
a slovenly, untidy woman or girl.
- alterant
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noun,
something that produces alteration.
- gantlets
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noun,
Railroads. a track construction used in narrow places, in which two parallel tracks converge so that their inner rails cross, run parallel, and diverge again, thus allowing a train to remain on its own track at all times.
- greenlet
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noun,
any of various small vireos of the genus Hylophilus, having greenish plumage, found in Central and South America.
- agrestal
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adjective,
of or relating to plants growing wild in fields and uncultivated areas.
- stagnate
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verb (used with object),
to make stagnant.
- etageres
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noun,
a stand with a series of open shelves for small objects, bric-a-brac, etc.
- tentages
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noun,
tents collectively; equipment or supply of tents.
- stearate
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noun,
a salt or ester of stearic acid.
- trestles
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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.
- eternals
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- gestalts
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noun,
a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole.
- estrange
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verb (used with object),
to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of:
- greatens
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- starlets
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noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- startles
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noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- grantees
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- gestates
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verb (used with object),
to carry in the womb during the period from conception to delivery.
- steerage
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noun,
a part or division of a ship, formerly the part containing the steering apparatus.
- stealage
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noun,
the act of stealing.
- estreats
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noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- sterlets
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noun,
a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
- telerans
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- strangle
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verb (used with object),
to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- generals
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noun,
Military.
U.S. Army and Air Force. an officer ranking above a lieutenant general and below a general of the army or general of the air force.
U.S. Army. an officer of any of the five highest ranks: a brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, or general of the army.
U.S. Marine Corps. an officer holding the highest rank in the corps.
(in numerous armies) an officer in the highest, second, or third highest rank, as one ranking immediately below a field marshal in the British army.
- generate
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verb (used with object),
to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
- tanagers
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noun,
any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
- esterase
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noun,
any enzyme that hydrolyzes an ester into an alcohol and an acid.
- atlases
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noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- resales
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noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- ratteen
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noun,
ratiné.
- rattans
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noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- earnest
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noun,
full seriousness, as of intention or purpose:
- Astarte
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noun,
an ancient Semitic deity, goddess of fertility and reproduction worshiped by the Phoenicians and Canaanites.
- testers
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noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- tentage
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noun,
tents collectively; equipment or supply of tents.
- reneges
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noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- raglans
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noun,
a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
- Garnett
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noun,
a machine used in garnetting.
- Eastern
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adjective,
lying toward or situated in the east:
- easters
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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.
- reseats
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verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- resents
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verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- garnets
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noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- eaglets
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noun,
a young eagle.
- reagent
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noun,
a substance that, because of the reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis.
- gestate
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verb (used with object),
to carry in the womb during the period from conception to delivery.
- gerents
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noun,
a ruler or manager.
- reglets
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noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- genteel
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adjective,
belonging or suited to polite society.
- gearset
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noun,
a combination of gears that mesh to provide a particular gear ratio.
- gentles
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adjective,
kindly; amiable:
- geneal.
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- relates
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verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- release
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noun,
a freeing or releasing from confinement, obligation, pain, emotional strain, etc.
- rattles
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noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- regatta
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noun,
a boat race, as of rowboats, yachts, or other vessels.
- regales
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noun,
a sumptuous feast.
- tenters
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noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- Gestalt
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noun,
a configuration, pattern, or organized field having specific properties that cannot be derived from the summation of its component parts; a unified whole.
- relents
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verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- general
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noun,
Military.
U.S. Army and Air Force. an officer ranking above a lieutenant general and below a general of the army or general of the air force.
U.S. Army. an officer of any of the five highest ranks: a brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, general, or general of the army.
U.S. Marine Corps. an officer holding the highest rank in the corps.
(in numerous armies) an officer in the highest, second, or third highest rank, as one ranking immediately below a field marshal in the British army.
- gasters
-
- Laertes
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noun,
the father of Odysseus.
- nestles
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verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- gantlet
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noun,
Railroads. a track construction used in narrow places, in which two parallel tracks converge so that their inner rails cross, run parallel, and diverge again, thus allowing a train to remain on its own track at all times.
- entrees
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noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- etagere
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noun,
a stand with a series of open shelves for small objects, bric-a-brac, etc.
- enlarge
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verb (used with object),
to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to:
- estreat
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noun,
a true copy or extract of an original writing or record, as of a fine.
- Telstar
-
- enrages
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verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- legatee
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noun,
a person to whom a legacy is bequeathed.
- enteral
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adjective,
enteric.
- entreat
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verb (used with object),
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg:
- Teleran
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noun,
a navigational aid that uses radar to map the sky above an airfield, which, together with a map of the airfield itself, is transmitted by television to aircraft approaching the field.
- teeters
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noun,
a seesaw motion; wobble.
- leaners
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noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- ergates
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noun,
a worker ant.
- lattens
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noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- latests
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noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- Lateran
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noun,
the church of St. John Lateran, the cathedral church of the city of Rome; the church of the pope as bishop of Rome.
- largess
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noun,
generous bestowal of gifts.
- langsat
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noun,
an East Indian tree, Lansium domesticum, of the mahogany family.
- telegas
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noun,
a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- laagers
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noun,
a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- legates
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noun,
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- eternal
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noun,
something that is eternal.
- nettles
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noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- teasers
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noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- galette
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noun,
any of various thin, round cakes or pastries, often with a filling or topping:
- testees
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noun,
a person who is tested, as by a scholastic examination.
- galenas
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noun,
a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- galeate
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adjective,
having a galea.
- Ternate
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noun,
an island in E Indonesia, W of Halmahera: important source of spices. 53 sq. mi. (137 sq. km).
- grantee
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noun,
the receiver of a grant.
- teasels
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noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- Negress
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noun,
a term used to refer to a black woman or girl.
- negates
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verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- natters
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noun,
a conversation; chat.
- letters
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noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- Grattan
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noun,
Henry, 1746–1820, Irish statesman and orator.
- greases
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noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- 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.
- elaters
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noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- greaten
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verb (used with object),
to make greater; enlarge; increase.
- teenage
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adjective,
of, relating to, or characteristic of a teenager.
- elegant
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adjective,
tastefully fine or luxurious in dress, style, design, etc.:
- tessera
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noun,
one of the small pieces used in mosaic work.
- teeners
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noun,
a teenager.
- restate
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verb (used with object),
to state again or in a new way.
- settler
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noun,
a person or thing that settles.
- serenes
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noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- sateens
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noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- agnates
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noun,
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- sealers
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noun,
an officer appointed to examine and test weights and measures, and to set a stamp upon such as are true to the standard.
- anlages
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noun,
Embryology. an embryonic area capable of forming a structure: the primordium, germ, or bud.
- sealant
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noun,
a substance used for sealing, as sealing wax or adhesives.
- starets
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noun,
a religious teacher or counselor.
- Antares
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noun,
a red supergiant star of the first magnitude in the constellation Scorpius.
- starlet
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noun,
a young actress promoted and publicized as a future star, especially in motion pictures.
- stalags
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noun,
a World War II German military camp housing prisoners of war of enlisted ranks.
- startle
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noun,
a sudden shock of surprise, alarm, or the like.
- Sargent
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noun,
Sir (Harold) Malcolm (Watts) 1895–1967, English conductor.
- ageless
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adjective,
not aging or appearing to age.
- staters
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noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- trental
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noun,
a series of 30 Requiems celebrated one each day for 30 consecutive days.
- Statler
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noun,
Ellsworth Milton, 1863–1928, U.S. hotel-chain developer.
- anglers
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noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- seaters
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noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- argents
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noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- sensate
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adjective,
perceiving or perceived through the senses.
- settles
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noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- slaters
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noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- settees
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noun,
a seat for two or more persons, having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered.
- alegars
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noun,
vinegar made from ale; sour ale.
- tangles
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noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- tantras
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noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- senegas
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noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- Seattle
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noun,
(Seatlh) c1790–1866, Suquamish leader: Seattle, Washington, named after him.
- Senegal
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noun,
a republic in W Africa: independent member of the French Community; formerly part of French West Africa. 76,084 sq. mi. (197,057 sq. km). Capital: Dakar.
- tanager
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noun,
any of numerous songbirds of the New World family Thraupidae, the males of which are usually brightly colored.
- talents
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noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- Selenga
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noun,
a river in N central Asia, flowing E and N through the NW Mongolian People's Republic through the Buryat Autonomous Republic in the SE Russian Federation to Lake Baikal. About 700 miles (1125 km) long.
- Angeles
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noun,
a city in the Philippines, on S central Luzon.
- stagers
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noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- sangers
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noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- Antlers
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- sternal
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adjective,
of or relating to the sternum.
- artless
-
adjective,
free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous:
- saltant
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adjective,
dancing; leaping; jumping.
- targets
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noun,
an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- sterlet
-
noun,
a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
- stratas
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noun,
a plural of stratum.
- tarsals
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- stratal
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adjective,
of a stratum or strata.
- tartans
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noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- tasters
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noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- Aegates
-
noun,
ancient name of Egadi.
- strange
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adverb,
in a strange manner.
- arsenal
-
noun,
a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.
- saltern
-
noun,
a saltworks.
- 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.
- Salters
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noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- retenes
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noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- transl.
-
- streets
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noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- aerates
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verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- snares
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noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- talent
-
noun,
a special natural ability or aptitude:
- Laager
-
noun,
a camp or encampment, especially within a protective circle of wagons.
- sterns
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noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- snarls
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- sneers
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- gentle
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adjective,
kindly; amiable:
- strata
-
noun,
a plural of stratum.
- talers
-
noun,
thaler.
- genets
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- sleets
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noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- tangle
-
noun,
a tangled condition or situation.
- slates
-
noun,
a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis of clay, shale, etc., that tends to split along parallel cleavage planes, usually at an angle to the planes of stratification.
- Strega
-
- latten
-
noun,
a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.
- Slater
-
noun,
a person who lays slates, as for roofing.
- latest
-
noun,
the latest, the most recent news, development, disclosure, etc.:
- latent
-
adjective,
present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential:
- latens
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verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- lateen
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adjective,
pertaining to or having a lateen sail or sails.
- larges
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noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- telega
-
noun,
a Russian cart of rude construction, having four wheels and no springs.
- Langer
-
noun,
Susanne (Knauth) [knout] /knaʊt/ (Show IPA), 1895–1985, U.S. philosopher.
- lanate
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adjective,
woolly; covered with something resembling wool.
- lagers
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noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- lagena
-
noun,
an outpocketing of the saccule of birds, reptiles, and bony fishes corresponding to the cochlear duct of mammals.
- Street
-
noun,
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
- lagans
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noun,
anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- teleg.
-
- gerent
-
noun,
a ruler or manager.
- stager
-
noun,
a person of experience in some profession, way of life, etc.
- steels
-
noun,
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
- Sterne
-
noun,
Laurence, 1713–68, English clergyman and novelist.
- gestes
-
noun,
gest.
- starts
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- stater
-
noun,
any of various gold or silver or electrum coin units or coins of the ancient Greek states or cities.
- Granta
-
noun,
Cam.
- Graeae
-
plural noun,
three old sea goddesses who had but one eye and one tooth among them and were the protectors of their sisters the Gorgons.
- steles
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- steers
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- gnarls
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- Grasse
-
noun,
François Joseph Paul [frahn-swa zhaw-zef pawl] /frɑ̃ˈswa ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl/ (Show IPA), Comte de (Marquis de Grasse-Tilly) 1722–1788, French admiral.
- tenses
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- gleets
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- gleans
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- Glaser
-
noun,
Donald A. 1926–2013, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1960.
- steals
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Steele
-
noun,
Sir Richard, 1672–1729, English essayist, journalist, dramatist, and political leader; born in Ireland.
- glares
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- Grants
-
noun,
a town in W New Mexico.
- grates
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- tenets
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- Gesner
-
noun,
Konrad von [kon-rad von;; German kawn-raht fuh n] /ˈkɒn ræd vɒn;; German ˈkɔn rɑt fən/ (Show IPA), 1516–65, Swiss naturalist.
- stages
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- stalag
-
noun,
a World War II German military camp housing prisoners of war of enlisted ranks.
- Gretna
-
noun,
a city in SE Louisiana, near New Orleans.
- Getter
-
noun,
a person or thing that gets.
- stales
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- greets
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- greens
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- stanes
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- steres
-
- Greene
-
noun,
Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
- Gessen
-
noun,
Goshen (def 1).
- Greats
-
- stares
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- slangs
-
noun,
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- grease
-
noun,
the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- tensas
-
noun,
a river in NE Louisiana, flowing S to the Ouachita River. 250 miles (402 km) long.
- slants
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- tastes
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- latter
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- ratels
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- reatas
-
noun,
riata.
- Sanger
-
noun,
Frederick, 1918–2013, English biochemist: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1958.
- Reagan
-
noun,
Nancy Davis (Anne Francis Robbins Davis) born 1921, U.S. First Lady 1981–89 (wife of Ronald Reagan).
- rattle
-
noun,
a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as from the collision of hard bodies.
- Santal
-
noun,
sandalwood.
- Santee
-
noun,
a city in SW California.
- targes
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- sarans
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- Rattan
-
noun,
Also called rattan palm. any of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus or allied genera.
- ratans
-
noun,
rattan.
- regale
-
noun,
a sumptuous feast.
- ratals
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- sarees
-
noun,
sari.
- tatars
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- rastle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- sarges
-
noun,
sergeant.
- rassle
-
verb (used with or without object),
wrestle.
- ranges
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- ranees
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- sarsen
-
noun,
any of numerous large sandstone blocks or fragments found in south-central England, probably remnants of eroded Tertiary beds.
- reests
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- target
-
noun,
an object, usually marked with concentric circles, to be aimed at in shooting practice or contests.
- taters
-
noun,
potato.
- renege
-
noun,
Cards. an act or instance of reneging.
- resets
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- resent
-
verb (used with object),
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult.
- reseat
-
verb (used with object),
to provide with a new seat or new seats.
- r-less
-
adjective,
r-dropping.
- resale
-
noun,
the act of selling a second time.
- rentes
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- rental
-
noun,
an amount received or paid as rent.
- taster
-
noun,
a person who tastes, especially one skilled in distinguishing the qualities of liquors, tea, etc., by the taste.
- tasset
-
noun,
either of two pieces of plate armor hanging from the fauld to protect the upper parts of the thighs.
- tassel
-
noun,
a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- Salter
-
noun,
a person who makes or sells salt.
- Renata
-
noun,
a female given name.
- relent
-
verb (used with object),
Obsolete. to cause to soften in feeling, temper, or determination.
- Tartan
-
noun,
a woolen or worsted cloth woven with stripes of different colors and widths crossing at right angles, worn chiefly by the Scottish Highlanders, each clan having its own distinctive plaid.
- tarsal
-
noun,
a tarsal bone, joint, or the like.
- relate
-
verb (used with object),
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
- regnal
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sovereign, sovereignty, or reign:
- reglet
-
noun,
Architecture.
a groove for guiding or holding a panel, window sash, etc.
a narrow, flat molding; fillet.
- regent
-
noun,
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- Salten
-
noun,
Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Siegmund Salzman) 1869–1945, Austrian novelist, in Switzerland after 1938.
- Raglan
-
noun,
a loose overcoat with raglan sleeves.
- satang
-
noun,
a monetary unit and former coin of Thailand, the 100th part of a baht.
- leaner
-
noun,
a person or thing that leans.
- serges
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- lessen
-
verb (used with object),
to make less; reduce.
- lessee
-
noun,
a person, group, etc., to whom a lease is granted.
- Serang
-
noun,
Ceram.
- Lenaea
-
noun,
a festival in ancient Athens in honor of Dionysus, celebrated at the beginning of February and comprising a public banquet followed by the performance of comedies.
- Legree
-
noun,
Simon, Simon Legree.
- legers
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- Serena
-
noun,
a female given name.
- Serene
-
noun,
serenity; tranquillity.
- retene
-
noun,
a crystalline hydrocarbon, C 18 H 18 , obtained chiefly from the tar of resinous woods and certain fossil resins.
- Tantra
-
noun,
(italics) Hinduism. any of several books of esoteric doctrine regarding rituals, disciplines, meditation, etc., composed in the form of dialogues between Shiva and his Shakti; Agama.
- Lester
-
noun,
a male given name: from the English placename “Leicester.”.
- sestet
-
noun,
Prosody. the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit.
Compare octave (def 4a).
- legate
-
noun,
an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative.
- settee
-
noun,
a seat for two or more persons, having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered.
- leasts
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- setter
-
noun,
a person or thing that sets.
- leases
-
noun,
a contract renting land, buildings, etc., to another; a contract or instrument conveying property to another for a specified period or for a period determinable at the will of either lessor or lessee in consideration of rent or other compensation.
- Settle
-
noun,
a long seat or bench, usually wooden, with arms and a high back.
- learnt
-
verb,
a simple past tense and past participle of learn.
- learns
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- Lesser
-
noun,
a small amount, quantity, or degree:
- Teeter
-
noun,
a seesaw motion; wobble.
- sateen
-
noun,
a strong cotton fabric constructed in satin weave and having a lustrous face.
- teases
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- Nettle
-
noun,
any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs.
Compare nettle family.
- teasel
-
noun,
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
Compare teasel family.
- 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.
- nestle
-
verb (used with object),
to settle or ensconce snugly:
- Nergal
-
noun,
(in Akkadian mythology) the god ruling, with Ereshkigal, the world of the dead.
- Searle
-
noun,
Ronald (William Fordham) [fawr-duh m,, fohr-] /ˈfɔr dəm,, ˈfoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1920–2011, British cartoonist and artist.
- negate
-
verb (used with object),
to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of:
- teaser
-
noun,
a person or thing that teases.
- seater
-
noun,
a person or thing that seats.
- natter
-
noun,
a conversation; chat.
- letter
-
noun,
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
- natals
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- Nasser
-
noun,
Gamal Abdel [guh-mahl ab-doo l,, juh-] /gəˈmɑl ˈæb dʊl,, dʒə-/ (Show IPA), 1918–70, Egyptian military and political leader: prime minister of Egypt 1954–56; president of Egypt 1956–58; president of the United Arab Republic 1958–70.
- Seeger
-
noun,
Alan, 1888–1916, U.S. poet.
- nasals
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- selen-
-
- Selene
-
noun,
the Greek goddess of the moon.
Compare Thyone.
- Senate
-
noun,
an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- senega
-
noun,
the dried root of a milkwort, Polygala senega, of the eastern U.S., used as an expectorant and diuretic.
- teener
-
noun,
a teenager.
- genera
-
noun,
a plural of genus.
- larees
-
noun,
lari.
- gelees
-
noun,
a jellied substance, especially a cosmetic gel or a jellied food.
- aretes
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- angsts
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- tester
-
noun,
a person or thing that tests.
- ansate
-
adjective,
having a handle or handlelike part.
- antler
-
noun,
one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.
- antres
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Ernest
-
noun,
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.
- ergate
-
noun,
a worker ant.
- angler
-
noun,
a person who fishes with a hook and line.
- argals
-
noun,
argol.
- Argent
-
noun,
Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
- Arleen
-
noun,
a female given name.
- erases
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- Arlene
-
noun,
a female given name.
- teslas
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Angles
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- Angers
-
noun,
a city in and capital of Maine-et-Loire, in W France.
- entree
-
noun,
a dish served as the main course of a meal.
- altern
-
adjective,
alternate; following one another.
- Teresa
-
noun,
Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel Peace Prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India.
- terete
-
adjective,
slender and smooth, with a circular transverse section.
- Alette
-
noun,
(in classical architecture) a part of a pier, flanking a pilaster or engaged column and supporting either impost of an arch.
- tergal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the tergum.
- Algren
-
noun,
Nelson, 1909–81, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- eterne
-
adjective,
eternal.
- alters
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- ternes
-
noun,
terne metal.
- estral
-
adjective,
estrous.
- treats
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- esters
-
noun,
a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .
- estate
-
noun,
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:
- Essene
-
noun,
a member of a Palestinian sect, characterized by asceticism, celibacy, and joint holding of property, that flourished from the 2nd century b.c. to the 2nd century a.d.
- aneles
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- Angela
-
noun,
a female given name: from a Greek word meaning “messenger.”.
- arsen-
-
- enters
-
Verb phrases,
enter into,
to participate in; engage in.
to investigate; consider:
to sympathize with; share in.
to form a constituent part or ingredient of:
to go into a particular state:
- Aletes
-
noun,
a son of Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. He became ruler of Mycenae after the death of his parents.
- egrets
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- Attlee
-
noun,
Clement (Richard) 1883–1967, British statesman: prime minister 1945–51.
- tetras
-
noun,
any of several tropical, freshwater fishes of the family Characidae, often kept in aquariums.
- tetra-
-
- eagers
-
noun,
eagre.
- eaglet
-
noun,
a young eagle.
- eagres
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- testes
-
noun,
plural of testis.
- elater
-
noun,
Botany. an elastic filament serving to disperse spores.
- egress
-
noun,
the act or an instance of going, especially from an enclosed place.
- egests
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- Egesta
-
noun,
matter egested from the body, as excrement or other waste.
- easels
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- testee
-
noun,
a person who is tested, as by a scholastic examination.
- 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.
- attars
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- elates
-
adjective,
elated.
- enter-
-
- Tralee
-
noun,
a city in and the county seat of Kerry, in the SW Republic of Ireland.
- enrage
-
verb (used with object),
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate:
- artels
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Asante
-
noun,
Ashanti.
- transe
-
noun,
a passageway, as a hallway, alley, or the like.
- aslant
-
adverb,
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
- trans.
-
- tra-la
-
noun,
nonsense syllables sung as a refrain, expressing gaiety.
- Ateste
-
noun,
ancient name of Este.
- Engels
-
noun,
Friedrich [free-drikh] /ˈfri drɪx/ (Show IPA), 1820–95, German socialist in England: collaborated with Karl Marx in systematizing Marxism.
- assent
-
noun,
agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
- assert
-
Idioms,
assert oneself, to insist on one's rights, declare one's views forcefully, etc.:
- enates
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- Elsene
-
noun,
Dutch name of Ixelles.
- astern
-
adverb,
in a position behind a specified vessel or aircraft:
- astral
-
adjective,
pertaining to or proceeding from the stars; stellar; star-shaped.
- terat-
-
- Anlage
-
noun,
Embryology. an embryonic area capable of forming a structure: the primordium, germ, or bud.
- treens
-
noun,
treenware.
- gastr-
-
- agrees
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- Aeneas
-
noun,
a Trojan hero, the reputed ancestor of the Romans: protagonist of the Aeneid.
- Aegean
-
noun,
the. Aegean Sea.
- Aeetes
-
noun,
a king of Colchis, father of Medea and custodian of the Golden Fleece.
- Galena
-
noun,
a common, heavy mineral, lead sulfide, PbS, occurring in lead-gray crystals, usually cubes, and cleavable masses: the principal ore of lead.
- tenter
-
noun,
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- agates
-
noun,
a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
- agnate
-
noun,
a relative whose connection is traceable exclusively through males.
- Garnet
-
noun,
any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep-red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive.
- alates
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- aerate
-
verb (used with object),
to expose to the action or effect of air or to cause air to circulate through:
- aglets
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- Gasser
-
noun,
Slang. something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke.
- aglare
-
adjective, adverb,
glaring; blazing:
- alegar
-
noun,
vinegar made from ale; sour ale.
- alerts
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- renga
-
noun,
linked verse.
- assn.
-
- Aetna
-
noun,
Mount. Etna, Mount.
- rents
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- asst.
-
- rente
-
noun,
revenue or income, or the instrument evidencing a right to such periodic receipts.
- Steen
-
noun,
Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1626–79, Dutch painter.
- sagan
-
noun,
Carl (Edward) 1934–96, U.S. astronomer and writer.
- astr.
-
- sagas
-
noun,
a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
- renal
-
adjective,
of or relating to the kidneys or the surrounding regions.
- aster
-
noun,
any composite plant of the genus Aster, having rays varying from white or pink to blue around a yellow disk.
- steer
-
noun,
Informal. a suggestion about a course of action; tip:
- Renee
-
noun,
a female given name, French form of Renata.
- sages
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- asset
-
noun,
a useful and desirable thing or quality:
- Asser
-
noun,
Tobias [toh-bahy-uh s;; Dutch taw-bee-ahs] /toʊˈbaɪ əs;; Dutch tɔˈbi ɑs/ (Show IPA), 1838–1913, Dutch jurist and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.
- tress
-
noun,
Usually, tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- tarns
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- stat.
-
- artal
-
noun,
plural of rotl.
- tarts
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- State
-
noun,
the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes:
- taste
-
noun,
the act of tasting food or drink.
- Agena
-
noun,
a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets: also used as a docking target in the Gemini program.
- ASEAN
-
- stats
-
noun,
Also, 'stat. thermostat.
- artel
-
noun,
(in Russia or the Soviet Union) a peasants' or workers' cooperative; an association of workers or peasants for collective effort.
- Tarne
-
noun,
(in the Iliad) Sardis.
- stela
-
noun,
stele (defs 1–3).
- steal
-
noun,
Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- Agate
-
noun,
a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings.
- reset
-
noun,
an act or instance of setting again.
- agars
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- 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.
- rests
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- 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.
- stele
-
noun,
an upright stone slab or pillar bearing an inscription or design and serving as a monument, marker, or the like.
- Range
-
noun,
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible:
- ratan
-
noun,
rattan.
- ratal
-
noun,
the amount on which rates or taxes are assessed.
- earns
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- stge.
-
- talas
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- Tsana
-
noun,
Lake. Tana, Lake.
- rases
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- rants
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- easel
-
noun,
a stand or frame for supporting or displaying at an angle an artist's canvas, a blackboard, a china plate, etc.
- tsars
-
noun,
czar.
- Stets
-
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.
- Ranee
-
noun,
the wife of a rajah.
- tater
-
noun,
potato.
- rales
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- eases
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- rages
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- 30-30
-
- ragas
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- taels
-
noun,
liang.
- teals
-
noun,
any of several species of small dabbling ducks, of worldwide distribution, usually traveling in tight flocks and frequenting ponds and marshes.
- ratel
-
noun,
a badgerlike carnivore, Mellivora capensis, of Africa and India.
- rates
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- Regt.
-
- ta-ta
-
interjection,
goodbye.
- ATLAS
-
noun,
a bound collection of maps.
- attar
-
noun,
Also, atar, athar, ottar, otto. a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
- Salas
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- regle
-
noun,
a groove or channel for guiding a sliding door.
- Stent
-
noun,
Medicine/Medical. a small, expandable tube used for inserting in a blocked vessel or other part.
- ster.
-
- Regan
-
noun,
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
Compare Cordelia (def 1), Goneril.
- reest
-
verb (used with object),
to cure, smoke, or dry (meat or fish).
- reels
-
noun,
a cylinder, frame, or other device that turns on an axis and is used to wind up or pay out something.
- reata
-
noun,
riata.
- tests
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- reals
-
noun,
real number.
- Eagan
-
noun,
a town in SE Minnesota.
- eager
-
noun,
eagre.
- Tatar
-
noun,
a member of a modern Turkic people living in the Tatar Autonomous Republic and adjacent regions of eastern European Russia and in widely scattered communities in western Siberia and central Asia.
- Stern
-
noun,
the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem).
- Eagle
-
noun,
any of several large, soaring birds of prey belonging to the hawk family Accipitridae, noted for their size, strength, and powers of flight and vision: formerly widespread in North America, eagles are mostly confined to Alaska and a few isolated populations.
Compare bald eagle, golden eagle.
- trets
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- eagre
-
noun,
a tidal bore or flood.
- Aalst
-
noun,
Flemish name of Alost.
- arses
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- start
-
noun,
a beginning of an action, journey, etc.
- agent
-
noun,
a person or business authorized to act on another's behalf:
- Alans
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- alate
-
noun,
the winged form of an insect when both winged and wingless forms occur in the species.
- sense
-
noun,
any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body:
- snarl
-
noun,
the act of snarling.
- Alas.
-
- sensa
-
noun,
plural of sensum.
- anear
-
adverb, preposition,
near.
- anele
-
verb (used with object),
to administer extreme unction to.
- sneer
-
noun,
a look or expression of derision, scorn, or contempt.
- Seler
-
noun,
Eduard [ey-doo-ahrt] /ˈeɪ duˌɑrt/ (Show IPA), 1859–1922, German archaeologist: first to decipher Mayan calendar and inscriptions.
- anat.
-
- TREAT
-
noun,
entertainment, food, drink, etc., given by way of compliment or as an expression of friendly regard.
- angas
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- Angel
-
noun,
one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- Srta.
-
- anger
-
noun,
a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- Segre
-
noun,
Emilio [uh-mee-lee-oh,, uh-meel-yoh;; Italian e-mee-lyaw] /əˈmi liˌoʊ,, əˈmil yoʊ;; Italian ɛˈmi lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1905–1989, U.S. physicist, born in Italy: Nobel prize 1959.
- segar
-
noun,
cigar.
- Segal
-
noun,
George, 1924–2000, U.S. sculptor.
- taler
-
noun,
thaler.
- sents
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- seral
-
adjective,
of or relating to a sere.
- seels
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- Algar
-
noun,
a male given name.
- slang
-
noun,
very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid, and ephemeral than ordinary language, as Hit the road.
- slags
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- tangs
-
- setts
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- alert
-
noun,
an attitude of vigilance, readiness, or caution, as before an expected attack.
- Alene
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- sleet
-
noun,
precipitation in the form of ice pellets created by the freezing of rain as it falls (distinguished from hail2. ).
- Tanta
-
noun,
a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- algae
-
plural noun,
any of numerous groups of chlorophyll-containing, mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms ranging from microscopic single-celled forms to multicellular forms 100 feet (30 meters) or more long, distinguished from plants by the absence of true roots, stems, and leaves and by a lack of nonreproductive cells in the reproductive structures: classified into the six phyla Euglenophyta, Crysophyta, Pyrrophyta, Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta, and Rhodophyta.
- treen
-
noun,
treenware.
- anal.
-
- Alger
-
noun,
Horatio, Jr. 1834–99, U.S. novelist: author of a series of books for boys.
- Alta.
-
- altar
-
noun,
an elevated place or structure, as a mound or platform, at which religious rites are performed or on which sacrifices are offered to gods, ancestors, etc.
- Serge
-
noun,
a twilled worsted or woolen fabric used especially for clothing.
- Tanga
-
noun,
either of two former coins of India, one gold and one silver, issued by various Muslim rulers.
- Seres
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- alter
-
noun,
David, 1807–81, U.S. physicist.
- snags
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- snare
-
noun,
a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
- seers
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Angl.
-
- salat
-
noun,
prayers, said five times a day: the second of the Pillars of Islam.
- stare
-
noun,
a staring gaze; a fixed look with the eyes wide open:
- Saran
-
noun,
a thermoplastic copolymer of vinylidene chloride and usually small amounts of vinyl chloride or acrylonitrile: used as a fiber, for packaging, and for making acid-resistant pipe.
- stane
-
noun, adjective, adverb, verb (used with object),
stone.
- Arete
-
noun,
the aggregate of qualities, as valor and virtue, making up good character.
- Santa
-
noun,
Santa Claus.
- Sans.
-
- argal
-
noun,
argol.
- stang
-
noun,
an act or an instance of stinging.
- Stans
-
noun,
a town in and the capital of Nidwalden, in central Switzerland.
- sanes
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- ARENA
-
noun,
the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
- Arlen
-
noun,
Harold (Hymen Arluck) 1905–1986, U.S. songwriter.
- salts
-
noun,
a crystalline compound, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for seasoning food, as a preservative, etc.
- aglet
-
noun,
a metal or plastic tag or sheath at the end of a lace used for tying, as of a shoelace.
- Arles
-
noun,
a city in SE France, on the Rhone River: Roman ruins.
- Arnel
-
- slant
-
noun,
slanting or oblique direction; slope:
- Salta
-
noun,
a game for two, resembling Chinese checkers, played on a board with 100 squares.
- salsa
-
noun,
a lively, vigorous type of contemporary Latin American popular music, blending predominantly Cuban rhythms with elements of jazz, rock, and soul music.
- agers
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Saree
-
noun,
sari.
- Sarge
-
noun,
sergeant.
- seats
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- Agnes
-
noun,
Saint, a.d. 292?–304? Roman Catholic child martyr.
- Angle
-
noun,
Geometry.
the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line.
the figure so formed.
the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or plane into coincidence with another, generally measured in radians or in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as in 12° 10prime; 30″, which is read as 12 degrees, 10 minutes, and 30 seconds.
- STAGE
-
noun,
a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- Trent
-
noun,
Italian Trento. Ancient Tridentum. a city in N Italy, on the Adige River.
- angst
-
noun,
a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.
- Sears
-
noun,
Richard Warren, 1863–1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.
- seals
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- agree
-
verb (used with object),
to concede; grant (usually followed by a noun clause):
- treas
-
- Ansar
-
noun,
the first inhabitants of Medina to accept Islam.
- antas
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- trass
-
noun,
a light-colored type of volcanic tuff used in making water-resistant cement and mortar.
- ante-
-
- tares
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- targe
-
noun,
a small, round shield; a target or buckler.
- sates
-
noun,
a Southeast Asian, especially Indonesian and Malaysian, dish of marinated, bite-size pieces of meat, skewered, barbecued, and usually served with a peanut-flavored dipping sauce.
- antes
-
noun,
Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
- stale
-
adjective,
not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- antre
-
noun,
a cavern; cave.
- Satan
-
noun,
the chief evil spirit; the great adversary of humanity; the devil.
- agnel
-
noun,
a gold coin of France of the 13th–16th centuries, bearing the figure of a lamb.
- easts
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- regal
-
noun,
a portable reed organ of the 16th and 17th centuries.
- tears
-
- Grana
-
noun,
(in prescriptions) plural of granum.
- Leger
-
noun,
ledger (def 4).
- gnars
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- Galen
-
noun,
Latin Galenus [guh-lee-nuh s] /gəˈli nəs/ (Show IPA). Claudius, a.d. c130–c200, Greek physician and writer on medicine.
- tense
-
noun,
a category of verbal inflection that serves chiefly to specify the time of the action or state expressed by the verb.
- galea
-
noun,
Botany. a part of the calyx or corolla having the form of a helmet, as the upper lip of the corolla of the monkshood.
- leets
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- grans
-
noun,
grandmother.
- leges
-
noun,
plural of lex.
- Grant
-
noun,
something granted, as a privilege or right, a sum of money, or a tract of land:
- leers
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- galas
-
noun,
a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment:
- least
-
noun,
something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
- 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.
- GRASS
-
noun,
any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains.
Compare grass family.
- lears
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- gnarl
-
noun,
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
- engr.
-
- erase
-
verb (used with object),
to rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, etc.; efface.
- enate
-
noun,
a person related on one's mother's side.
Compare agnate, cognate.
- glans
-
noun,
the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- teens
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- glare
-
noun,
a very harsh, bright, dazzling light:
- Letts
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- tera-
-
- Glass
-
noun,
a hard, brittle, noncrystalline, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates that also contain soda and lime, as in the ordinary variety used for windows and bottles.
- glean
-
verb (used with object),
to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
- glees
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- gales
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- Engel
-
noun,
Lehman [ley-muh n] /ˈleɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1910–1982, U.S. conductor and composer.
- Lerna
-
noun,
a marshy region near Argos, Greece: the legendary abode of the Hydra slain by Hercules.
- gleet
-
noun,
Pathology.
a thin, morbid discharge, as from a wound.
persistent or chronic gonorrhea.
- galet
-
noun,
spall (def 1).
- Engle
-
noun,
Paul (Hamilton) 1908–91, U.S. poet and educator.
- Lager
-
noun,
Also called lager beer. a beer stored from six weeks to six months for aging before use.
- Tegea
-
noun,
an ancient city in SE Arcadia, Greece.
- Gaeta
-
noun,
a seaport in W central Italy, on the Gulf of Gaeta off the Tyrrhenian Sea.
- grate
-
noun,
a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- Elena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- lansa
-
noun,
langsat.
- teles
-
noun,
television.
- Estes
-
noun,
a male given name.
- large
-
noun,
Music. the longest note in mensural notation.
- Lares
-
noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- 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 .
- laree
-
noun,
lari.
- tele-
-
- terse
-
adjective,
neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language.
- tenet
-
noun,
any opinion, principle, doctrine, dogma, etc., especially one held as true by members of a profession, group, or movement.
- terns
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- Essen
-
noun,
a city in W Germany: the chief city of the Ruhr River valley.
- Lange
-
noun,
Christian Louis [kris-tyahn loo-ee,, -is] /ˈkrɪs tyɑn ˈlu i,, -ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1869–1938, Norwegian historian: Nobel Peace Prize 1921.
- lang.
-
- lagan
-
noun,
anything sunk in the sea, but attached to a buoy or the like so that it may be recovered.
- lanas
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- lagen
-
noun,
laggin.
- Larsa
-
noun,
an ancient Sumerian city in southern Iraq: archaeological site.
- terna
-
noun,
a list of three names submitted to the pope as recommended to fill a vacant bishopric or benefice.
- learn
-
verb (used with object),
to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience:
- later
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- gaels
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- leant
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- leans
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Tesla
-
noun,
a unit of magnetic induction equal to one weber per square meter. Abbreviation: T.
- Green
-
noun,
a color intermediate in the spectrum between yellow and blue, an effect of light with a wavelength between 500 and 570 nm; found in nature as the color of most grasses and leaves while growing, of some fruits while ripening, and of the sea.
- ernes
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- etnas
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- Ernst
-
noun,
Max [maks;; German mahks] /mæks;; German mɑks/ (Show IPA), 1891–1976, German painter, in the U.S. 1941–49, in France 1949–76.
- LASER
-
noun,
a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- laten
-
verb (used with or without object),
to make or become late.
- grees
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- greet
-
verb (used with object),
to address with some form of salutation; welcome.
- lasts
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- Greta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Margaret.
- Lassa
-
noun,
Older Spelling. Lhasa.
- lases
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- Elgar
-
noun,
Sir Edward, 1857–1934, English composer.
- terne
-
noun,
terne metal.
- getas
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- gears
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- nerts
-
interjection,
nuts (def 1).
- nares
-
plural noun,
the nostrils or the nasal passages.
- geese
-
noun,
a plural of goose.
- neral
-
noun,
citral b.
See under citral.
- nasal
-
noun,
Phonetics. a nasal speech sound.
- gater
-
noun,
gator.
- elate
-
adjective,
elated.
- Gates
-
noun,
Horatio, 1728–1806, American Revolutionary general, born in England.
- gents
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- egest
-
verb (used with object),
to discharge, as from the body; void (opposed to ingest).
- Elara
-
noun,
Astronomy. a small moon of the planet Jupiter.
- tents
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- Natal
-
noun,
a province in the E part of the Republic of South Africa. 35,284 sq. mi. (91,886 sq. km). Capital: Pietermaritzburg.
- elans
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Genet
-
noun,
any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
- nates
-
noun,
buttocks; rump.
- natl.
-
- Natta
-
noun,
Giulio [joo-lyaw] /ˈdʒu lyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1903–79, Italian chemist and engineer: Nobel Prize in chemistry 1963.
- EGRET
-
noun,
any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- nears
-
- Genl.
-
- genre
-
noun,
a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like:
- Gelee
-
noun,
a jellied substance, especially a cosmetic gel or a jellied food.
- egers
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- geste
-
noun,
gest.
- teats
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- teels
-
noun,
til.
- nests
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- gasts
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- Teena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Albertina, Bettina, or Christina.
- eaten
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- gests
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- testa
-
noun,
the outer, usually hard, integument or coat of a seed.
- tease
-
noun,
a person who teases or annoys.
- gelts
-
noun,
money.
- gree
-
noun,
superiority, mastery, or victory.
- Etna
-
noun,
Mount, an active volcano in E Sicily. 10,758 feet (3280 meters).
- sene
-
noun,
a bronze coin and monetary unit of Western Samoa, the 100th part of a tala.
- sers
-
noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- Sert
-
noun,
José María [haw-se mah-ree-ah] /hɔˈsɛ mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1945, Spanish painter.
- Gen.
-
- alt.
-
- 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.
- gear
-
noun,
Machinery.
a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.
an assembly of such parts.
one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction:
a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine:
- esse
-
noun,
being; existence.
- anes
-
adverb,
once.
- tern
-
noun,
any of numerous aquatic birds of the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae, related to the gulls but usually having a more slender body and bill, smaller feet, a long, deeply forked tail, and a more graceful flight, especially those of the genus Sterna, as S. hirundo (common tern) of Eurasia and America, having white, black, and gray plumage.
- sels
-
noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- anga
-
noun,
any of the eight practices of Yoga, including the abstentions, mandatory actions, posture, breath control, control of the senses, concentration, meditation, and contemplation.
- Seta
-
noun,
a stiff hair; bristle or bristlelike part.
- Tala
-
noun,
a repeated rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed beats played on a percussion instrument in Indian music.
- tret
-
noun,
(formerly) an allowance for waste, after deduction for tare.
- sett
-
noun,
Also called pitcher. a small, rectangular paving stone.
- AAEE
-
- gres
-
- tRNA
-
- Sere
-
noun,
the series of stages in an ecological succession.
- str.
-
- stlg
-
- Gela
-
noun,
a city in S Sicily, Italy, on the Mediterranean Sea.
- sent
-
noun,
a coin of Estonia until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a kroon.
- ten.
-
- Tena
-
noun,
Koyukon.
- Sera
-
noun,
a plural of serum.
- stg.
-
- Anas
-
- Alg.
-
- Este
-
noun,
a city in NE Italy: medieval fortress; ancient Roman ruins.
- alts
-
noun,
in alt, in the first octave above the treble staff.
- est.
-
- tens
-
noun,
a self-operated portable device used to treat chronic pain by sending electrical impulses through electrodes placed over the painful area.
- gene
-
noun,
the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA that provides the coded instructions for synthesis of RNA, which, when translated into protein, leads to the expression of hereditary character.
- tsar
-
noun,
czar.
- Gena
-
noun,
the cheek or side region of the head.
- ETAS
-
noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- 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.
- TSgt
-
- gees
-
noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- Etta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Henrietta.
- aer-
-
- ette
-
- gest
-
noun,
a story or tale.
- Gert
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Gertrude.
- gate
-
noun,
a movable barrier, usually on hinges, closing an opening in a fence, wall, or other enclosure.
- Alan
-
noun,
a male given name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”.
- Ste.
-
- alae
-
noun,
plural of ala.
- Glen
-
noun,
a small, narrow, secluded valley.
- gata
-
noun,
the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum.
- Ala.
-
- tale
-
noun,
a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story:
- Stag
-
noun,
an adult male deer.
- Agee
-
noun,
James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
- agst
-
- Glee
-
noun,
open delight or pleasure; exultant joy; exultation.
- Sra.
-
- gals
-
noun,
a term used to refer to a girl or woman.
- Agra
-
noun,
a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in N India: site of the Taj Mahal.
- agr.
-
- gast
-
verb (used with object),
to terrify or frighten.
- ager
-
noun,
(often initial capital letter) a person living in a certain historical age:
- Stan
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Stanley.
- Gare
-
noun,
low-grade wool fibers from the legs of sheep.
- ter.
-
- ages
-
noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- gars
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- tent
-
noun,
a portable shelter of skins, canvas, plastic, or the like, supported by one or more poles or a frame and often secured by ropes fastened to pegs in the ground.
- geta
-
noun,
a traditional Japanese wooden clog that is worn outdoors, with a thong that passes between the first two toes and with two transverse supports on the bottom of the sole.
- Star
-
noun,
any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
- gnar
-
verb (used without object),
to snarl; growl.
- agas
-
noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- gaea
-
noun,
the ancient Greek goddess of the earth, mother of the Titans.
- Gal.
-
- tans
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- Gael
-
noun,
a Scottish Celt or Highlander.
- gens
-
noun,
a group of families in ancient Rome claiming descent from a common ancestor and united by a common name and common ancestral religious rites.
- slag
-
noun,
Also called cinder. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.
- Gent
-
noun,
Informal. gentleman (defs 1, 2).
- Gean
-
noun,
heart cherry.
- GATT
-
- gets
-
noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- gats
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- ales
-
noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- 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.
- gras
-
- Gala
-
noun,
a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment:
- Tane
-
noun,
a Polynesian god of fertility.
- Gale
-
noun,
a very strong wind.
- aet.
-
- alee
-
adverb, adjective,
upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind (opposed to aweather).
- Alea
-
noun,
Classical Mythology. an epithet of Athena referring to a sanctuary built in her honor by Aleus.
- Ger.
-
- Gera
-
noun,
a city in E central Germany.
- Gran
-
noun,
grandmother.
- snag
-
noun,
a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation.
- gnat
-
noun,
any of certain small flies, especially the biting gnats or punkies of the family Ceratopogonidae, the midges of the family Chironomidae, and the black flies of the family Simuliidae.
- agal
-
noun,
(among Arabs) a cord wound around a kaffiyeh to hold it in place.
- Agar
-
noun,
Also, agar-agar. Also called Chinese gelatin, Chinese isinglass, Japanese gelatin, Japanese isinglass. a gelatinlike product of certain seaweeds, used for solidifying certain culture media, as a thickening agent for ice cream and other foods, as a substitute for gelatin, in adhesives, as an emulsifier, etc.
- Alar
-
adjective,
pertaining to or having wings; alary.
- Gers
-
noun,
a department in SW France. 2429 sq. mi. (6290 sq. km). Capital: Auch.
- Tana
-
noun,
thana.
- ansa
-
noun,
Archaeology. a looped handle, especially of a vase.
- Tara
-
noun,
a village in the NE Republic of Ireland, NW of Dublin: home of the ancient Irish kings (Hill of Tara)
- Elea
-
noun,
an ancient Greek city in SW Italy, on the coast of Lucania.
- Elsa
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
- Rena
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Marina.
- att.
-
- atar
-
noun,
attar (def 1).
- Aten
-
noun,
Aton.
- ates
-
- rel.
-
- Else
-
Idioms,
or else, or suffer the consequences:
- regs
-
noun,
Usually, regs. Informal. regulations.
- teen
-
noun,
Archaic. suffering; grief.
- teel
-
noun,
til.
- attn
-
- Naga
-
noun,
a member of any of the disparate tribal peoples of Nagaland and bordering areas of Burma.
- tets
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- 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.
- rent
-
noun,
a payment made periodically by a tenant to a landlord in return for the use of land, a building, an apartment, an office, or other property.
- gelt
-
noun,
money.
- lent
-
noun,
(in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches.
- asea
-
adjective, adverb,
to or toward the sea; seaward.
- 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.
- Aser
-
noun,
Asher (def 1).
- Lena
-
noun,
a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE from Lake Baikal through the Yakutsk Republic into the Laptev Sea. 2800 miles (4500 km) long.
- rete
-
noun,
a pierced plate on an astrolabe, having projections whose points correspond to the fixed stars.
- esne
-
noun,
(in Anglo-Saxon England) a member of the lowest class; laborer.
- rest
-
noun,
the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep:
- Lett
-
noun,
a member of a people, the chief inhabitants of Latvia, living on or near the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea; Latvian.
- asse
-
noun,
Cape fox.
- less
-
noun,
a smaller amount or quantity:
- Eng.
-
- Tess
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Theresa.
- LEST
-
conjunction,
for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution):
- ASSR
-
- Leta
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Latona.
- Nara
-
noun,
a city on S Honshu, in central Japan: chief Buddhist center of ancient Japan; first capital of Japan a.d. 710–84.
- Reg.
-
- RNAS
-
- nest
-
noun,
a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.
- rasa
-
noun,
(in Hindu aesthetics) flavor, sentiment, or emotion: regarded as one of the fundamental qualities of classical music, dance, and poetry.
- Tate
-
noun,
Sir Henry, 1819–99, English merchant and philanthropist: founder of an art gallery (Tate Gallery) in London, England.
- rant
-
noun,
ranting, extravagant, or violent declamation.
- rang
-
noun,
a boomerang.
- Eger
-
noun,
German name of Ohře.
- ness
-
noun,
a headland; promontory; cape.
- egal
-
adjective,
equal.
- ease
-
noun,
freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort:
- rale
-
noun,
an abnormal crackling or rattling sound heard upon auscultation of the chest, caused by disease or congestion of the lungs.
- East
-
noun,
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
- rage
-
noun,
angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination):
- eats
-
noun,
eats, Informal. food.
- raga
-
noun,
one of the melodic formulas of Hindu music having the melodic shape, rhythm, and ornamentation prescribed by tradition.
- 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.
- rase
-
verb (used with object),
raze.
- 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.
- NASA
-
noun,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- NATS
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- 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.
- tete
-
noun,
a city in W Mozambique, on the Zambezi River.
- ELAS
-
- Nast
-
noun,
Thomas, 1840–1902, U.S. illustrator and cartoonist.
- real
-
noun,
real number.
- elan
-
noun,
dash; impetuous ardor:
- Neel
-
noun,
Louis Eugène Félix [lwee œ-zhen fey-leeks] /lwi œˈʒɛn feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1904–2000, French physicist: Nobel prize 1970.
- Test
-
noun,
the means by which the presence, quality, or genuineness of anything is determined; a means of trial.
- teat
-
noun,
the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
- Neal
-
noun,
a male given name.
- rate
-
noun,
the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation:
- 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.
- neat
-
noun,
an animal of the genus Bos; a bovine, as a cow or ox.
- EARN
-
verb (used with object),
to gain or get in return for one's labor or service:
- legs
-
noun,
either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- lens
-
noun,
a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- Asat
-
noun,
(in Vedic mythology) the realm of nonexistence, populated by demons.
Compare sat2 (def 1).
- Sat.
-
- ANTA
-
noun,
a privately supported organization, chartered by Congress in 1935, for the encouragement and advancement of professional and nonprofessional theater.
- lasa
-
noun,
Lhasa.
- lase
-
verb (used without object),
to give off coherent light, as in a laser.
- LASS
-
noun,
a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- last
-
noun,
a person or thing that is last.
- 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.
- Lat.
-
- SASE
-
- ant.
-
- late
-
Idioms,
of late, lately; recently:
- Erse
-
noun,
Gaelic, especially Scottish Gaelic.
- Aras
-
noun,
Also, Araks. Ancient Araxes. a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey along part of the boundary between NW Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1065 km) long.
- area
-
noun,
any particular extent of space or surface; part:
- Ares
-
noun,
the ancient Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
- SARA
-
noun,
a member of a people of the Central African Republic.
- TASS
-
noun,
a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
- seal
-
noun,
an embossed emblem, figure, symbol, word, letter, etc., used as attestation or evidence of authenticity.
- tela
-
noun,
a seaport in N Honduras.
- lats
-
noun,
a former silver coin of Latvia, equal to 100 santimi.
- Tare
-
noun,
any of various vetches, especially Vicia sativa.
- lags
-
noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lana
-
noun,
a female given name, form of Helen.
- sees
-
noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- Lane
-
noun,
a narrow way or passage between hedges, fences, walls, or houses.
- seer
-
noun,
a person who sees; observer.
- Seen
-
verb,
past participle of see1 .
- Seel
-
verb (used with object),
Falconry. to sew shut (the eyes of a falcon) during parts of its training.
- seat
-
noun,
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
- teas
-
noun,
the dried and prepared leaves of a shrub, Camellia sinensis, from which a somewhat bitter, aromatic beverage is prepared by infusion in hot water.
- tael
-
noun,
liang.
- SEAS
-
noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- sear
-
noun,
a mark or scar made by searing.
- Sean
-
noun,
a male given name, form of John.
- 1080
-
- erst
-
adverb,
before the present time; formerly.
- Lars
-
noun,
a male given name, form of Lawrence.
- Arg.
-
- Erne
-
noun,
sea eagle.
- Erna
-
noun,
a female given name: from an Old English word meaning “eagle.”.
- Tarn
-
noun,
a small mountain lake or pool, especially one in a cirque.
- tegs
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- sala
-
noun,
a large hall, living room, or reception room.
- sags
-
noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- Sage
-
noun,
a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
- lees
-
noun,
plural of lee2 .
- Leet
-
noun,
a special annual or semiannual court in which the lords of certain manors had jurisdiction over local disputes.
- SAGA
-
noun,
a medieval Icelandic or Norse prose narrative of achievements and events in the history of a personage, family, etc.
- Saar
-
noun,
Also called Saar Basin. a coal-producing region in W Germany, in the Saar River valley: governed by the League of Nations 1919–35; returned to Germany 1935 as a result of a plebiscite; under French economic control following World War II until 1956.
- sals
-
noun,
salt1 .
- leg.
-
- tars
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- art.
-
- Ens.
-
- tart
-
noun,
a small pie filled with cooked fruit or other sweetened preparation, usually having no top crust.
- enl.
-
- engs
-
noun,
the symbol, ŋ, that, in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in the pronunciation alphabets of some dictionaries, represents the voiced velar nasal consonant indicated in English spelling by (ng), as in the pronunciations of cling [kling] /klɪŋ/ (Show IPA) and clink [klingk] /klɪŋk/ (Show IPA).
- Sale
-
noun,
the act of selling.
- leer
-
noun,
a lascivious or sly look.
- 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.
- Lear
-
noun,
learning; instruction; lesson.
- ergs
-
- tel-
-
- lea.
-
- LEAS
-
noun,
a tract of open ground, especially grassland; meadow.
- Lean
-
noun,
the act or state of leaning; inclination:
- Sang
-
noun,
the act or performance of singing.
- sane
-
noun,
a private nationwide organization in the U.S., established in 1957, that opposes nuclear testing and advocates international peace.
- Taal
-
noun,
Afrikaans (usually preceded by the).
- arse
-
noun,
ass2 (defs 1, 2).
- Arne
-
noun,
Thomas Augustine, 1710–78, English composer of operas and songs.
- tr.
-
- TGN
-
- TAG
-
noun,
a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
- TAL
-
- 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.
- tee
-
noun,
the letter T or t.
- TSS
-
- 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.
- Tan
-
noun,
the brown color imparted to the skin by exposure to the sun or open air.
- TSE
-
- TNT
-
- Tng
-
- TAR
-
noun,
any of various dark-colored viscid products obtained by the destructive distillation of certain organic substances, as coal or wood.
- tra
-
- tlr
-
- teg
-
noun,
Animal Husbandry.
a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
- TAT
-
verb (used with or without object),
to do, or make by, tatting.
- tet
-
noun,
the Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar.
- TES
-
noun,
ti1 .
- ERT
-
- TAE
-
preposition,
to.
- ess
-
noun,
the letter S, s.
- Gat
-
noun,
a pistol or revolver.
- GAS
-
noun,
Physics. a substance possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid.
- GAN
-
noun,
cotton gin.
- GAR
-
noun,
Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond-shaped scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- Ga.
-
- ETS
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- ETR
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- ESR
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- Gel
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noun,
Physical Chemistry. a semirigid colloidal dispersion of a solid with a liquid or gas, as jelly, glue, etc.
- ESL
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- ese
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- ESA
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- ERS
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noun,
ervil.
- ERE
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preposition, conjunction,
before.
- ERA
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noun,
a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc.:
- ene
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- en-
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- Gee
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noun,
a sum of one thousand dollars:
- Ges
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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.
- Lt.
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- Les
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- Ler
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noun,
the personification of the sea and the father of Manannan: corresponds to the Welsh Llyr.
- Len
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noun,
a male given name, form of Leonard.
- Lee
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noun,
protective shelter:
- Las
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noun,
the syllable used for the sixth tone of a diatonic scale.
- lag
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noun,
a lagging or falling behind; retardation.
- Lae
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noun,
a seaport in E Papua New Guinea: used as a major supply base by the Japanese in World War II.
- La.
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- get
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noun,
an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal:
- GTT
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- GTS
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- gt.
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- GSR
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- GSA
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- gre
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- Gr.
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- gl.
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- els
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- EEG
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- lg.
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- AES
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noun,
any of various early forms of bronze or copper money used in ancient Rome.
Compare as2 (def 1).
- ane
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adjective, noun, pronoun,
one.
- ALS
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noun,
Indian mulberry.
- ale
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noun,
a malt beverage, darker, heavier, and more bitter than beer, containing about 6 percent alcohol by volume.
- Agt
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- AGS
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adjective, noun,
agriculture:
- age
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noun,
the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to:
- aga
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noun,
a title of honor, usually implying respect for age.
- AEA
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- ans
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noun,
the Sumerian god of heaven: the counterpart of the Akkadian Anu.
- ae.
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- AAS
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- Aar
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- AAE
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- Ar.
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- an.
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- al.
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- ag-
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- ANG
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- ARA
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noun,
the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.
- EEE
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- ATS
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noun,
a money of account of Laos, the 100th part of a kip.
- 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.
- ear
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noun,
the organ of hearing and equilibrium in vertebrates, in humans consisting of an external ear that gathers sound vibrations, a middle ear in which the vibrations resonate against the tympanic membrane, and a fluid-filled internal ear that maintains balance and that conducts the tympanic vibrations to the auditory nerve, which transmits them as impulses to the brain.
- ean
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- EAA
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- ea.
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- ETA
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noun,
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (H, η).
- Eg.
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- ATA
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- ARE
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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.
- at.
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- ast
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- ASS
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noun,
a long-eared, slow, patient, sure-footed domesticated mammal, Equus asinus, related to the horse, used chiefly as a beast of burden.
- ASR
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- ASN
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- ase
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- ASA
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noun,
a king of Judah, 913?–873? b.c. I Kings 15:8–24.
- ARS
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- let
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noun,
British. a lease.
- LAR
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noun,
(initial capital letter) Roman Religion. any of the Lares.
- TTS
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- SAA
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- sea
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noun,
the salt waters that cover the greater part of the earth's surface.
- se-
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- SAR
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- San
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noun,
a member of a nomadic aboriginal people of southern Africa.
- Sal
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noun,
salt1 .
- SAG
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noun,
an act or instance of sagging.
- SAE
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- RTS
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- SEL
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noun, adjective, pronoun,
self.
- rte
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- rt.
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- RSS
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- LNG
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- RSA
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- Rs.
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- RNA
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- ret
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verb (used with object),
to soak in water or expose to moisture, as flax or hemp, to facilitate the removal of the fiber from the woody tissue by partial rotting.
- See
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noun,
the seat, center of authority, office, or jurisdiction of a bishop.
- SEN
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noun,
a money of account of Japan, the 100th part of a yen, now used only in certain quotations, as on foreign exchange.
- Ree
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noun,
reeve3 .
- SSA
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- STL
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- Sta
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- St.
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- SST
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- SSR
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- SSN
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- SSE
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- ss.
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- SER
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noun,
a unit of weight in India, varying in value but usually 1/40 of a maund: the government ser is divided into 80 tolas of 180 English grains and equals nearly 2 pounds 1 ounce avoirdupois (950 grams).
- SRS
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- Sr.
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- SLR
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- SLE
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- SLA
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- Sgt
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- NAA
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- SES
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noun,
the syllable used for the seventh tone of a scale and sometimes for the tone B.
- res
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noun,
an object or thing; matter.
- RSE
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- REA
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- NSA
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- nr.
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- NET
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noun,
a bag or other contrivance of strong thread or cord worked into an open, meshed fabric, for catching fish, birds, or other animals:
- nae
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adverb,
no1 ; not.
- ltr
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- rat
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noun,
any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
- LTA
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- LST
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- LSS
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- NES
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- Re.
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- NEG
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noun,
a photographic negative.
- Nee
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adjective,
born (placed after the name of a married woman to introduce her maiden name):
- NEA
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- Rae
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noun,
John, 1813–93, Scottish surgeon and Arctic explorer.
- ne-
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- rag
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noun,
a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
- Nat
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noun,
a male given name, form of Nathan or Nathaniel.
- RAN
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noun,
a sea goddess who drags down ships and drowns sailors: the wife of Aegir.
- NAG
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noun,
Also, nagger. a person who nags, especially habitually.
- RAS
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- NRA
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- SN
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- TA
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noun,
the 16th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- L1
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- L2
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- NA
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adverb,
no1 .
- N.
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- le
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- AA
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noun,
basaltic lava having a rough surface.
- LR
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- t.
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- TG
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- T1
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- A.
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noun,
Agnolo (di Cosimo di Mariano) [ah-nyaw-law dee kaw-zee-maw dee mah-ryah-naw] /ˈɑ nyɔ lɔ di ˈkɔ zi mɔ di mɑˈryɑ nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1502–72, Italian painter.
- TT
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- NG
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- GN
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- L.
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- SA
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- rg
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- et
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verb,
a simple past tense of eat.
- el
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noun,
Informal. elevated railroad.
- G.
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- TE
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noun,
ti1 .
- RN
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- S.
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- SG
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- NL
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- SL
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- RA
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noun,
the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- er
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interjection,
(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).
- R.
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- ee
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- TL
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- E.
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noun,
Edward (St. John) 1925–2000, U.S. writer and illustrator.
- TN
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- ln
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